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[VydorScope]

What is sodium lactate? Is that Milk? I see it listed on some of foods I ate today, and Im feeling very bad, and I am TRYING to aviod milk.....along with gluten.

[frenchiemama]

Sodium Lactate is another name for Lactic Acid, and I do believe that it is found in milk (among other places).

[Canadian Karen]

http://www.infopleas.../sodium lactate

Don't know if you will be any further ahead by this link, but I think it is a kind of salt additive.....

Karen

[Kasey'sMom]

I've seen lactic acid being derived from beets here recently in a few products.

Here's an explantation from Applegate Farms on what lactic acid is and does.


http://www.applegate...s.com/faq.shtml

Click on "Our Prodcuts & Ingredients."

[VydorScope]

Thanks! After posting this, I did find this page

http://www.foodaller...rgens/milk.html

which clearly says its not a milk product.

[ebrbetty]

SURPRISINGLY DAIRY FREE INGREDIENTS

Calcium Lactate
Calcium Propionate
Calcium Stearoyl
Lactylate
Cocoa Butter Cocoa Powder
Cream of Tartar
Lactic Acid
Lecithin Oleoresin
Sodium Lactate

[pinkpei77]

from my vegan handbook.. it lists it as "the salt from lactic acid"
and not appropriate for vegans.. which means it is an animal by-product and has dairy in it.

[penguin]

This is from Wikipedia:

Lactic acid in food

Lactic acid is used in a variety of foodstuffs to act as an acidity regulator. Although it can be fermented from lactose (milk sugar), most commercially used lactic acid is derived by using bacteria such as Bascillus acidilacti, Lactobascillus delbueckii or L. bulgaricuswhey to ferment carbohydrates from sources such as cornstarch, potatoes or molasses. Thus, although it is commonly known as "milk acid", products claiming to be vegetarian or vegan do sometimes feature lactic acid as an ingredient.