Dairy Containing Ingredients and Foods

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  • Acidophilus Milk
  • Artificial butter flavor
  • Butter, butter fat, buttermilk
  • Casein
  • Caseinate
  • Curds
  • custard
  • Galactose
  • Ghee
  • hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)
  • Lactalbumin; lactalbumin phosphate
  • Lactate
  • Lactic Acid
  • Lactoglobulin
  • Lactose
  • Malted Milk
  • milk (derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, dry, whole, low fat, non fat, skim)
  • Potassium Caseinate
  • nougat
  • rennet casein
  • sour milk solids
  • Ready Sponge
  • Sodium Caseinate
  • Whey (delactosed, demineralized, protein concentrate)
  • Recaldent is Dairy
    derived, it is in TRIDENT gum!!
Dairy Foods:
  • Milk
  • Cream
  • All cheeses
  • Cottage Cheese
  • Butter
  • Yogurt
  • Ice cream
  • Sour Cream
  • Pudding
  • Butter oil
  • Buttermilk
  • Half and Half
Non-dairy does not mean dairy-free. The FDA allows foods containing casein to be labeled "non-dairy."

Foods with Dairy in them always:

Unless these can be made at home or are labeled properly these foods should be avoided.
  • Birthday cakes at parties/Cupcakes/Frosting
  • Creamed Soups
  • Baked Goods at a bakery (with no label)
  • Donuts
  • Buffalo chicken wings at restaurants (butter)
  • Pancakes
  • Waffles
  • Scrambled Eggs
  • "Breakfast" restaurants (the griddles are saturated with butter)
  • Sherbert
  • Cool Whip
  • Dream Whip
  • Pudding Mixes/Puddings
  • Cheesecake
  • Doritos
  • Potato Bread
  • Biscuits
  • Hamburger Helper
  • Spaghetti O's & Ravioli type canned food
  • Crab Rangoon
  • Instant Potatoes / Mashes potatoes
  • Carnation Instant Breakfast
  • Nestle Powder
  • Creamy Salad Dressing
  • White Chocolate
  • Milk Chocolate

Be Careful When Buying These Foods:
  • Immitation Cheese (i.e: veggie slices)They mostly all contain Casien... or sodium Casienate... and HAVE DAIRY. (Use Tofuttiti cheeses instead)
  • Powdered creamers, most are marked "Non-Dairy" but aren't
  • English Muffins
  • Bread
  • Hot dogs
  • Sausages
  • Deli Meats (a lot are cut on the same slicers as cheese, and some have milk products as 'binders')
  • Pepperoni
  • COOL WHIP is not dairy free!!(Nor is Dream Whip)
  • Campbell's soup (some of the noodles contain whey)
  • I have NEVER found a Pepperidge Farm product that is dairy free (Update: Found some turnovers and puff pastries that are dairy free in the freezer section)
  • Crackers
  • Cookies
  • Chips
  • Cereals
  • Bread Crumbs (Panko is dairy free)
  • Cake mixes (some are dairy free)
  • Boulion Flavoring (powder and cubes and pastes)
  • Jarred Spaghetti Sauce (flavored with cheeses alot)
  • Spaghetti-O's, Ravioli's etc in a can all have cheese in them.
  • Food at parties/restaurants (I pack a meal for my sons if we will be out for more than 2 hours)
  • Children's chewable vitamins (they sometimes use dairy ingredients as a binder)
  • Ingredients like "flavorings" and "natural flavors" (these are pretty unreliable and useless)
  • Be careful when letting your child or yourself touch dog or cat food or treats, they often contain cheese and/or whey!!!
  • If your child is super sensitive, or allergic, and you don't have or use a dishwasher, wash his/her dishes in their own dish pan and there own sponge, to prevent cross contamination. Use the same sponge to clean up eating surfaces your child may use, just in case the kitchen sponge wiped up milk or milk products with out you knowing it. And store the pan and sponge separately for you or your baby's sake.
  • Be aware of ANY food he/she has never had !!!