Interesting - I wonder if anyone has done a study on cross-contamination
with food allergens in the fast food industry?  It's very possible, as
someone suggested, that I've reacted to something else in the hamburger,
though more likely it's a general reaction to the bacteria/preservatives.  I
haven't lived in the States in about 4 years, I live in South East Asia -
you would think this was a perfect place to live for non-dairy but it's
actually not.  There is very little awareness on what goes into food,
"dairy" is not a category and often isn't a word in the local languages and
generally people respond to foreigners as "wanting milk/creme/butter/cheese
if they have it from the French influence.

This could also be the difference with Indian restaurants.  It is cheaper to
use vegetable ghee though I haven't found many restaurants in the NYC/Boston
are that use it.  I don't think it's so much the expense but rather the
establish Indian communities there that have (cheaper no doubt due to bulk)
access to dairy ghee.  In South Asia few restaurants use vegetable ghee, had
a near-death experience in Calcutta that was distinctly not fun.  If your
Indian restaurants can differentiate, great! Send me their address because I
sure miss Indian food :)






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-----Original Message-----
From: Milk/Casein/Lactose-Free List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Alex Oren
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:32 AM
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Subject: It's official!

From: "Amalita Grimes" <[log in to unmask]>
> mc donald's buns  do not have milk listed as an ingredient :
>=20
> Regular Bun:
> Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, =
thiamine,
> riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, reduced iron), water, high fructose =
corn
> syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, yeast, contains less than 2
> =
% of each
> of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, calcium =
silicate,
> wheat gluten, soy flour, baking soda, emulsifier (mono- and =
diglycerides,
> diacetyl tartaric acid esters of fatty acids, ethanol, sorbitol, =
polysorbate 20,
> potassium propionate), sodium stearoyl lactylate, dough conditioner =
(corn
> starch, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, calcium peroxide, =
ascorbic acid,
> azodicarbonamide, enzymes), calcium propionate (preservative).

The McD's ingredient lists have officially replaced the periodic table = as
the preferred study material for chemistry exams.

Best wishes,
Alex.