Food Allergy

milk protein allergy

My son has a milk protein allergy and I am breastfeeding.  Just wondering if you can eat goat's milk or goat cheese?  If it's considered a cow's milk protein, then technically you should be able to eat it right?  

Re: milk protein allergy

  • some people can handle it and a lot can't. I have heard of many people react to goats milk and they were allergic to cows milk.  Maybe there is a protein type that is similar.  I never tried it b/c i was worried that he would react.  Since you're BF, i would try it slowly -maybe try it in something baked (like a muffin).  I wouldn't recommend giving him anything with goats milk directly.

    But that is actually a good question to call the allergist on..  I'm curious if there is anything that a cows milk and goats milk has the same.

  • Form what I heard the milk protien in goat and cow's milk are similar.. so like pp mentioned it might be okay with some people, and not for other people. 
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  • Our allergist told us to stay away from goats milk products.
  • Oddly a lot of goat milk products also contain cows milk.  So read the labels. And as pp's said a lot of people that can't tolerate cows milk can't tolerate goats milk.
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  • Every LO is different so it?s hard to say if your LO will react or not but I have heard that the proteins between cow?s milk and goat?s milk are very similar.  I guess the only way to know for sure if your LO can tolerate it is to trial it.  Good luck.  
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