Strange Denmark question

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We will be cruising from Copenhagen next month. We always take the little flavored creamer pods with us because we don’t like actual cream or milk in our coffee. I was checking prohibited items for Denmark and it specifies milk or milk products. The creamer contains “less than 2% of sodium caseinate, a milk derivative”. Does anyone know if this would therefore not be permitted to bring in to the country? I guess I could contact the Danish Embassy for advice but thought maybe someone here might have taken this item into the country.

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I do not know exactly which product you are talking about but in my best belief it is not a dairy product
Dairy products are a collective term for the products obtained by processing milk typically in a dairy: whole milk with varying fat content, cream, yogurt, ymer, cheese, cream and similar products.

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9 minutes ago, hallasm said:

I do not know exactly which product you are talking about but in my best belief it is not a dairy product
Dairy products are a collective term for the products obtained by processing milk typically in a dairy: whole milk with varying fat content, cream, yogurt, ymer, cheese, cream and similar products.

I thought that considering the creamers to be actual milk products would be a stretch, but it was the “milk derivative” that I wasn’t sure of since I don’t know how strict an interpretation was being applied. FYI, I did email the Embassy in Washington, DC. for clarification, but I would suspect that you are correct. I just wanted to be sure and not rely on my own opinion. Thank you.

Edited July 5, 2022 by linkerbink

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1 hour ago, linkerbink said:

I thought that considering the creamers to be actual milk products would be a stretch

I didn’t mention ‘creamers’ .

In a Danish context cream is milk with a high content of fat - normally used for ‘whipped cream’

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Just my assumption, but I believe the prohibition on milk products is designed to protect the local dairy herds from imported diseases.  Something as heavily processed as sodium caseinate should pose no disease risk.