What are your thoughts on yogurt for lactose-intolerant people.  Someone
told me I could have it.  I wanted to inquire before I tried it.  I felt
horrible when I tried the creamer with caesin.  I found one made from soy
and it is pretty good but I can't get it where I live.

Thanks

Matthew Winter

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> From: MATTHEW WINTER <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: lactose-free products
> Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 8:13 AM
>
> 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??
> >
> >
> > Richard Rose, Le Grand Fromage of 'Rella Good Cheese Company'
> > (formerly Sharon's Finest). [log in to unmask], www.rella.com.
> > Since 1986 makers of TofuRella, TofuRella Slices, RiceRella,
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