[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

In all seriousness though, I buy the 2 litre containers of milk for £1 for home because it seems like the best value for money, and then 1.5 litres of it ends up going out of date and getting poured down the drain... which is quite awful, I suppose. It only gets used for coffee. So really, I could (and probably should) pay the same £1 for a small 500ml bottle and not actually notice any difference.

We go through it like water at work but, as I said above, that's not out of my pocket so...

Don't your brats drink it, or your wife if she's nursing?

I think keeping the costs up as it's such a staple is important, we wouldn't want them compromising on standards on the farm which may have an impact on the animals and/or the product.
Undercutting one another for pennies is silly who really trawls to an out of the way supermarket to get a pint 2p cheaper?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Don't your brats drink it, or your wife if she's nursing?

They actually all have milk protein allergy so, nope . Lots of Almond milk and Coconut milk here. Both of which are absolutely foul in coffee...

They're also both quite a bit more expensive than cowboob milk, come to think of it...

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They actually all have milk protein allergy so, nope . Lots of Almond milk and Coconut milk here. Both of which are absolutely foul in coffee...

They're also both quite a bit more expensive than cowboob milk, come to think of it...

Ah right is that casin or something? I've heard of people becoming lactose intolerant think that's a sugar though.
It is odd how so many people are having these reactions to milk, I'm wondering if it isn't the processing there's studies that say pasturisation isn't that great for milk, the organic milk we get is homogenised :/
I'd love to try raw milk.

[billy123]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Ah right is that casin or something? I've heard of people becoming lactose intolerant think that's a sugar though.
It is odd how so many people are having these reactions to milk, I'm wondering if it isn't the processing there's studies that say pasturisation isn't that great for milk, the organic milk we get is homogenised :/
I'd love to try raw milk.

Im Lactose intolerant and its a bloody curse i hate it. Nearly all mammals on earth become lactose intolerant after childhood it is natures way. Your body no longer needs to feed on milk after childhood so it stops producing the lactase enzyme.
Humans tolerance of lactose in a lot of people comes from a gene mutation that became dominant in parts of Europe and North America. 70%+ of the world has some intolerance to Lactose so your the weird ones really.

I dont know much about milk protein allergy but i imagine its worse as its an allergy whereas if i have too much dairy i just shart myself inside out.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Im Lactose intolerant and its a bloody curse i hate it. Nearly all mammals on earth become lactose intolerant after childhood it is natures way. Humans tolerance of lactose in a lot of people comes from a gene mutation that became dominant in parts of Europe and North America. 65% of the world has some intolerance to Lactose so your the weird ones really.

that number is a bit misleading, it's mostly asians that are lactose intolerant. obviously China and India are the biggest countries in the world, so most of the lacto-intolerants are from those countries in the world.

The rest of us are loving our dairy consumption!

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Im Lactose intolerant and its a bloody curse i hate it. Nearly all mammals on earth become lactose intolerant after childhood it is natures way. Your body no longer needs to feed on milk after childhood so it stops producing the lactase enzyme.
Humans tolerance of lactose in a lot of people comes from a gene mutation that became dominant in parts of Europe and North America. 70%+ of the world has some intolerance to Lactose so your the weird ones really.

I dont know much about milk protein allergy but i imagine its worse as its an allergy whereas if i have too much dairy i just shart myself inside out.

None of them have a severe allergy it is mainly just a sore stomach followed by the inevitable toilet session. My 5 year old is not the world's best at being dairy free. Swapping her snacks at school for chocolate, for example! She's usually fine until about 1am and then we're up for hours... Haha.

But yeah the major difference is that they can't have any of the lactose free dairy products either as removing the lactose actually makes things worse. It also means that low-rate dairy (skimmed milk, etc.) is actually much worse than full-fat because less fat = more milk protein.

Some of the coconut substitutes are actually OK though, there's a dairy free cornetto alternative that even has the little chocolate end (soy chocolate) and it tastes almost identical to "real" ice cream. My daughter is also a big fan of chocolate milkshake, made with Nesquick powder and almond milk, and it's actually alright!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

None of them have a severe allergy it is mainly just a sore stomach followed by the inevitable toilet session. My 5 year old is not the world's best at being dairy free. Swapping her snacks at school for chocolate, for example! She's usually fine until about 1am and then we're up for hours... Haha.

But yeah the major difference is that they can't have any of the lactose free dairy products either as removing the lactose actually makes things worse. It also means that low-rate dairy (skimmed milk, etc.) is actually much worse than full-fat because less fat = more milk protein.

Some of the coconut substitutes are actually OK though, there's a dairy free cornetto alternative that even has the little chocolate end (soy chocolate) and it tastes almost identical to "real" ice cream. My daughter is also a big fan of chocolate milkshake, made with Nesquick powder and almond milk, and it's actually alright!

You can get an ice cream maker from argos now for £10, she could make some chocolate ice cream!