Soya Milk Questions

Pitlanepiglet

westcoastscot wrote: »

pitlane loving that soy-maker - think that will be my daughter's chrissy pressie this year! thankyou for the link
WCS

As you can tell I'm a big fan of it! If your daughter eats tofu then they sell a tofu press as well to use up the soya protein.

We used to keep a whole cupboard full of Soya Milk, Tesco is our only supermarket and as their value stuff is full of crud now and their Alpro was always stonkingly expensive I used to make a special trip to Morrisons as their value soya was fairly pure (at the time, I don't know now) to buy whatever they had on their shelves - often finding that they had nothing so it was a wasted trip.

Now I buy beans in bulk but they take up very little cupboard space.

westcoastscot

Hi Pitlane yes she does eat tofu - when i'm visiting i usualy fill her cupboards with soya products to save her carrying them from the supermarket - they weigh a ton! I discussed your post with her this morning and she had heard of soya makers but said some are less useful than others - its great to have a recommendation!

Seakay

You can freeze soya milk - I used to freeze my home made milk in plastic milk cartons cleaned with Milton (or similar). It will go quite a distinct caramel colour, but this is not permanent and it returned to cream colour on defrosting.

Caterina

Because your child is so young I would recommend that you get some sound advice about nutritional intake - I supplemented my breastfed children with soya formula from their 4th month of age, but I am not sure that Alpro has all the required nutrients.

I think that the Vegan Society might be able to help with sound, well tested advice: http://www.vegansociety.com/parenting/veganbabiesandchildren.aspx

On the Vegan Soc website you might be able to find also a good lot of recipes including Birthday Cake - sorry but this is an area I am not very skilled at (cakes), I seem to be able to cook everything but cakes, for some reason!

I hope this helps.

Caterina

helenhugs

My daughter became dairy intolerant at 11 months. We used to get soya formula on prescription but that will probably depend on the doctors in your area. We continued to use it until she was 2.5, it was free & easy enough to make & she was never bothered by the taste. We used it in cooking & as a drink without any problem. She did outgrow it so before you go spending a fortune on making your own milk etc it is something to consider. The doctors originally said it would be 3 months then to reintroduce cows milk but it ended up being nearer 20 months before we were able to gradually reintroduce it.

My son is dairy intolerant now and we have found he can tolerate butter, something to do with the high fat content, so making cakes is no bother, but before we realised he could we used pure which was available in any of the main supermarkets. Obviously if egg is an issue you will need to hunt out the egg free recipes or substitute it with the egg replacement stuff you can get. Egg isn't actually dairy though despite many people connecting the 2.

Try not to worry too much, as long as your daughter has a good diet it won't make much difference. You could use rice milk, goats, sheeps or soya if you are lucky. Trial & error will be the way to find out whether it is just cows milk she reacts to or not.
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Helen

LooniesMum

There is a technical difference between milk allergy and lactose intolerance. If your daughter has only lactose intolerance then she may be OK on lactose reduced milk: if she lacks the enzyme to break down lactase then lactose reduced milk is what I would expect to be recommended. If someone has cow's milk allergy then they are going to react to cow's milk (whether the lactose is in it or not) and you need to exclude all cow's milk produce, butter, yoghurt, cheese and so on. Soya should not be heavily relied on in cases of true allergy; the protein is very similar and in time you can become allergic to the soya. The same goes for goat and sheep. In order of allergenicity I would place the different milks as cow-goat-sheep-soya-oat-rice and when using alternatives to cow's milk it's best to vary which ones you use if you have a true allergy (i..e not an intolerance).

LooniesMum

PS: If the lactose intolerance was not diagnosed by a paediatrician then I would suggest being referred to one and seeing a dietician regarding appropriate milk substitutes.

mazza111

My son was diagnosed pretty early, at 4 months old. Mainly because we had a case in the family already. Wysoy is the norm (don't know if they call it something different these days tho) and was like any formula milk, smelled and tasted disgusting.

We then had him on sweetened soya milk as he found the other stuff horrible. Didnt think of the effect on his milk teeth, so wouldn't advise it.

He will now happily have alpro on his breakfast cereal. Soya or Sunflower margarine is good for baking. He can now tolerate little bits of milk (crisp flavourings etc) but is terrible when he has too much.

Basic sponge cake recipe works a treat with soya products. People will never guess it's milk free unless u tell them

Olliebeak

My two youngest grandchildren (cousins) are both lactose/cow's milk protein intolerant.

One had 'Neocate' prescribed via Hospital/GP and the other had SMA WySoy advised by Health Visitor. We've used Pure Margarine (100% Soya in the Green Pack and can be used for baking :j) - be careful with spreads as not all of them are 100% Soya. Original Flora is not 100% Soya - you need to check labels very carefully. Once the older one got to 18mths old, I started to buy Asda Organic Unsweetened Soya Milk (happens to be longlife) at 88p per litre carton for drinks and cereals.

Some Heinz baby-foods are dairy-free but the range is not very good, so I found that blending veggies/potatoes (no margarine/milk in the mash apart from Pure) from meals and freezing was the best way.

We also found dairy-free chocolate buttons in the 'allergies' section of Asda - 48p for a small pack - came in very handy at Christmas/Easter when older siblings had their Selection Packs/Easter Eggs.

At supermarket cafes, I found staff to be very helpful and knowledgeable about the ingredients in their food on sale. dgd2 seemed to love jacket potatoes with baked beans (make sure the server knows NOT to put any butter/margarine in the potato before putting the beans on) and fish stars with fries in Asda - but always ask the staff to check their brochure behind the counter as ingredients CAN vary from one supermarket chain to another, andcan also be revised from time to time.

We have found that at 27mths, dgd2 is slowly growing out of her intolerance, but not enough to go on full cow's milk yet.

dgs3 is 17mths and still completely intolerant - can always tell when he's had something he shouldn't by the 'delightful aroma that emanates from his nappy' .

Hope some of that helps.

bubblegumcola

M&S sell soya milk usually. I'm not sure on the price though.