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The following outline provides an alphabetical listing of the foods to avoid because of their obvious or possible content of milk or its derivatives.
The second chart provides a listing of the most common foods that can be valid alternatives during the days in which milk should be excluded from the diet.
Remember that it's always a good idea to start every meal with raw fruit and/or vegetables.
Foods to avoid or needing ingredients label check
Baby foods (some)
Batter for breading
Béchamel
Butter
Cake mixes
Candies Canederli (pasta from Trentino) Casein
Cereal flakes
Cheese, fresh and aged *
Cookies
Crackers
Creams
Crepes
Croissants
Custard
Dark chocolate (check the label)
Dietetic products (some)
Dough for pies
Fillings, various
Gnocchi alla romana (bran dumplings)
Ham (some)
Hyperprotein products
Ice cream
Lactalbumin
Lactoglobulin
Lactose
Mashed potatoes
Medicines containing lactose as an excipient (check with your doctor) |
Milk chocolate
Milk flour
Milk proteins
Milk whey
Milk, fresh and UHT **
Mortadella
Mousse, sweet and savory
Muesli
Omelettes (if containing milk or cheese)
Pasta for pizza
Pasta frolla
Pastries in general
Patès
Pudding
Salami
Sausage
Sandwich bread
Special breads
Sweets of all kinds
Toasts (could be buttered)
Vitamin products (some)
Wafers
White bread
Wieners
Yogurt |
(*) Including Mozzarella, Parmesan and Ricotta
(**) Buffalo, cow, goat, sheep and lactose-free milk.
Suggested alternatives
Amaretti
Béchamel with vegetable milk and/or broth
Bresaola
Coppa
Crepes with vegetable milk
Crushed-ice drinks
Culatello
Dark chocolate (milk-free)
Dried meat
Homemade sweets made with vegetable milk or oil
Manufactured milk-free sweets
Milk made from oats, almonds, walnuts, rice, soy |
Milk-free cookies
Oil
Pavesini cookies
Popsicles
Prosciutto crudo
Rice pudding
Salami (milk-free only)
Savoiardi (ladies' fingers)
Sorbets
Soy ice cream
Soy pudding
Soy yogurt
Tofu
Zabaione (without milk) |
Other useful resources
» For a more detailed description of foods containing milk or its derivatives, refer to the SMA Food profile on Milk.
» The Intolerances section provides an in-depth discussion on the themes related to intolerance, rotation diet, tolerance recovery and vaccines.
» If you encounter any difficulty finding tasty alternatives for your intolerance, take a look at the page on Suggested products: you can purchase these foods directly on line and have them delivered at your home in just a few days.
Suggested diets
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