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objective: to investigate how well the parents of children on cow%26apos;s milk free diets perform at recognizing whether or not expressions describe and foods contain cow%26apos;s milk proteins. methods: interviews were conducted with 24 parents of children on cow%26apos;s milk and by-products exclusion diets and 23 parents of children with no need for any type of exclusion diet. they were asked if they recognized 12 expressions relating to cow%26apos;s milk. they were then asked to classify 10 commercial food products in terms of whether or not they contained cow%26apos;s milk proteins. results: terms that included the word milk were more often recognized by both groups of parents. the parents of children on exclusion diets recognized the terms cow%26apos;s milk protein, traces of milk and milk formulation or preparation most frequently (p %26lt; 0.05). less than 25.0% of those interviewed recognized casein, caseinate, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin. both groups correctly identified more of the commercial products containing cow%26apos;s milk than those free from milk. the median number of products containing cow%26apos;s milk (total = 5) correctly identified by the parents of children on exclusion diets (4.0) was greater than for the control group (3.0; p = 0.005). reading at least one label was associated with a greater chance of correctly identifying more than five of the 10 products (odds ratio = 8.0). conclusions: despite having received guidance, the parents of children on exclusion diets were not fully prepared to manage these diets, indicating a need for improvements to the instruction provided when indicating exclusion diets.
