A method for supporting and promoting nutrition in a pediatric subject having allergies to cows milk, the method in - volving administering to the pediatric subject a nutritional composition which includes up to about 7 g/100 kcal of a source of non-dairy proteins about 1 x 104 to about 1.5 x 10 12 cfu of probiotic(s) per 100 kcal about 5 g and about 25 g/100 kcal of a carbohydrate source up to about 7 g/100 kcal of a fat or lipid source and at least about 5 mg/100 kcal of a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid.