Who 'ere is lactose intolerant?

Why not make your own ice cream then if you miss it that bad. make take some hit and miss but surely if the produce it mass market you can do smaller versions??

Pm Lily she might help don't think she's lactose intolerant but she drinks that milk

Never even crossed my mind Q!

Could make it fun, get the kids involved and that, have a family afternoon making some up or sommat.

Great idea!

[SoulKiss]

Everyone put their hands up.

You see, cows milk, and in fact all milk, isn't really meant to be a "grown up food".

Some of us can handle it better than others tho.

Would suggest going to Covent Garden for some Baby Gaga but the council just banned it, AND it was about £14/shot.

Hmmmmm

I cant say I'd be tempted by that!

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Everyone put their hands up.

You see, cows milk, and in fact all milk, isn't really meant to be a "grown up food".

Some of us can handle it better than others tho.

Not strictly true. According to this BBC article, some humans have evolved to be lactose tolerant. In farming communities where milk is an important food source, people are very tolerant to lactose. The article says that 99% of Irish people are lactose tolerant, whereas only about 5% of South-East Asians are.

Hong, you might be ok with some of the more expensive bars of chocolate, proper plain chocolate such as Green and Blacks and other varieties, tend not have much milk in them as they are about 80% cocoa....I don't have a bar at the moment (usually do) to check the list of ingrediants for you though.

Interesting. Something obviosly triggered the intolerance in me, becuase I was fine my whole life, then during the summer a few years ago I developed the intolerance over the space of about 2 weeks, and have since slowly gotten more and more sensitive to it.

MBK, I'll too wary to try anything that has ANY milk in it. Appreciate the suggestion though.

Yeh, no bother, what I am saying is that it is worth looking at them, cos I know some are suitable for Vegans, therefore must not have milk in!

I would have thought with the amount of people lactose intolerant and the amount of vegans there would be a semi-decent selection of dairy substitute stuff available to buy. I'm quite surprised there's not, it would drive me mad!

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

I would have thought with the amount of people lactose intolerant and the amount of vegans there would be a semi-decent selection of dairy substitute stuff available to buy. I'm quite surprised there's not, it would drive me mad!

EXACTLY my thoughts.

When I first searched online for some outlets, I was expecting to be inundated with results, only to find there were none!

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Hong, you might be ok with some of the more expensive bars of chocolate, proper plain chocolate such as Green and Blacks and other varieties, tend not have much milk in them as they are about 80% cocoa....I don't have a bar at the moment (usually do) to check the list of ingrediants for you though.

I have a stash of G&B's 70% cocoa dark chocolate and 72% cocoa cooking chocolate. They both say organic whole milk powder at the end. Not sure about the 85%