Are marshmallows made with milk products?

Question by MitchelAH: Are marshmallows made with milk products?
I’m working on my daughter’s first birthday party. The recipe I found calls for marshmallows — Does anyone know is marshmallows contain milk products?

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Answer by baby4bluehoney
The marshmallow is a confection that, in its modern form, consists of sugar or corn syrup, beaten egg whites, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic, and flavorings, whipped to a spongy consistency. The traditional recipe used an extract from the mucilaginous root of the marshmallow plant, a shrubby herb (Althaea officinalis), instead of gelatin; the mucilage acted as a cough suppressant .

Commercial marshmallows are a late nineteenth century innovation. Since Doumak’s patented extrusion process of 1948, marshmallows are extruded as soft cylinders, cut in sections and rolled in a mix of finely powdered cornstarch and confectioner’s sugar. Current brands of commercially made marshmallows include Kraft and Nestle.

Marshmallows are also used in hot chocolate or café mocha (mochachino), Mallomars, Peeps and other candy, Rice Krispie treats, ice cream flavors such as Rocky Road, and S’mores, on top of candied yams during Thanksgiving, and in several other foodstuffs

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