The invention relates to compositions comprising a protein component, a fat component, a digestible carbohydrate component, a non-digestible carbohydrate and milk protein free Bifidobacteria. The protein component comprises more than 99 wt.% free amino acids based on total protein and comprises at least the following free amino acids: alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine and glutamine. The digestible carbohydrate component contain less that 2 wt.% lactose based on total digestible carbohydrate. The non-digestible carbohydrate comprises soluble fructan with an average DP between 2 to 200 and is comprised of a mixture of long chain fructooligosaccharide having an average DP between 10-60 and short chain fructooligosaccharide having an average DP between 3-10. The fat component comprises between 0.1 and 5 wt% LCPUFA based on total fatty acid content.
