The Ironies of Life - Part II

So for the sake of little Bebu, I've been trying to give up dairy and cut down on my caffeine intake. Hard to do when you are a coffee and tea junkie (especially the coffee and tea you get here). It should've been easy - decaf coffee/tea and non-dairy creamer. Unfortunately, you just don't find those things here.

So it was Mom to the rescue. Bless her heart, she sent me a care package full of decaf coffee, decaf tea and a wonderful assortment of coffee-mate non-dairy creamers. I was in heaven! Nothing like enjoying a steaming cup of milky coffee without the guilt of dairy and caffeine. Or so I thought...

Today, after 2 weeks of becoming best friends with my Coffee-Mate powder, I decided to take a closer peek at this so-called non-dairy creamer. How could something so yummy and creamy not have milk? And there it was, right in front of my face. Checking out the ingredients, I found the following listed right after the sugars and oils: "sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)". Eek! I knew in an instant what was coming.

A quick web search (the internet - not sure if I should love it or hate it) revealed that sodium caseinate is really a milk protein. Just in case you didn't get that, I'll say it again - it is a milk protein. Precisely what sensitive little babies cannot handle in milk. Precisely what I've been trying to avoid!

Aside: found this interesting page when discovering the wrath of my creamer addiction: http://www.vegparadise.com/news24.html

So, no longer can I claim blissful ignorance.

Looks like it will be soy milk to the rescue!