Hidden Milk and Egg 101

Learn to recognize the products where milk and egg can hide, and the alternate names for these allergens you’ll want to watch out for.

Allergen	Where It Hides	Alternate Names
Eggs	baked goods, e.g. cookies, cakes challah and gluten-free bread crackers fat replacers (e.g. Simplesse) meat products with fillers like meatballs or meatloaf nougats, marzipan candy pasta (fresh but also some dried pasta “may contain” eggs) quiche, soufflé salad dressing, creamy dressings sauces, for example, Béarnaise, hollandaise, Newburg, tartar eggnog, whiskey sour fish mixtures (surimi) used imitation crab and lobster meat foam and milk toppings on coffee anesthetic, for example Diprivan (propofol) some vaccines (e.g. flu vaccine; speak to allergist re safety) craft materials hair-care products medications	albumin/albumen-conalbumin-globulin livetin lysozyme ovo (means egg), for example, ovalbumin, ovomucin, ovotransferrin silico-albuminate vitellin

Allergen	Where It Hides	Alternate Names
Milk, Dairy	artificial butter, butter flavor, butter oil baked goods, e.g. cakes, cookies battered or fried foods broths and bouillons caramel coloring or flavoring chocolate, candies crackers coffee whiteners custards, puddings deli meats, hot dogs dips and salad dressings egg and fat substitutes (Opta, Simplesse) high-protein flour lactose-free products (don’t confuse wth ‘dairy-free’; many contain milk protein) malt drink mixes margarine (look for dairy-free brands) sausages soy or rice cheese soups and soup mixes potatoes (instant, mashed and scalloped potatoes) ghee (clarified butter) and butter fat kefir Kumiss (fermented milk drink) medications tuna fish (some canned brands)	beta-lactoglobulin casein, rennet casein-caseinate (ammonium caseinate, magnesium caseinate, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, potassium caseinate) delactosed or demineralized whey whey and whey protein concentrate dry milk, milk solids hydrolyzed casein, hydrolyzed milk protein lactalbumin and lactalbumin phosphate lactose lactoferrin, lactoglobulin milk derivative, fat and protein modified milk ingredients

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