Avoiding Dairy and Soy: Help With Labels
If you are breastfeeding and eliminating dairy and soy, or as you are introducing solids to your MSPI baby, make sure you are reading all ingredients carefully - so much is "hidden".
Ingredients that contain soy:
- hydrolyzed soy protein
- miso
- shoyo sauce
- soy flour
- soy grits
- soy nuts
- soy milk
- soy sprouts
- soy protein concentrate
- soy protein isolate
- soy sauce
- tempeh
- textured vegetable protein (TVP)
- tofu
- soy lecithin
- soy oil
Other possible sources of soy or soy products:
- flavorings
- hydrolyzed plant protein
- hydrolyzed vegetable protein
- natural flavoring
- vegetable broth
- vegetable gum
- vegetable starch
(Most babies will not react to soy oil or soy lecithin, but there are a select few of very sensitive babies that may still not be able to tolerate them.)
Ingredients that contain dairy:
- Acidophilus Milk
- Ammonium Caseinate
- Butter
- Butter Fat
- Butter Oil
- Butter Solids
- Buttermilk
- Buttermilk Powder
- Calcium Caseinate
- Casein
- Caseinate (in general)
- Cheese (All animal-based)
- Condensed Milk
- Cottage Cheese
- Cream
- Curds
- Custard
- Delactosed Whey
- Demineralized Whey
- Dry Milk Powder
- Dry Milk Solids
- Evaporated Milk
- Ghee
- Goat Milk
- Hydrolyzed Casein
- Hydrolyzed Milk Protein
- Iron Caseinate
- Lactalbumin
- Lactoferrin
- Lactoglobulin
- Lactose
- Lactulose
- Low-Fat Milk
- Magnesium Caseinate
- Malted Milk
- Milk
- Milk Derivative
- Milk Fat
- Milk Powder
- Milk Protein
- Milk Solids
- Natural Butter Flavor
- Nonfat Milk
- Nougat
- Paneer
- Potassium Caseinate
- Pudding
- Recaldent
- Rennet Casein
- Skim Milk
- Sodium Caseinate
- Sour Cream
- Sour Milk Solids
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Sweet Whey
- Whey
- Whey Powder
- Whey Protein Concentrate
- Whey Protein Hydrolysate
- Whipped Cream
- Whipped Topping
- Whole Milk
- Yogurt
- Zinc Caseinate
