Rob and Cheryl AndristPlourde wrote:

> 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.

Quoting from a previous post to this list:

| Subject: kosher markings
| From: Gail Lewis <[log in to unmask]>
|
| Here's an interesting explanation of the reasons why a product can be
| marked kosher dairy even though it doesn't list any milk ingredients.  It
| also mentions that "hydrolized vegetable protein, typically used in soups
| and seasonings" may contain casein.  I didn't know that one.
|
| http://www.ou.org/kosher/dairy.htm
|
| Gail Lewis


Best regards,
Alex.