Milk Free
DC-103
Section 1: Allergy & Intolerances
Compendium Definition
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Note:
Milk free diet is NOT a lactose free diet
Caution: xxxx
Vegetables
Allowed
- all pure vegetables and their juices
NOT allowed:
- vegetables prepared as or topped with: breaded and battered, butter or margarine added, creamed, instant potatoes, mashed with butter, prepared or frozen with milk, cream, butter sauces, scalloped
Fruit
Allowed
- all pure fruits and their juices
NOT allowed:
- fruits prepared with ingredients not allowed
Salads
Allowed
- salads with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- salads containing ingredients containing milk or foods made from milk (eg. cheese)
Grain Products
Allowed
- plain grains, flours, starches
- bagels, breads, baked goods made without milk or milk products
- French and Italian bread
- plain cooked, ready to eat cereals
- pasta without cheese or milk containing sauce
- soda crackers
NOT allowed:
- commercial foods and mixes, baked products, cereals, breads, crackers, biscuits, doughnuts, muffins, pancakes containing milk and milk product ingredients
Milk & Alternatives
Allowed
- rice and soy beverages
- coconut, nut and seed milks
- potato starch-based drinks
- casein hydrolysate formula
- milk substitutes, non-dairy creamers without milk ingredients* (see lists for other names and possible sources of milk)
NOT allowed:
- all animal milks
- Lactaid, lactose-free, lactose-restricted milk
- milk powder, milk solids
- modified milk, condensed milk, malted milk, buttermilk
- cream, half-and-half, whipping cream, cream cheese, sour cream
- yogurt, kefir
- all cheeses
Meat & Alternatives
Allowed
- all fresh or frozen meat, poultry, fish
- canned or processed meat, poultry, fish without milk or milk products
- kosher meat products
- omelets, scrambled egg without milk or cheese
- plain, boiled, fried, poached egg
- all plain legumes, lentils, soy beans
- peanut butter
- milk and casein free tofu
- all plain nuts and seeds
- veggie burgers without milk ingredients*
NOT allowed:
- breaded, battered or creamed commercial prepared dishes
- dishes made with milk, cream, cheese
- meatloaf, hotdogs, cold cuts, sausages commercially prepared with milk or milk products
- nuts, seeds or mixtures with milk or lactose coating
Soups
Allowed
- soups made without milk or milk products
NOT allowed:
- soups made with milk or milk products
Oils & Fats
Allowed
- milk-free margarine* (see lists for other names and possible sources of milk)
- whey free margarine
- real mayonnaise
- clarified butter
- gravy made without milk
- lard, shortening
- meat drippings
- pure vegetable oils
- ketchup, mustard, relish, soy sauce, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce
NOT allowed:
- butter
- cream
- cream cheese
- sour cream
- margarine made with whey or milk
- salad dressing made with milk
- simplesse
- commercial gravies or gravy mixes prepared with milk or milk products
Desserts & Sweets
Allowed
- pure sugar, honey, syrup
- rice or soy based desserts
- puree cocoa
NOT allowed:
- ice cream, ice milk
- milk chocolate
- candies made from milk and milk products (toffee, caramel)
- dairy- based whipped toppings
- sugar substitutes with lactose (Equal brand sweetener)
Fluids
Allowed
- clear tea, herbal tea ,coffee
- vegetable and fruit juices & drinks
- mineral water
- soft drinks
NOT allowed:
- diet drinks with lactose
Miscellaneous
Allowed
- pure herbs and spices
NOT allowed:
- nutritional Supplements (i.e. Boost®, Ensure®)
- powdered protein supplements (i.e. Skim milk powder, Beneprotein)
*Other names for milk:
- acidophilus milk
- ammonium / calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium caseinate
- casein / caseinate / rennet casein
- curds
- delactosed / demineralized whey
- dry milk / milk / sour milk solids
- hydrolyzed casein, hydrolyzed milk protein
- lactalbumin / lactalbumin phosphate
- lactate / lactose / lactulose
- lactoferrin
- lactoglobulin
- milk derived / fat / protein
- modified milk ingredients
- Opta™, Simplesse (fat replacers)
- whey protein concentrate
*Possible Sources of milk:
- artificial butter, butter fat / flavour / oil, ghee, margarine
- baked goods and baking mixes
- brown sugar
- buttermilk, cream, dips, salad dressings, sour cream, spreads
- caramel colouring / flavouring
- casein in wax used on fresh fruits and vegetables
- casseroles, frozen prepared foods
- cereals, cookies, crackers
- cheese, cheese curdscChocolate
- desserts
- egg / fat substitutes
- flavoured coffee, coffee whitener, non-dairy creamer
- glazes, nougat
- gravy, sauces
- high protein flour
- Kefir (milk drink), kumiss (fermented milk drink), malt drink mixes
- meats such as deli meats, hot dogs, pâtés, sausages
- pizza
- instant / mashed / scalloped potatoes
- seasonings
- snack foods
- soups, soup mixes
- soy “cheese
References:
Dietitians of Canada – Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN),2011
Health Canada
Food Allergy Canada