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Do try Holland and Barrat's. Some good deals with their BOGHP offers along with the 5£ off voucher code in the discount codes thread.0
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I have just found out i'm dairy and gluten intolerant and just wanted to say how relieved I am to have found this thread!!
I still have a lot to learn with regards to what I can and can't eat but i'll be keeping a close eye on this thread0 -
I just popped to morrisons and they are currently doing alpro soya 2 for £2. Origanal and light xxx0
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hello
My daughter was diagnosed recently with an allergy to milk. I have looked around and cant belive the high price for food/drink items without milk in them. I thought id start a thread dedicated to people with allergys that have to spend out more money for everyday items like milk, yougurt, bread ect, with the hope that we may be able to help each other save same money. So please post any BOGOF, reduced priced items, a link for any vouchers (via the vouchers thread), or any websites that offer a saving if you join (like apro soya)
Many Thanks
Hi, My son has a milk intolerance. He is 9 now but has had the intolerance since he was a baby. Instead of normal baby milk he had to have soya baby milk. We became avid label readers and like you were horrified at the cost of "specialist" foods. One thing we have found is that a lot of the value biscuit and cake products are made with vegetable oil instead of butter and he can tolerate them. As you know they are quite a bit cheaper than the specific dairy free products.
When he was younger we were advised to keep him off wheat and eggs as well. To find a combination of dairy, wheat and egg free was a nightmare. Luckily he can have the wheat and egg now.
I always liked the Tesco free from range before I discovered the value range did the same job.
He loves the alpro soy desserts (long life not from the fridge) in vanilla and caramel. He found the chocolate one too rich.
He now have lactofree milk as he started to react to the soya. To be honest to me it tastes no different to ordinary milk.
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There was a girl on Dragons Den not long ago who developed a dairy free dessert because her son was intolerant. Does anyone remember what this was and know who sells it?0
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Sorry it's all comining back to me now. Please be aware if it comes out of a box, a tin or any other kind of packaging, be sure to read the ingredients. You'd be amazed at the kinds of foods that conceal milk products. For someone with an allergy, even a pinch can be too much, so read carefully. The following items on any ingredients list are no-nos:
- milk solids ("curds")
- whey
- casein (sodium caseinate, most commonly)
- lactose (sodium lactylate, frequently)
- lactalbumin and other names that begin with lact
- galactose (a lactose by-product) Most people with milk allergies will have no trouble with galactose, but you should be aware that it may cause problems in some people.
- protein (often "high protein" or "protein enriched" version of another ingredient, such as wheat) The added protein in foods (particularly "high energy" foods) is often milk protein.
- caramel coloring. Many kinds of caramel coloring use lactose, a milk sugar, to help get that rich color. When in doubt, do without.
- Recaldent. This ingredient, found in some Trident brand chewing gums, is milk-derived.
- Fruit flavored Tums contain undisclosed dairy. The original, white Tums are fine.
- "natural ingredients". Some of these may contain dairy products or byproducts. Call the manufacturer for further information.
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dealchaser wrote: »There was a girl on Dragons Den not long ago who developed a dairy free dessert because her son was intolerant. Does anyone remember what this was and know who sells it?
I liked it. It tasted like the skinny cow chocolate icecream.0 -
Great thread.I have been dairy free for a few years now too- it can be very hard but with some imagination its fine. It has meant I do a lot of baking.
I agree with other Op's, I prefer -
Pure Spread
Stork for baking ( although I found asda own make dairy free too )
Try B & M bargains- I get cheap tofu , Loads Gluten free pasta & rice cakes etc there are half the price.
Some of the basic brand biscuits have no dairy- mcvities jaffa do but tesco basic jaffas dont. Its better than paying over the odds for advertised dairy free brands.
I look for anything with 70% dark chocolate or above- Aldi chocloate is good .
Marks & spencers are a joke- put milk in everything- soups, biscuits.
A lot of Lidls products sweets/ discuits used to be dairy free, now its more limited but still some things there .There great at christmas for their choccie goodies.
Frys peppermint creams- yum.
Dont like soya products etc but use sainsburys basic Soya milk for cooking/ baking .
For a real treat try Booja booja choclates- free from everything except a great taste ! They also do their own ice cream now. There champagne truffles are the best chocloates I have ever tasted .
Dr oetaker have great buttercream icing and also some of their products ar dairy free.
I make my own pancakes, muffins etc and freeze them by, a lot cheaper than supermarkets.
Also watch some crisps & tortillia have dairy in them- boots own make being one.0 -
Stork (block only) is dairy free, along with Vitalite. Vitalite makes good cakes but rubbish buttercream. Use the Betty Croker ready made!
Our recent finds:
Toy Story chocolate cupcakes (Asda)
Hello Kitty celebration cake (Tesco)
Asda SP Garlic Bread
Asda Naan Breads (think it's the mini ones)
Cream Crackers - had always imagined they were made with cream .....
Watch out for milk in salt and vinegar crisps, lower fat mayos / salad cream, ham, chicken nuggets / fish fingers ... you will become a label reading machine!!!0 -
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