Email to Buny      

Food Info - Dairy: Foods to Avoid for a Milk Free Diet

Source of Recipe

Colo. State University Cooperative Extension Bulletin 530A

Milk - All forms: buttermilk; evaporated; powdered; fresh whole or skim; malted; yogurt.

Beverages - chocolate; cocoa; cocomalt; Ovaltine.

Bread and rolls - any made with milk (most breads contain milk); bread mixes; griddle cakes; soda crackers; waffles; zwieback.

Cereals - some dry (read labels).

Cheese - all kinds; cheese dips and spreads; cottage cheese.

Desserts - cakes; cookies; custard; doughnuts; ice cream; mixes of all types; pie crust made with butter or margarine*; pies with cream fillings such as chocolate, coconut, cream, custard, lemon, pumpkin; puddings with milk, sherbets; non-dairy creamers.

Eggs - scrambled, escalloped, omelets.

Fats - whipping and sour cream; butter ;margarine*; whipped toppings*.


Meats - frankfurters, luncheon meats, meat loaf - unless 100 percent meat.

Gravies and sauces - any made with butter, margarine*, milk, or cream.

Soups - bisques; chowders; cream.

Sweets - caramels; chocolate candy.

Vegetables - au gratin; mashed potatoes; seasoned with butter or margarine; scalloped; with cream sauces.

*Check labels; some may be milk-free.

Key Words to Look For on Labels: milk, whey or whey solids, dried milk solids (DMS), non-fat dry milk or milk solids (NFDM), casein, casein hydrolysate, caseinate (including sodium or potassium caseinate), butter, margarine, cheese, cheese food, curds, lactose, lactalbumin, cream, sweetened condensed milk, lactate solids.