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Dairy & soya free party food

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NauseousNancy · 05/06/2022 22:30

Hi!

I am having a birthday party soon where one child is dairy & soy free. Her mum is bringing her some snacks but I would like to have some treats to offer her.

anyone any idea where I can get some snacks/cakes etc for them?

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Fedupsotired · 05/06/2022 22:32

Bake fairy cakes with vitalite and they'll be dairy free.

DefiniteTortoise · 05/06/2022 22:34

I believe Moo free chocolate is also soy free.

I have a vegan sponge cake recipe, where I usually sub in oat milk for soy milk - works a treat!

demotedreally · 05/06/2022 22:34

We make a lot as all you need is dairy free butter to make a normal cake. Accepting that you don't want to do this the easiest is to go to the free from aisle at the supermarket. Soya makes lots of dairy free food not possible as they often sub with soya.

My child is always delighted when the host gets a cake they can have at birthday cake time. There are pretty much always cupcake options and you can match it to the cake colour - ie chocolate etc.

demotedreally · 05/06/2022 22:36

The other thing I recommend is checking packs of everything else you make, and maybe even keeping packs in case the child /parent wants to check (and don't be offended if they do, noone wants the child to be poorly). I always feel like a pita to others if I ask about anything but at the end of the day it is the best thing to do.

PestorPeston · 05/06/2022 22:38

Aldi angel cake is dairy and soy free.

M&S do choc chip short breads in their plant based range, also a double chop cookie.

NameChange30 · 05/06/2022 22:40

Both my children have had these allergies and I always really appreciated it if people provided things for them at a party, so bless you.

You could ask the mum whether the child tolerates soya lecithin - it's in a LOT of things and some children with soya allergies tolerate it (others don't) so it's helpful to know.

My son loves party rings, they are dairy-free but I can't remember if they contain soya lecithin or not.

We also bought a lot of Mrs Crimbles madeleines, they are dairy-free and soya-free, and taste pretty nice. Plus individually wrapped which is handy.

Most savoury food is fine, if you are doing sandwiches then it would be appreciated if you could use soya-free bread and dairy-free spread, then the child could eat any sandwich as long as it doesn't have cheese in it.

Pom bears are fine and always go down well.

Jaffa cakes - Own brand tend to be fine but the McVities ones contain dairy.

Basically you have to check the labels very carefully!

If you buy anything please keep the packaging so the mum can check it herself. I like to do this for peace of mind because it's so easy to miss things (DH and I still mess up sometimes). I hope no one is offended when I check!

MrsRuggles · 05/06/2022 22:41

Supermarkets do Oggs cakes, little cup cakes, lots of varieties. Vegan magnums are OK. There are other ice creams too without soya. These pictures come from the Tesco website. If you tell me your normal supermarket I can look for you. We've a child with similar allergies.

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NameChange30 · 05/06/2022 22:42

I took a while to write that and have repeated others' points, oops Blush

If you want to buy a nice cake or cupcakes, Sainsbury's plant kitchen cakes are tasty and soya-free.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 06/06/2022 09:42

Unfortunately party rings do have soya lecithin, but jammie dodgers are fine.
Also:
Almost all popcorn (including Butterkist cinema style sweet)
Sainsbury’s Free From jam tarts and cherry bakewells
Sainsbury’s mini sausage rolls (the pack of 50 frozen)

NauseousNancy · 08/06/2022 15:15

Thank you all so much!

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