casein and the caseinates are not pareve.
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> Steve Carper

Friends,  I'm with Steve on this one;  I did research on this last
summer, and all of the kosher certifying organizations I contacted were
clear on this...that milk derivatives were considered dairy, and the
tale I had always heard, that milk protein derivatives were so far from
an actual dairy product that they were no longer considered dairy is NOT
true.  These Rabbis seem to keep pretty current on the latest food
industry standards, and several of the organizations have kosher alerts
messages on their home pages, similar to Food Allergy Network and Helen
Fenerty's page, that list products found to be erroneously labelled.
One thing to watch out for are foods labelled kosher with only a letter
K (no circle, triangle or other identifying mark), as this means that
the manufacturer SAYS that the food is kosher, but no certifying
organization has inspected (or blessed) the food.  I have seen cookies
marked with a K, with no D following that had whey listed as an
ingredient.  To be sure, if you shop the heckshers, look for real ones,
not just the K with nothing else.

Hope this helps!  Dale Robin Lockman