SPECIAL EXCLUSION DIETS: AVOIDING COW’S MILK

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To avoid cow’s milk, you have to stop eating dairy products made from it:

Milk Soured cream Evaporated milk

Butter Fromage frais Condensed milk

Yogurt Buttermilk UHT milk

Cream Ghee

Cheese Milk powder

You need to avoid using any of the above in cooking and avoid using butter as a cooking fat (e.g. in scrambled eggs and omelettes). Remember to avoid using milk products in:

Mashed potatoes Waffles Cakes

Sauces and gravy Yorkshire puddings Biscuits

Butter Breaded coatings Custards

Pancakes Puddings Any other baking

Avoid any processed foods containing milk products. Read labels. Avoid any foods containing the following which are components of cow’s milk:

Whey and whey powder Lactose

Casein Lactalbumin

Casemates

Avoid the following processed foods that contain milk and its products:

Battered products (e.g. fish)

Anything containing cheese Pancakes Custards

Waffles Egg custards

Yorkshire puddings Rice puddings

Ice cream Milk sauces

Sorbets Cheese sauces

Anything made of or containing milk chocolate

In addition, many types of the following foods contain milk products. Avoid these unless you have checked the labels, or you know from the manufacturer exactly what has gone into them. Many types of bread contain milk products. You will find them not just in bread, but also in breaded products such as fish, and in breadcrumbs in stuffing. A local baker or wholefood shop may be able to supply bread without milk components.

Bread Pies

Breadcrumbs Dumplings

Breaded products (e.g. fish, Cakes and baked goods

chicken legs) Soups

Margarine Sauces

Biscuits Canned food in sauces (e.g. Puddings – baked beans)

Powdered beverages

The following brands of margarine do not contain milk components: Granose, Tomor, Vitaquell, Vitasieg, found in wholefood shops. Look also for Jewish pareve or parve bread or margarine. Prepared to kosher laws, they will contain no trace of cow’s milk.

Lactose, a sugar derived from cow’s milk, is used commonly in tabletting drugs and home medicine remedies. Take your doctor’s advice about avoiding this in prescribed drugs. Stop taking any home medicines, including homeopathic remedies, which are sometimes tabletted in lactose.

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