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Date: | Fri, 31 May 2002 08:46:04 -0400 |
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Marla Shapiro wrote:
> correct me, please, if my info's wrong, but everything i have from food
> allergy network does not indicate that lactate is necessarily dairy tho
> lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate, lactoglobulin, lactose, & lactulose
> are all listed as dairy... i believe lactate's a salt derived from
> lactic acid (which is just an acid & not necessarily dairy)....and
> calcium lactate's the additive that's in many non-dairy products w/
> supplemental calcium. (& don't know if this is an authoritative source
> per se, but zukin's book "raising your child without milk" lists lactic
> acid as non-dairy, too...)
You are not wrong but the emphasis should be on "necessarily". Lactate,
lactic acid, etc. *may* originate from milk and without additional info
I prefer to err on the side of caution.
Best wishes,
Alex.
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