>Hey, I talked to Duncan Hines about their cake mixes and
>their "butter recipe" yellow cake mix is dairy-free!  Not
>only that, there's a cream cheese frosting that's dairy
>free!  Aren't artificial flavors wonderful?  I never would
>have even looked at either of these
>because of the labeling . . . .
>

Protector & Gamble used to own Duncan Hines as of March 1 1998. Now it is
ownered by Aurora Foods. I spoke with their attorney last week. They hope
to be publishing a list of their products that are dairy free soon. They do
use OU for kosher supervision so look for a OU or OU pareve on the boxes.
But always also check the ingredients on the boxes.

Their attorney had a positive remark. "Why doesn't the food industry
come-up with a non-reglious dairy free symbol." Now that's a good idea. I
told him what Kelloggs had done with their ingredient panel for pop tarts.
They added a line of red text at the bottom of the ingredient box that
reads "dairy-free product".


Food for thought,

Helen