2′-FL	2′-fucosyllactose
3′-GL	3′-galactosyllactose
4’-GL	4’-galactosyllactose
AD	atopic dermatitis
AE	adverse event
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
DFL	difucosyllactose
DP	degree of polymerisation
Caco	adenocarcinoma of the colon
CBA	chocolate blood agar
CFU	colony forming units
CMA	cow’s milk allergy
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
DSM	Dutch State Mines
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
ESPGHAN	European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
FDA	U.S. Food & Drug Administration
FL	fucosyllactoses
FOS	fructo-oligosaccharides
FUT2	fucosyltransferase 2
GOS	galacto-oligosaccharides
GL	galactosyllactose
GRAS	generally recognized as safe
HM	human milk
HMO	human milk oligosaccharide
IF	infant formula
IgE	immunoglobulin E
ISAPP	International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
kDa	kilodalton
LA	Lactobacillus acidophilus
LB	lysogeny broth
LNnT	lacto-N-neotetraose
LNT	lacto-N-tetraose
NCDO	National Collection of Dairy Organism
NCIMB	National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria
NEC	necrotizing enterocolitis
QPS	qualitative presumption of safety
RNA	ribonucleic acid
SCORAD	scoring atopic dermatitis
scGOS/lcFOS (9:1)	short-chain GOS/long-chain FOS (in a ratio of 9:1)
SCFA	short-chain fatty acid
SEM	standard error of the mean
SL	sialyllactose
spp	subspecies