From: "dgilchrist" <[log in to unmask]>


> I also have some interest in this.  My daughter is allergic to milk
proteins
> and I had always assumed butter would contain such proteins.

Good assumption.  The thing people need to keep repeating to themselves on
questions like this is NOTHING IS EVER PURE. Anything created from milk will
contain at least trace amounts of everything that was in the original milk.
The real issue is whether a particular creation is pure enough to be
tolerated given the sensitivity of the individual in question.  No third
party can answer that.

For extensive discussion of the degree to which butter can be clarified, use
the following link:
 http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S2=no-milk&q=ghee
 (If our email programs mangle the link, it is an archive search for
"ghee".)  It looks like good quality ghee is pure enough for all but the
most extremely allergic.