Thursday, March 19, 2009

Milk Protein Free Beverages

Silk Fortified Soy Milk
Silk Soy Smoothies
Rice Dream

Milk Protein Free Snacks

Gelatin
Pretzels
Imagine Pudding
Dole Fruit-n-Juice Bars
Tropicana OJ Bars
Dole Fruit Juice Bars
Sneider Veggie Crisps
Good Health Veggie Crisps
Tofutti cuties (soy ice cream sandwiches)
Soy Delicious (dairy free dessert)
Trader Joes Fruit Bars
Motts Healty Harvest Applesauce
Tostidos Tortilla Chips
Nabisco Ginger Snaps
Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting
Pillsbury Sugar Cookie & Gingerbread dough(refigerator section)
Rice Dream Ice Cream
Nabisco Nutter Butter Sandwich Cookies

*It is important that you re-check the ingredients in all food items because ingredeints can change at any time.

Milk Protein Free Fats

Smart Beat
Kraft Real Mayo
Hellman's Mayo
Earth Balance Natural Buttery Spread
I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter
Better Than Cream Cheese (soy cream cheese)
Benecol Spread

*It is important that you re-check the ingredients in all food items because ingredeints can change at any time.

Milk Protein Free Meat/Protein Foods

Fresh Chicken, Turkey and Red Meat
Hummus
Silk Soy Yogurts
Tofutti Cheese
Applegate Farms Cold Cuts
Follow Your Heart Soy Cheese
Tyson Chicken Nuggets
Eggs
Fish
Shellfish
Empire Kosher Chicken & Turkey Franks
Peanut Butter

*It is important that you re-check the ingredients in all food items because ingredeints can change at any time.

Milk Protein Free Cereals

Kellogg's Snack'ums
Post or Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Post Honey Combs
Quaker Apple Zaps
Post Alpha Bits
General Mills Cheerios
Kellogg's Rice Krispies
General Mills Trix
General Mills Kix
General Mills Wheat Chex
Post & Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Quaker Oats Oatmeal
Quaker Oats Grits
Kellogg's Crispix
Cream of Wheat
Annie's Honey Bunnies

*It is important that you re-check the ingredients in all food items because ingredeints can change at any time.

Milk Protein Free Grains

Lender's frozen plain bagels
Nabisco Graham Crackers
Wheat Thins
Triscuits
Saltines
Nabisco Teddy Grahams (plain)
Keebler Club Original
Minute Rice
Pillsbury Refrigerated Pizza Crust

*It is important that you re-check the ingredients in all food items because ingredeints can change at any time.

Milk Protein-Free Diet

Following is a list of various food groups and foods for children to avoid if instructed to have a milk protein-free diet.

Milk
Avoid all forms of milk including whole,lowfat, nonfat, or buttermilk, evaporated milk, malted milk, half and half, cream and yogurt

Cheese
Avoid all kinds including cheese dips and spreads, and cottage cheese

Beverages
Avoid chocolate milk, hot cocoa, Ovaltine, milk shakes

Breads/Rolls
Avoid most breads as they contain milk (read labels); bread mixes, pancakes, waffles, soda crackers, zwiebackCerealsMany dry cereals contain milk (read labels)

Desserts/Sweets
Avoid cakes, cookies, custards, puddings, ice cream, sherbets, doughnuts, cake mixes, pie crust made with butter or margarine, pies with cream fillings (coconut, chocolate, cream, custard, lemon, or pumpkin), caramels, chocolate candies

Fats
Avoid butter and margarine, salad dressings

Meats
Avoid hot dogs, luncheon meats, meat loaf and commercial meat patties

Sauces
Any made with butter, margarine, milk or creamSoupsBisques, chowders, cream soups

Vegetables
Au gratin or scalloped potatoes, mashed potatoes, any vegetables with butter or margarine, any creamed vegetables

Please read all labels on any packaged foods. Avoid giving any foods containing the following ingredients:Casein Nonfat milk solids Half and halfCaseinate Lactoglobulin Cow's milk protein Whey Nougat CreamLactalbumin Curds Sodium caseinate

Source: http://www.cpmc.org/advanced/pediatrics/patients/topics/milkprotein_freediet.html

Commonly Asked Questions

~Is goat milk a safe alternative to cow milk?
No, It is not a safe alternative.

~Can I rely on kosher symbols to determine if a product is 100% milk free?
No, Under Jewish law, a food product may be considered pareve even if it contains a very small amount of milk. Therefore, a pareve product could potentially have enough milk protein to cause a reaction.

~Do these ingredients contain milk?
The ingredients listed below do not contain milk protein and so do not need to be restricted by someone on a milk protein free diet.
Calcium lactate
Calcium stearoyl lactylate
Cocoa butter
Cream of Tartar

~Do artificial and natural flavorings contain milk?
Artificial and natural flavorings, along with caramel, bavarian cream, coconut cream, brown sugar and butter flavoring may contain milk protein. Please contact the company to confirm if it is milk free before using.