Milk terms (click here for printable format)

For a MILK-FREE DIET
Avoid foods with these ingredients:

• 'D' on a label next to 'K' or 'U' indicates presence of milk protein

• May contain milk protein/dairy:
  flavorings including: caramel (color), bavarian cream, coconut cream, brown sugar, butter, natural , natural butter, margarine, coffee whiteners, non-dairy creamer
  chocolate
  luncheon meat, hotdogs, sausages
  high protein flour, hydrolized (vegetable) protein
  margarine, mayonnaise
  MSG, sodium lactylate, carageenan
  Seasonings/spices
  Tomato paste
  Simplesse

For substitutions use water, juice, soy milk, rice milk in equal parts.

Applesauce can replace butter in baked goods.  Also look for dairy free margarines. 

Egg terms and Substitutions (click here for printable format)

For an EGG-FREE DIET
Avoid foods with these ingredients:

albumin
egg (white, yolk dried, powdered, solids)
egg substitutes
eggnog
globulin
livetin
lecithin
lysozyme (used in Europe)
mayonnaise
meringue
ovalbumin
ovomucin
ovomucoid
ovovitellin
Simplesse
Note: A shiny glaze or yellow baked goods usually indicate the presence of eggs.

For each egg, substitute one of the following in recipes:
* 1 tsp baking powder, 1 Tbsp liquid, 1 Tbsp vinegar
* 1 tsp yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
* I Tbsp of apricot puree
* 1 1/2 Tbsp water, 1 1/2 Tbsp oil, 1 tsp baking powder
* 1 packet plain gelatin, 2 Tbsp warm water. Do not mix until ready to use.

I recommend if there are more than 2 eggs, determine what purpose the egg serves in the recipe and use an appropriate combo of the above egg substitutes.

Avoid foods with these ingredients:
All-purpose flour
Bleached flour
Bulgur (cracked wheat)
Bran
Cornstarch
Couscous
Durum wheat
Enriched flour
Farina
Gelatinized starch* (or pre-gelatinized)
Gluten
Graham flour
Hard durum flour
High gluten flour
High protein flour !
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein !
Kamut
Miller's bran
Modified food starch*
Modified starch*
MSG (monosodium glutamate)**
Protein
Semolina
Spelt
Starch*
Unbleached flour
Vegetable gum*
Vegetable starch*
Vital gluten
Wheat bran
Wheat flour
Wheat germ
Wheat gluten
Wheat starch
White flour
Whole wheat
Whole wheat flour

 May contain wheat

Alcoholic beverages
(made from grain alcohol) Ale
Beer
Wine
Bourbon
Whiskey
Baked goods
Biscuits Breads (including rye bread), Cakes, Cookies, Crackers, etc., Baking mixes, Barley bread and drinks, Battered foods, Bouillon cubes, Breaded meats, Breaded vegetables, 
Breakfast cereals, Candy or chocolate candy, Canned processed meat, Cereal grains, Gravy, Hot dogs, Ice cream, Ice cream cones, Luncheon meats, Licorice, Macaroni, Malt, Malted milks, Milk shakes, Noodle products, Pasta (noodles, spaghetti. macaroni), Pepper (compound or powdered flour filler), Pies, Processed meats, Sausage, Semolina, Snack foods, Soup mixes, Soups, Soy sauce, Tablets

Alcoholic beverages, especially sweet wines
Baking powder (can contain cornstarch)
Corn alcohol,  extract, flour, meal, oil, starch, syrup (and syrup solids)
Corn sweetener
Dextrose
Dextrin
Flavorings (can contain corn syrup)
Food starch
Fructose
Glucose
Gluten
Grits
High fructose corn syrup
Hydrolyzed corn
Hydrolyzed corn protein
Hominy
Maize
Maltodextrin or maltodextrose
Malt syrup
Modified corn starch
modified food starch
Partially hydrolyzed corn oil
Powdered sugar
Vegetable gum
Vegetable starch
Vitamin C
Non food items:
Plastic wrap, paper cups and plates can be coated with corn oil.  Adhesive on stamps and envelopes may contain corn.

This list was compiled from several sources, including "5 Years Without Food, The Food Allergy Survivors Guide" by Nicolette Dumke, and from postings to the FAST Food Allergy listserve.

anything with un-identified vegetable sources
caramel color (often caramelized corn sugar)
dextrose 
enriched flour (usually not labeled that it contains a corn based baking powder, but  usually does contain undisclosed sources of corn) 
Invert Syrup
lecithin (can be corn, egg or soy)
Mono and Di-gylcerides
monosodium glutamate
natural flavoring
Sodium Lactate
sodiumsteeearoyl-2-lactylate
Soribitol
starch
sucrose
sugar (can be corn, cane or beet)
vanilla (many liquid spices are suspended in alcohol)
vegetable glycerin 
vegetable oil
vegetable protein (usually labeled as, hydrolyzed veg. Protein)
vinegar
xantham gum (cultured on corn)
yeast (most yeast contains corn or wheat)

Non food items:
paper cups, and  cardboard food containers containing liquid are often coated with corn starch
envelopes, stamps and stickers contain corn sweeteners 
most glues, and some paints contain corn products
playdough