Coffeemate Creamer is not Dairy-Free

Beware of coffeemate "non dairy" creamer, it does contain a milk product. I found this one out the hard way. I looked at the label and assumed that non-dairy meant that there would be no dairy products in the creamer. I had the creamer a couple days in a row and began to see my nursing baby, who is allergic to dairy, have a skin reaction. I couldn't be live it. The culprit--sodium caseinate, a milk derivative. This is listed in the ingredients on the back of coffeemate liquid creamer, however I was naive and trusted the words "non dairy" on the front. How misleading. Of course it is my responsibility to read every ingredient and apparently non-dairy does not mean dairy-free.


Here are the ingredients in Coffeemate's "Non Dairy" Hazelnut Liquid Creamer:
Water, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cotton-Seed Oil, Sodium Caseinate (a Milk Derivative), Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Carrageenan, Beta-Carotene Color.

My Favorite Dairy-free Milk Substitutes

Dairy-Free products/substitutions I like

Chocolate Ice Cream Substitute
-Trader Joe's chocolate sorbet (much creamier than grocery store brands)
-"Purely Decadent" coconut milk chocolate ice cream

Yogurt
-"So Delicious" cultured coconut milk (I like the chocolate)

Coffee Creamer
-so far I've found "So Delicious" cocnut milk creamer to be the best

Cheese Substitute
-avocado

Living Dairy-Free