When avoiding dairy due to an IgG reactivity, please avoid the following foods:
Dairy products to avoid:
- Butter and butter fat
- Cheese, including cottage cheese and cheese sauces
- Cream, including sour cream
- Custard
- Ice cream
- Milk, including buttermilk, powdered milk, and evaporated milk
- Pudding
- Yogurt
These foods usually have milk protein in them:
- Artificial butter or cheese flavor
- Casein or caseinates
- Curd
- Ghee
- Hydrolysates
- Lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate
- Lactose, lactoglobulin, lactoferrin, lactulose
- Rennet
- Whey or whey products
Check labels before buying these foods (If you are eating out, ask if milk was used to make them):
- Au gratin dishes and white sauces
- Baked goods — bread, cookies, crackers, cakes
- Cake mix
- Cereals
- Chewing gum
- Chocolate and cream candy
- Coffee creamers
- Creamed or scalloped foods
- Donuts
- Malted milk
- Margarine
- Mashed potatoes
- Meats — canned and processed, including cold cuts and deli meats
- Nougat, found in some candy
- Salad dressings
- Sherbet