On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:11:31 -0800 "Simon W (&/or Bonnie D) Hecht" <[log in to unmask]> writes: >bread. Both contained Caramel, and\or Caramel coloring. I read on the >internet that caramel may contain milk sugar as a component. > >Has any one had a similar experience? We had problems with the caramel coloring in a generic brand of liquid children's vitamins. Lactose can be used as the carbohydrate when making caramel coloring. It took a few days for the level to build up enough in our daughter to really figure out what was causing the reaction. Kathy