Casein free wine? what to drink 4th of July !! :)?

Question

Oh no! I just learned that wine sometimes has casein in it?!?!?!?!?!? Does anybody know of any casein free vegan wines? Preferably some that are inexpensive and can be bought at a grocery store?

Thanks so much

Answer 1

I highly recommend "Our Daily Red," which is a sulfite-free, organic, dry red wine that can be found in Whole Foods.

Answer 2

http://www.answers.com/topic/casein?cat=...

http://www.godairyfree.org/200804102394/...

But atleast you have a choice.

Not all wines use Casein as a finning agent so it does not contain it.

It has been filtered out of the wine. Finnings are used to bind things together so they are easily filtered out. They sshould be of no harm to you in a wine. (that is very low amounts)

Columbia Encyclopedia: casein

(kā'sēn) , well-defined group of proteins found in milk, constituting about 80% of the proteins in cow's milk, but only 40% in human milk. Casein is a remarkably efficient nutrient, supplying not only essential amino acids, but also some carbohydrates and the inorganic elements calcium and phosphorus. The calcium caseinates form an insoluble white curd when acidified by hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, or when milk is soured by bacterial contaminants. Acid casein is used widely in cheese, adhesives, water paints, for coating paper, and in printing textiles and wallpaper. In neutral solutions the enzyme rennin converts one of the caseins to an insoluble curd; most of the protein in cheese is rennet casein curd. When treated with formaldehyde the curd forms casein plastic, used for manufacturing imitation tortoiseshell, jade, and lapis lazuli.

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Wine Lover's Companion: casein

[KAY-seen; KAY-see-ihn] A form of milk protein used for fining wines. Casein is often obtained in the form of powdered skim milk.