I called Gerber who said they put a D on the label because non-dairy
products may have been made on a line that had dairy on it.
Nabisco on the other hand said you should not look at their products
regarding the U/D etc-that is only for the Jewish population. If they put
dairy in a product it will be clearly marked in the ingredient list.

-----Original Message-----
From: Milk/Casein/Lactose-Free List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Alex Oren
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 7:27 AM
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Subject: Re: Nabisco?


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:21:02 -0500, "Patty Majerik" <[log in to unmask]>
said:
> I sometimes run into products that are marked dairy-free and have no
> dairy
> ingredients in the ingredient deck but also have no kosher markings.  I
> have stayed away from these products, feeling I must assume they are
> highly likely to be U-D if they were marked (since 90% of the products
> are), but am curious what others in my shoes do in this situation.

Kashrut involves procedure and supervision, both of which cost money.
Since the target demographic is relatively small (I would guess about 5
millions worldwide), a lot of companies just don't bother.

Best wishes,
Alex.



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