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Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by triceratops »

throwway120385 wrote: post #77
theGeatZhopa wrote: post #68

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It works after ingestion, no matter if pre- or while-made stuff. Lactose free milk is made by throwing in lactase. But not all lactase is used up in this process and still plenty is left in the milk. Almond milk or the other "artificial" milk-a-likes are most of the times pure chemistry. You have to read the contents. Phosphates are added a lot (actually a big problem for people with kidney diseases, but also might b…

It's more accurate to call them "emulsions." Some cheaper oat milks will actually fall slightly out of solution in the water and as a result you can see the fine grains. Soy milk, for example, can be used to make a kind of cheese analog called Tofu. A lot of oat milks have some gums or other thickeners mixed in not necessarily just because of mouthfeel but also because it makes the milk steamable for use with espress…

Is the water usage of milk substitutes worse than raising cows for milk? It's no use comparing almonds to some other crop.

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by BobaFloutist »

brudgers wrote: post #2

Keep in mind that the FDA defines serving size: The term serving or serving size means an amount of food customarily consumed per eating occasion by persons 4 years of age or older which is expressed in a common household measure that is appropriate to the food. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B... This means manufacturer's are free to make serving sizes based on how little a hypothetical f…

That's also why cooking spray, which is 100% fat, can be advertised as having 0 grams of fat. Because 1/3 of a second of spray, the serving size, has less than the minimum amount of fat you need to declare.

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by BobaFloutist »

LimeLimestone wrote: post #29
phire wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does in sane countries where nutrition labels are required to also include the per-100g stats. But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. Combine that with the <0.5g rule and the fact they are allowed to pick the serving size, you end up with tic tacs which don't mention any sugar on their labels.

> But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. As someone who is from Europe and tracks their calories, I find it appalling and it makes calorie tracking more inconvenient

Only if you're housing tic tacs by the fistful.

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by GrantMoyer »

theGeatZhopa wrote: post #58
kennydude wrote: post #33

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Sadly is the case for me as well. A friend of mine went vegan just for the sake of at least it eliminated any possibility of diary products in their food. At least in the UK the enzyme pills can add up quite quickly in cost.

Buy lacto-free milk and drink that instead of the pills. In my experience, it's much better than the pills and works faster and better - enzymes added to whole milk are the same as in the pills. I, for me, wouldn't go vegan, as then supplements are needed and that add really up in costs :(

> I, for me, wouldn't go vegan, as then supplements are needed and that add really up in costs

There's only a couple of vitamins that aren't easy to get naturally on a vegan diet (B12 and D), but those are frequently added to fortified foods, so additional supplements aren't always needed. But generic B12 and D2 are pretty cheap anyway, and it's certainly not nessesary to use an expensive multivitamin to live healthily on a vegan diet.

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by throwawalrgis »

nrjames wrote: post #76

I developed a severe dairy protein allergy in my late 30s. At first, I thought it was just a lactose issue but anything dairy triggers it (with symptoms aligning with vasculitis). While I'm not vegan, it's just easier to eat vegan food when I go to a restaurant. I generally know what's safe from the grocery store but always look for the Contains Milk or Dairy Free labels. The labeling is extremely important. I find i…

My son is anaphylactic on contact with cow's milk.

We're on an experimental program to reverse this by dosing him with milks closer and closer to cow's. If you're interested (and courageous) try camel milk - it's the furthest away milk from cow in the program.

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by throwawalrgis »

cinntaile wrote: post #24
phire wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does in sane countries where nutrition labels are required to also include the per-100g stats. But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. Combine that with the <0.5g rule and the fact they are allowed to pick the serving size, you end up with tic tacs which don't mention any sugar on their labels.

I see, that is quite malicious. I'm surprised they have a 0.5g rule, why don't they use oz for that?

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Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by throwawalrgis »

gberger wrote: post #46
apeescape wrote: post #17

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No, it's the mozzarella cheese made with Italian buffalo milk.

One would be quite concerned to learn they are eating cheese made from bufalo milk, as the custom is to make the cheese from bufala milk instead.

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Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by throwawalrgis »

jajko wrote: post #30
teo_zero wrote: post #10

Is buffalo mozzarella the cheese they eat in spaghetti westerns? :D

According to many (including all Italians I know), its superior in taste to regular one from cow milk. I have to agree, fresh ones are mighty

It's a completely different product. Largely unobtainium in the US

Re: Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?

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Post by criddell »

LimeLimestone wrote: post #29
phire wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does in sane countries where nutrition labels are required to also include the per-100g stats. But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. Combine that with the <0.5g rule and the fact they are allowed to pick the serving size, you end up with tic tacs which don't mention any sugar on their labels.

> But in North America, they only need to show the per-serving column. As someone who is from Europe and tracks their calories, I find it appalling and it makes calorie tracking more inconvenient

If it's 1/2g sugar per Tic Tac and a serving is two Tic Tacs, then we're talking about 4 calories. That's not significant, is it? Just about anything else you eat probably differs from the label by more than 4 cal.
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