> Dennis Andrews wrote:
> >Has anyone seen the Kraft Cheese packages that are labeled 0 grams
> of lactose per serving? Is this 0 due to rounding error or is this
> a new product?
>
> Government regulations allows manufacturers to round to the nearest half
> gram. A serving of these Kraft cheeses is one ounce or 28 grams. Therefore
> they can have up to 0.5 grams of lactose legally. Say they have 0.4 gram.
> That's 1.4% lactose.
>
> Now for all I know these cheeses really do have 0% lactose. Most hard
cheeses
> are quite low in lactose through natural aging. And 0.4 gram of lactose is
a
> ridiculously tiny amount that won't affect any but the most extremely
> sensitive. But I don't know this, and I can't know this from the current
> labeling requirements.
>
> My guess is, however, that if they had no lactose they would say so. The
> bottom line is that we need lactose labeling on foods. Anything else is
mere
> guesswork.
>
> Steve Carper
> Steve Carper's Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/stevecarper


I don't know about this cheese, but recently I have found a dairy and
lactose free cheese that is very tasty.  It's called Toffuti and comes in
either a plain flavour or garlic and herbs.  I used to love my cheese and
find this a very tasty alternative.  If the address and telephone number for
the supplier is required, please e-mail me back.

You can also get hard soya cheese although I find that this doesn't taste as
nice, which is callled "Cheesley". Another dairy and lactose free cheese you
could try is called "parmesano."  This is a powdered cheese which is more
suited to cooking with, I have found it makes a great pizza or pasta sauce
topping!

Leanne W.