Hidden Casein

[BamBam]

I've been casein free since Valentine's Day and seem to be having a set back, not feeling as good as I should, so thought maybe I was getting something I shouldn't be. We went camping last month and cooked all of our own food. I did eat a bunch of rice flour goodies. If I overdo it, it seems like I get all bloated, gassy and even constipated some. There isn't much fiber or bulk to rice flour goodies.

I just didn't know if I should be watching out for certain foods that may have casein in them, stuff that I may not have thought about. I stay away from all coffee creamers, yogurt, milk/dairy products, chocolate etc.

Bernadette

[jenvan]

Do you have an ingredient list like the one below, and ck labels for any suspicious ingredients? Do you always make sure they aren't using butter in restaurants when you go out?

Avoid the following milk-containing foods and ingredients:

Artificial butter flavor

Butter, butter fat, buttermilk

Casein - milk protein

Caseinates (ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium)

Cheese, cottage cheese, curds

Cream

Custard, pudding

Ghee - clarified butter

Half and Half®

Hydrolysates (casein, milk protein, protein, whey, whey protein)

Lactoglobulin

Lactose - sugar in milk

Milk (derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, dry, whole, low fat, non fat, skim, and LactaidTM Milk)

Non dairy creamer (check for casein)

Nougat

Rennet - used to curdle milk (may contain whey)

Sour cream

Sour cream solids

Whey - milk protein (delactosed, demineralized, protein concentrate)

Yogurt

Be careful when choosing the following foods or ingredients because they may contain milk:

Brown sugar flavoring

Caramel flavoring

Chocolate

High protein flour (protein source could be skim milk powder)

Lactic acid starter culture

Margarine (may contain whey)

Natural flavoring

Simplesse® (could be made from eggs or milk protein)

Don't worry about eating foods with the following ingredients. They do not contain milk:

Calcium lactate

Calcium stearoyl lactylate

Cocoa butter

Cream of tartar

Lactic acid

Oleoresin

Sodium lactate

Sodium stearoyl lactylate

[taz sharratt]

thankyou for that jenvan, im in the same situation and its really handy for me.

[emcmaster]

I might be beating a dead horse with this, but I have major problems if I eat things with too much fat in them. If you have a problem digesting fats, how much is too much will depend on your tolerance. As a general rule of thumb, I can eat no more than 25% of my calories from fat at any given meal (and thus, throughout the day). Any more at all makes me bloated and gives me pain spasms that last for days.

Could that be a problem? Almost all gluten-free baked goods have too much fat in them for me to even look at.