Here is a study conducted by Dr. Joshi at the Children’s Hospital in Westmead Australia. The disturbing results of this study were that those individuals with dairy allergies were the most confused about reading labels that contained milk or milk derivities.
I will be posting a printable PDF card that you can take with you [...]
Halloween with a dairy allergy doesn’t have to become a nightmare, it just requires some knowledge of non-dairy treats and some pre-planning.
When I go out with my daughter who has a severe dairy allergy, we know that we will collect millions [on a good night] of chocolate candybars and milk-laden treats, but we have a [...]
Parents of milk allergic children are often concerned about the ingredients of natural flavoring. The manufacturing of natural flavoring can include dairy ingredients. The legal definition of natural flavorings, as employed by the FDA, states that they can include “dairy products, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional”. Parents then need to [...]
Dairy Ingredients
These ingredients should be avoided in any amount for the dairy allergic individual:
butter
buttermilk
butter flavoring
caramel colour
caramel flavoring
casein
caseinate
cheese
cream
curds
dry milk solids
ghee
lactalbumin
lactoferrin
lactoglobulin
lactate
lactose
milk
milk protein
nonfat dry milk
nougat
Opta (fat replacement)
Simplesse (fat replacement)
sour cream
sour milk
whey
yogurt
Lactic Acid
Lactic acid can be made from two sources. One is dairy and is derived from the fermentation of milk sugar and should be avoided completely by someone [...]
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