Being Dairy Intolerant, 101.
Once again, I am left wondering what goes through the heads of product manufacturers. A headache left me reaching for the painkillers and a disappointing discovery - yes, on the ingredients list - lactose.
WHY!!!!! Is that really, really necessary? Of course it isn't. Other painkillers do very well thank you without adding lactose, but for some reason, Tesco 200mg ibuprofen caplets feel the need. It must be to do with the shape or something.
Now, be careful here if you buy painkillers in Tesco, because in almost identical packaging, the Tesco 200mg ibuprofen tablets are not so dairy inflicted. You may do what we did, and pick up the wrong box without realising or checking the label. (see checking labels for hidden dairy for more info on this.)
Yes, the amount of lactose in a couple of tablets isn't going to cause me major health problems, but I feel the wanton use of lactose in products is becoming an increasing problem because it's not only lactose that is added willy-nilly. The more I check labels for dairy, the more I am put off by the silly list of ingredients, some of which I can't even pronounce let alone know what it is, why it's there and what it's doing.
Right, I'm emailing Tescos then I'm off to bake some bread. Flour, salt, yeast and water.
If you're DF (dairy free), don't buy Marks and Spencers bread, it's full of dairy. Come to think of it, most of M&S's products are....
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
New Look Website!
Hurrah!
The website has gone live with its new look and all agree that it is easier to navigate and looks rather fab with its tiled Jersey cow background.
Emma Goss-Custard has emailed today with the answers to her interview questions so it's time to build the Honeybuns page and promote her lovely goodies. You can read this interview at www.dairyfreeplease.co.uk/honeybuns.html . We chose to interview Emma because her philosophy is "Have fun, love the environment and fill tums!" Sounds good doesn't it!
Emma also looks after a lot of rescue animals. DFP have a rescue dog too. Although unlike the rest of us, she isn't dairy free.
We are interested in getting in touch with other dairy free producers who would like to be featured on our growing site, if you are one, please email contact@dairyfreeplease.co.uk to discuss.
New articles will be appearing on the site soon, including a look at Chinese and African dairy intolerance, milk allergy vs dairy intolerance and the possible calcuim deficiencies in a dairy free diet. Doing the research on these articles can be a real eye-opener. When I saw that up to 95% of all Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese people were dairy intolerant it made me wonder how they coped with coming to the West which uses and exceptionally high amount of dairy in all cooking.
This led me to thinking about eating out. For example, there are MacDonalds all over the world, do they modify their ingredients to suit the culture they are selling to? I shall have fun looking it to that one. If anyone reading this can share their experiences, we would love to hear from you.
The website has gone live with its new look and all agree that it is easier to navigate and looks rather fab with its tiled Jersey cow background.
Emma Goss-Custard has emailed today with the answers to her interview questions so it's time to build the Honeybuns page and promote her lovely goodies. You can read this interview at www.dairyfreeplease.co.uk/honeybuns.html . We chose to interview Emma because her philosophy is "Have fun, love the environment and fill tums!" Sounds good doesn't it!
Emma also looks after a lot of rescue animals. DFP have a rescue dog too. Although unlike the rest of us, she isn't dairy free.
We are interested in getting in touch with other dairy free producers who would like to be featured on our growing site, if you are one, please email contact@dairyfreeplease.co.uk to discuss.
New articles will be appearing on the site soon, including a look at Chinese and African dairy intolerance, milk allergy vs dairy intolerance and the possible calcuim deficiencies in a dairy free diet. Doing the research on these articles can be a real eye-opener. When I saw that up to 95% of all Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese people were dairy intolerant it made me wonder how they coped with coming to the West which uses and exceptionally high amount of dairy in all cooking.
This led me to thinking about eating out. For example, there are MacDonalds all over the world, do they modify their ingredients to suit the culture they are selling to? I shall have fun looking it to that one. If anyone reading this can share their experiences, we would love to hear from you.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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