Meat Containing Dairy?

[ewooder]

I was checking the allergen information for some of the restaurants around my office and noticed that Qdoba lists all of their meats (except pork) as containing milk. I react very strongly to dairy, so that's a potential problem for me. What I'm wondering though is how & why does meat contain dairy? Is that common? As far as I know marinating meat doesn't include milk, does it?

[shopgirl]

My family has always made meatballs and hamburger with milk in them. It makes the meat juicier. I'm not familiar with the restaurant but it could be the same thing.

[Skylark]

It's not common. I wonder if they're using a cheese flavoring in the meats.

[Becks85]

Well, it looks like Qdoba uses whey in the adobo seasoning they put on the chicken (it's the only dairy on their chicken and adobo seasoning ingredient lists). Whey is found in a lot of products, but I don't know how common it is in meat seasonings. I guess it's just one more thing to look out for.