The present invention relates to a method for the treatment and/or prevention of an immune system related disorder selected from the group consisting of allergy Type 1, allergy Type 2, allergy Type 3 and allergy Type 4, in a mammal, said method comprising administering to said mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of acid oligosaccharide and neutral oligosaccharide, wherein: the acid oligosaccharide has a degree of polymerization between 1 and 250 and are prepared from pectin or alginate; and the neutral oligosaccharides wherein the neutral oligosaccharide is selected from the group consisting of fructans, fructooligosaccharides, indigestible dextrins, galactooligosaccharides (including transgalactooligosaccharides), xylooligosaccharides, arabinooligosaccharides, glucooligosaccharides, mannooligosaccharides, fucooligosaccharides and mixtures thereof.