Milk Allergy Diet

General guidelines for milk allergy

The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid foods or products containing the food to which you are allergic. The items that you are allergic to are called allergens. Milk allergy is most common among infants and young children. Obvious forms of milk are cream, cheese, butter, ice cream, and yogurt. Milk and milk products may also be used as ingredients in many other foods. To avoid foods that contain milk and milk products, it is necessary to read food labels.

Important information about avoiding milk and milk products

The word nondairy on a product label means it does not contain butter, cream, or milk. However, the food may have other milk-containing ingredients.
Kosher foods are labeled with a circled K or U. These foods may also have the word pareve or parve. This means the food is free of milk and milk products. A D for dairy on a product label next to the K or U means the product contains milk or milk products. These products should be avoided.
Processed meats, including hot dogs, sausages, and luncheon or deli meats, often contain milk. Carefully read all food labels.

Foods	Allowed	Not allowed
Beverages	Water Carbonated beverages Coffee Tea Soy or almond substitute-milk formulas Fruit drinks	All milk and milk products (whole, low-fat, skim, buttermilk, evaporated, condensed, powdered, hot cocoa) Yogurt, eggnog, milkshakes, malts
Breads	Milk-free breads French bread Wheat, white, rye, corn, graham, gluten, and soy breads without milk or milk products Graham cracker or rice wafers	Wheat, white, or rye breads Biscuits, donuts, muffins, pancakes, waffles, zwieback, crackers, saltines, rusk Most commercially prepared breads and rolls contain milk or milk products French toast made with milk
Cereals	Any cereal without milk or milk products	High-protein cereals Prepared and precooked cereals with milk solids, casein, or other milk products
Desserts	Meringue, gelatin, popsicles, fruit ice, fruit whip, angel food cake Cakes, cookies, and pie crusts made without milk or milk products	Cake, cookies, custard, pudding, cream desserts, or sherbet containing milk products Ice cream, cream pie Pastries brushed with milk
Eggs	All prepared without milk	Eggs scrambled with milk, creamed eggs, egg substitutes
Fats	Vegetable oil, meat fat, lard, bacon, shortening, milk-free gravy Peanut butter (made without milk solids) Margarine without milk solids Kosher margarine	Butter, cream, margarine Salad dressing or mayonnaise containing milk, milk solids, or milk products Some butter substitutes and nondairy creamers
Fruits	All fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and juices	Fruit served with milk, butter, or cream
Meats, fish, poultry, and cheese	Baked, broiled, boiled, roasted or fried: beef, veal, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, fish, organ meats, or tofu (prepared without milk or milk products) Sausage, deli/luncheon meats, or ham if made without milk products Note: A small number of people with cow's milk allergy may develop a reaction to beef. Thus, those with cow's milk allergy should be careful when eating beef or foods containing beef.	All cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese Some sausage products, bologna, frankfurters, or hotdogs Breaded meats, meatloaf, croquettes, casseroles, or hamburgers (made with milk) Commercial dinners made with milk or milk solids
Potatoes	Macaroni, noodles, spaghetti, rice White or sweet potatoes prepared without milk, butter, cream, or margarine with mild solids	Au gratin, buttered, creamed, scalloped potato Macaroni and cheese Mashed potatoes containing milk or butter Frozen french fries with lactose
Soups	Bouillon, broth, consommé or soups without milk	Bisques, chowders, or creamed soups All soups made with milk or milk products
Sweets	Corn syrup, honey, jam, jelly Hard candy, candy made without milk or milk products Granulated, brown or powdered sugar	Candy made with milk, such as chocolate, fudge, caramels, nougat
Vegetables	All fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables without milk or milk products All vegetable juices	Au gratin, buttered, creamed, or escalloped vegetables Batter and dipped vegetables Vegetable soufflés
Miscellaneous	Catsup, olives, pickles, nuts, herbs, chili powder, salt, spices, condiments Any foods that are milk-, cheese-, or butter-free, or that do not contain powdered milk or whey	All items containing milk, cheese, butter, whey casein, caseinates, hydrolysates, lactose, lactalbumin, lactoglobulin or milk solids, artificial butter flavor Nondairy substitutes containing caseinate

How to read a label for a milk-free diet

Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:

Artificial butter flavor
Butter, butter fat, butter oil
Casein, casein hydrolysates
Caseinates (ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium)
Cheese, cottage cheese
Cream
Custard, pudding
Ghee
Half and Half
Hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)
Lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
Lactoglobulin, lactoferrin
Lactose, lactulose
Milk
- Derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, or dry
- Whole, low-fat, nonfat, skim
- Goat's milk and milk from other animals
Nisin
Nougat
Recaldent
Rennet casein
Sour cream or sour cream solids
Whey (delactosed, demineralized, protein concentrate)
Yogurt

Other possible sources of milk or milk products

Other sources of milk or milk products include:

Brown sugar flavoring
Caramel flavoring
Chocolate
Flavorings (natural and artificial)
High protein flour
Lactose
Luncheon meats, hot dogs, sausages
Margarine
Simplesse

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Milk Allergy Diet

General guidelines for milk allergy

Important information about avoiding milk and milk products

How to read a label for a milk-free diet

Other possible sources of milk or milk products

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Milk Allergy Diet

General guidelines for milk allergy

Important information about avoiding milk and milk products

How to read a label for a milk-free diet

Other possible sources of milk or milk products

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