Natural Flavoring - Is it safe for my child?

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 [...]

Milk Allergy - Ingredients to Avoid

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 [...]