I am still a little confused.  Which one is okay to eat--caesin or
caesinate??  Or both??  This stuff is so hard to keep up with.

By the way, I talked to my biochemistry teacher yesterday and he said that
if you are just lactose intolerant you should be able to eat stuff with
steroyl lactate, caesin, milk fat, and lactic acid.  Butter shouldn't be
terribly bad unless some lactose got stuck when separating the fat part of
butter from the other part.  Something like that--I was a little confused.
He also said yogurt is safe and buttermilk should be but he wasn't entirely
sure about buttermilk.

Thank you

Matthew Winter

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> From: Richard Rose <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: lactose-free products
> Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 2:11 PM
>
> Casein generally has no lactose in it. It is milk with the water,
> carbohydrates (including sugars which would also include lactose, a milk
> sugar) and fat removed. What's left? A high-quality protein, which
> unfortunately many of us can't digest either. Attach a salt ion (sodium,
> calcium or potassium) to it and you get caseinate, which is more
functional
> than casein, hence its use in creamer and Rellas.
>
> And I do hope it doesn't say 'non-dairy' while containing caseinate. That
> was outlawed with the NLEA act which also mandated the new 'Nutrition
> Facts' labeling.
>
> At 11:26 AM 10/5/98 -0400, MATTHEW WINTER wrote:
> >I have a question about ingredients with dairy in them for anyone out
there
> >in lactose-free land.
> >
> >I was looking at some "non-dairy" creamer and it lists caesinate as an
> >ingredient but also notes that it is not a source of lactose.  I was
almost
> >positive that it was.  I read about it somewhere.  Also, some listed
> >steroyl lactate and lactic acid.  I wasn't sure about lactic acid, but I
am
> >sure I read that steroyl lactate was a source of milk.
> >
> >Could someone please clarify these for me??
>
>
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