The good news is that the majority of babies who have cow's milk allergies outgrow them by the age of 3.
There are many hidden (and not so hidden) names for milk -
milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, artificial butter flavor
butter fat, butter oil, buttermilk
casein, caseinates (ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium)
cottage cheese
curds, custard
Ghee
Half & Half (trademark)
hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)
lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
lactoglobulin
lactose, lactulose
milk (derivative, powder, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated,
dry, whole, low-fat, non-fat, skimmed, and goats milk)
nougat
pudding
rennet casein
sour cream, sour cream solids
sour milk solids
whey (in all forms including sweet, delactosed, protein concentrate) yogurt MAY
CONTAIN MILK PROTEIN:
flavorings including: caramel, bavarian cream, coconut cream, brown sugar,
butter, natural
chocolate
high protein flour
margarine
Simplesse (trademark)
If you have removed milk products from your diet, you will need to find
another way to get calcium. Some juices have added calcium. You can
also get calcium from Tums.
Can I drink goat's milk? Goat's milk is not recommended for milk allergic babies. It's proteins are different but quite similar to those in cow's milk.
*”D” on label next to “K” or “U” in a circle may indicate presence of milk
protein.”
Natural flavorings can mean almost anything. Unfortunately the only way to
find out if a particular food that lists it as an ingredient is safe is to call
the manufacturer.
“U” and “K” are kosher symbols. It is a little confusing because there are
different organizations doing the certifying and they use different symbols
(unique to each organization). (OU is the Orthodox Union’s symbol of
certification) I have a sheet that has around 100 different symbols.
Different sects follow differing levels of acceptance too. For example, at
Passover, rice is fine for one group, but not for another. I don’t know all the
rules though.
All kosher items will be pork and shellfish free. These items are not allowed
in a kosher diet.
All organizations do follow the dairy/meat rule.(Dairy and meat are not allowed
at the same meal.) If there is dairy, there will be a D or the word dairy
there. This might mean that there is not dairy in the product but run on the
same lines as products with dairy and the lines were not cleaned to the
specifications of the certifying organization to allow it to be declared dairy
-free for religious purposes. Remember the best rule of thumb though,
read all ingredients yourself and when in doubt, don’t use it!
If you have comments or suggestions, email me at emily@erdelynet.com