I would like to retract the following statement:
<< Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil or Fat is often contaminated with milk
protein.>>

I'm sorry, I passed that statement off to the list too hastily.  I can't
find a source for this assertion and and now as I retrace how I came to
believe it, I don't remember where or if I even read it anywhere.  I believe
I must've confused my daughter's allergic reaction to the ingredient of malt
with the ingredient of hydrogenated vegetable oil (both common ingredients
in her kinderkoekjes).  This allergic reaction and the Milk Related
Ingredients listing of "HYDROLIZED Vegetable Protein" and the fact that
hydrogenation is a the process of thickening oil/fat (by adding hydrogen,
NOT milk protein) and the fact that all the labels I'm reading are in Dutch,
not English got muddled in my overprotective motherly brain to the total
avoidance of hydrogenated vegetable oil or fat.

So, unless anyone else has something to add to this discussion, I guess
vegetable oil/fat is milk free in all its forms.  Of course, it is always
possible that a product containing vegetable oil/fat could be contaminated
by milk protein, but that goes for any product.

My apologies to the list.

Cheryl