Milk and Dairy- Free Diet
WHAT TO AVOID
- Cow's milk of any type, including whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed, dried, condensed, evaporated, etc
- Butter
- Cream
- Cheese
- Yoghurt
- Whey (a milk protein) – May be used in some
- Mueslis
- Cereals
- Butter substitute spreads
- Cakes/Biscuits
- Tomato ketchup
- Breads
- Caseinates or Casein (a milk protein) - may be used in some
- Packet soups
- Dairy free coffee whitener
- Some sausages
- Lactose (a milk sugar) - may be used in some
- Cakes /Biscuits
- Butter substitute spreads
- Pre-packed sliced ham and chicken
- Some cereals may contain skimmed milk powder
- Batter made with milk; Yorkshire pudding, pancakes (NB the batter on fish is usually made with water)
- Chocolate and cocoa
- Custards, milk puddings
- Ice Cream
- Foods fried in butter
- Malted milk, Ovaltine
- Coffee whitener
- Creamed sauces and soups
- Ready-made Pasta dishes - e.g. lasagne
- Pizza
- Enriched doughs e.g Chelsea Buns, doughnuts, Hot Cross Buns, croissants, Danish Pastries, scones, some cakes, bread-maker recipes (i.e often use powdered milk), glazed products, e.g. crusty rolls etc, Naan bread.
- Patés
- Some soups
- Toffee and fudge
Always read the labels on packaged items
SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES
Choose organic products wherever possible
- Rice milk (e.g. Rice Dream' calcium added varieties recommended),soya mik, oat milk, nut milk
- Coconut milk / cream
- Vegetable margarines (check no milk solids/skimmed milk/whey) - eg soya margarine, Tomar, Vitaseig, Viaquel, Granose, Pure (Sunflower or Soya), Biona, Suma
- Soya cheese, tofu (soya bean curd) e.g. Galaxy nutritional foods
- Soya yoghurt
- Soya ice creams e.g. Swedish Glace and Maranella, which is sugar-free
- Chocolate - dairy-free carob - eg www.d-dchocolates.com
- Biscuits - many biscuits are milk-free, ie contain vegetable not animal fat, eg Morning Coffee, fig rolls, Hobnobs, Oat Crunchies, Lotus Original, McVities, Ginger Nuts, Tesco organic Fruitbake biscuits and Digestives
- Cereal bars - Jordans Fruesli Wildberries, Tangy Citrus, Tesco (organic) Raisin, Hazelnut & Almond, Apple & Raspberry
- Some creamed biscuits (check for whey, lactose and caseinates, if sensitive)
- If not ticked on food avoidance list, you can have:
Goats and sheep milk products, ie milk, butter, cheese, cream, yoghurt
Please note that any diets and dietary advice in the Patient Guidance section of our website are only intended for the patients attending our own clinics in Southampton and London. These diets are based on a recommendation made by one of the Centre doctors after an appropriate consultation. Our advice relating to use of a particular restricted diet is really only appropriate for individual patients who have consulted us and have been individually assessed by one of the doctors from the Centre and advised that they should follow a particular dietary regime. We do not recommend that people use restricted diets without proper medical supervision. We also recommend to our patients that they should not use a restricted diet for more than 6 weeks in the first instance without further consultation with us, as it may result in nutritional deficiencies. Sometimes food exclusion diets may be clinically effective in the long term, but their management will require a balanced nutritional approach.
We hope that visitors to our website who are not our patients will find much to interest them in this website; we aim to present useful, practical, considered and authoritative information on Complementary and Integrated Medicine. We strongly advise that you should not follow a restricted diet without proper medical supervision by a qualified practitioner.
