Trying to find a nicer tasting non dairy alternative

The_Old_Bag

jenniewb wrote: »

Am due to see a dietition (for other reasons: my rigid diet) and will mention it there. Can't imagine much support with it though so am trying to find milk alternatives which are calcium enriched. Its not much as I no longer am eating plain yoghurts every day and only drinking half a cup of tea a day instead of 2-3 but its better then nothing.

Does anyone know if its possible to get a dairy intollerance test? (not dairy allergy- I know I don't have an allergy)

You may be pleasantly surprised then.
My GP referred me to nhs dietician, who was really helpful, and got me LOADS of lists from supermarkets, and manufacturers.
She also contacted Gluten-free manufacterers, who sent me samples of their products, and recipes.... I still receive the odd consignement, and it was years ago when she first put my name down.

For anyone else NOT going to see dietician etc, If you contact major supermarkets yourself, they can send you a list of virtually ALL their products which are:-
a) Dairy Free
b) Gluten Free

So they will tell you exactly which tomato ketchup is dairy and Gluten free, and which stock cube.... and not just their own brand, but Heinz, HP, Kelloggs etc
Plus it included all their fresh baked/make products - such a pies, bread and pizza - strangely all contained Gluten and dairy products:p;)

At least I was able to get these lists when I contacted them years ago, so I would assume they still provide this information. Possibly it may even be on-line somewhere ?????

Presumably if they do offer this service it might be useful to vegetarians and vegans as well, assuming they have similar lists giving the relevant information.

I found this very useful, in that I could study the list at home before I went shopping, rather than spend hours at the supermarket reading all the small print on the list of ingredients.

Good luck

jenniewb

The_Old_Bag wrote: »

You may be pleasantly surprised then.
My GP referred me to nhs dietician, who was really helpful, and got me LOADS of lists from supermarkets, and manufacturers.
She also contacted Gluten-free manufacterers, who sent me samples of their products, and recipes.... I still receive the odd consignement, and it was years ago when she first put my name down.

For anyone else NOT going to see dietician etc, If you contact major supermarkets yourself, they can send you a list of virtually ALL their products which are:-
a) Dairy Free
b) Gluten Free

So they will tell you exactly which tomato ketchup is dairy and Gluten free, and which stock cube.... and not just their own brand, but Heinz, HP, Kelloggs etc
Plus it included all their fresh baked/make products - such a pies, bread and pizza - strangely all contained Gluten and dairy products:p;)

At least I was able to get these lists when I contacted them years ago, so I would assume they still provide this information. Possibly it may even be on-line somewhere ?????

Presumably if they do offer this service it might be useful to vegetarians and vegans as well, assuming they have similar lists giving the relevant information.

I found this very useful, in that I could study the list at home before I went shopping, rather than spend hours at the supermarket reading all the small print on the list of ingredients.

Good luck

Thanks. I think things are a little different with the area my dietition works in. I have an eating disorder/in recovery from and still quite rigid about what I do eat hence the appointment (I am trying to normalise things). I had hospital treatment at one point and, basicly they don't believe in food allergys or intollerances there. Maybe thats changed but thats the picture I got. Another girl was admitted while I was there and said she was allergic to fish and eggs. Not an intollerance, an allergy. They refused to believe her. It took her to have a big reaction to some hidden egg (she did try to not select those options in the menu but no one would tell her what was in what she was eating, they assumed she was making it all up). She had the reaction, it was only then that they believed her, let her have a test to prove what she said and then cut those things out.

Shocking? well not really, you see many people with EDs assume they have intollerances and this is why they are generally disbelived and tests don't even come into it. All I know is my stomach is no longer as bloated and I don't feel like I am waddling along the street anymore! I have to say it would be odd to have just been a coincidence being that I otherwise had the huge bloated stomach for the past 3 years and to some degree for 3 years prior to that (I looked 6 months pregnent) and it suddenly went down somewhat after about 2 weeks of non dairy. But I don't expect my dietition to believe me on that unfortunetly.


I mean, I suppose they hear that sort of thing every day and thats why they don't believe what they hear, but the end result is I don't expect anything but a lot of grief and "you don't have an intollerance" to be said. I will wait to see what happens but not expecting any support.

cestlavie

interesting thread, will look out for that coconut milk.

have had a lot of problems with tesco soya milk over the last year - constantly having to take it back because it tastes weird. all different batch codes over the year too, so i am no longer buying that. can recomment waitrose's version ( unsweetened is my taste) which actually has more soya than tesco and is much creamier. wish i'd tried it before!

re gluten free pasta - there's a vg chickpea spaghetti i've found at fresh pasta sections of wait and sains. - sorry can't recall name of brand- perfect for veggies as it's high in protein and much more filling than normal pasta - and cooks really fast too.

fluffypinksoda

I have been lactose intolerant for years, and use the following

- Soya milk- sainsbury's own brand
- yoghurt- alpro soya
- chocolate- boots shapers mint nougurt bar, waitrose sell a vegan white choc, after eight chocolate/mint munchies, hotel chocolate praline in a box and generally dark choc bars
- ice-cream: swedish glaze with apple studel (from supermarket freezer sections). Good holland and barretts with freezer sections or jewish shops sell a range of flavours.
- cheese- as lactose is a sugar/carbohydrate, the lower the carbohydrate of the cheese, the lower the lactose.

I hope that helps! :beer:

jenniewb

Wow- so glad I am only looking for milk substitutes! Don;t think my bank balance could handle me trialling anything else! Though have been good at letting each carton run out before trying a new version, 1. to see if I warm to the taste and 2. to see if it reduces any othe odd symptoms I have (aside from the bloating there is eczema, blocked nose at night/running in the day and lethargy) so far only the bloating has been reduced (a big plus!) so can't attribute everything to dairy.

Tried the Oats milk today- big thumb up, I actually finished a cup of tea! (with cows milk I used to have 2-3 a day, with soya I almost would get to the halfway mark before I couldn't tollerate it anymore). Glad the oat milk is easier though still tastes a bit too creamy for me. Maybe I should go for the rice milk!