Re: Casein

October 6, 2001

At 04:49 PM 10/6/01 -0700, you wrote:

> > Also, is there hidden casein in some foods & is there a list of

> ingredients to watch out for that are casein but not called " casein " ?

We found out the hard way that my son's tuna fish contained casein,

disguised on the ingredients list as " hydrolyzed soy protein " . I'm not

suggesting that you avoid hyd. soy, only that it's possible to get nailed

even when you are conscientious about reading labels. We now avoid tuna of

any kind because of the mercury for the entire family, so it's kind of a

non-issue for us.

Of course I think when you're just starting the diet, these are very minor

amounts and may not matter too much compared to months down the road. It's

a hard diet but we all rise to the occasion over time.

One more thing. If a food has the " OU " label (a " U " with a circle around

it) this means it's been certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis.

Now I mention this because if the manufacturer went to the trouble and

expense of getting that certification, then if there is no dairy in the

food it should also have the " Pareve " label which is a kosher designation

that no dairy is in the food. This could have tipped us off about that

brand of tuna which did have the OU but not the pareve.... if we'd thought

of looking and thinking about it.

Realize though that many GFCF foods are not kosher, so this can be helpful

at times but isn't always going to do the trick.

Marty

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