Milk allergy diet

General guidelines for milk allergy

The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid giving your child the foods or products containing the food he/she is allergic to. The items that your child is allergic to are called allergens.

A milk allergy is an abnormal response of the body to the proteins found in cow's milk. Milk allergy is most common among infants and young children. Milk and milk products are found in many foods. Obvious forms of milk are cream, cheese, butter, ice cream, and yogurt. Milk and milk products may also be hidden sources in commonly eaten foods. In order to avoid foods that contain milk products, it is necessary to read food labels.

Important information about avoiding milk and milk products:

  • The words "non-dairy" on a product label indicate it does not contain butter, cream, or milk. However, this does not necessarily indicate it does not have other milk-containing ingredients.
  • The Kosher food labeled "pareve" or "parve" almost always indicates food is free of milk and milk products. A "D" on a product label next to the circled K or U indicates the presence of milk protein. These products should be avoided.
  • Processed meats, including hot dogs, sausages, and luncheon meats, frequently contain milk or are processed on milk-containing lines. Carefully read all food labels.
Foods Allowed Not allowed
Beverages Carbonated beverages

Coffee

Tea

Soy substitute-milk formulas, water

Fruit drinks
All milks (whole, low-fat, skim, buttermilk, evaporated, condensed, powdered, hot cocoa)

Yogurt, eggnog, milkshakes, malts

All beverages made with milk or milk products
Breads Milk free breads

French bread

Wheat, white, rye, corn, graham, gluten, and soy breads made 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 to which no milk or milk products have been added High protein cereals

Prepared and precooked cereals with milk solids, casein, or other milk products added
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, junket, popover
Eggs Prepared without milk 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 non-dairy creamers
Fruits Fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and juices Any served with milk, butter, or cream
Meats, fish, poultry, & 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
All cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese

Some sausage products, bologna, frankfurters

Breaded meats, meatloaf, croquettes, casseroles, hamburgers (unless made without milk)

Commercial entrees made with milk or milk solids
Potatoes & substitutes  Macaroni, noodles, spaghetti, rice

White or sweet potatoes prepared without milk, butter, cream, or allowed margarine
Au gratin, buttered, creamed, scalloped potato or substitutes

Macaroni and cheese

Mashed potatoes containing milk or butter

Frozen french fries sprayed with lactose
Soups Bouillon, broth, consommé or soups with broth base plain or with all allowed foods Bisques, chowders, 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 added

All vegetable juices
Au gratin, buttered, creamed, or escalloped vegetables

Batter and dipped vegetables

Vegetable souffles
Miscellaneous Catsup, olives, pickles, nuts, herbs, chili powder, salt, spices, condiments

Any foods that are milk/cheese/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

Non-dairy 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
  • Casein
  • Caseinates (ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium)
  • Cheese, cottage cheese, curds
  • Cream
  • Custard, pudding
  • Ghee
  • Half and Half™
  • Hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)
  • Lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
  • Lactoglobulin
  • Lactose
  • Milk (derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, dry, whole, low-fat, nonfat, skim)
  • Nougat
  • Rennet casein
  • Sour cream
  • Sour cream solids
  • Whey (delactosed, deminderalixed, protein concentrate)
  • Yogurt

Other possible sources of milk or milk products:

  • Brown sugar flavoring
  • Caramel flavoring
  • Chocolate
  • High protein flour
  • Margarine
  • Natural flavoring
  • Simplesse™
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