Non dairy milk and other products.

Whispered

Hi. I'm looking for suggestions for a non dairy milk please. We think our little fella is intolerant and on doctors suggestion we've taken him off. Lactose free is also out, As is soya.

The problem I'm having is so many of the non dairy milk is extremely low fat. Many of them also have plenty of added ingridents. I would, however, like it to be fortified. So ideally a clean, higher fat milk is what I'm looking for.

While I'm on the subject Id love some suggestions for non dairy and not too processed yoghurts, spreads etc

Is it possible to make yoghurt out of coconut or oat milk or do the cultures need dairy to work?

I didn't put this in the veggie forum because the products do not need to be veggie.
Thanks.

MissFlitworth

It still has lactose in it but when I was a nipper friends who couldn't manage cows milk were good with goat's milk & yoghurts. Glenisk has some super tasty goats milk yoghurts .

Have never actually done this myself but in my internet wanderings I've definitely come across people making coconut yoghurt, which you can 'start' with bought coconut or soya yoghurt

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-dairyfree-coconut-yogurt-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-216358

ThisRegard

I'm intrigued as to why soya is also out? Is he dairy or lactose intolerant, or both? There is a difference which can be hard to distinguish as symptoms are similar and you react to the same foods, maybe get a blood test? My son is lactose intolerant but he manages fine on lactose free milk and soya based cheese and yoghurts.

Whispered

Thanks missF. Coconut yoghurt would be great so will give that a try. I'm reluctant to try goats milk after today's happenings with lactose free milk but will look into it later when he's more settled in general (haven't had a good belly day in weeks)

He's only a year so soya products aren't recommended. I'm also trying to avoid a blood test with him being so small. I do have a referral to tallaght but need something in the meantime.

We weren't sure whether it was lactose or milk protien he has a problem with so a month off his first birthday I took him off formula and went totally dairy free.
I tried him with lactose free milk yesterday and I'm sorry I did. He is in bits. So it's dairy in general it seems.

Polka_Dot

Pure sunflower spread could be an option, you can find it in most Tescos. I'm lactose intolerant myself but mainly use lactose-free or soya products so I'm not too much help unfortunately!

ThisRegard

We started our son on soya not too far after he turned one, pretty much when we realised it was lactose or dairy that was causing his issues. The consult professor we saw said it wasn't an issue, you can get alpro soya milk specifically for kids which is fortified with vitamins which we gave him in his bottle along with a specialist formula for kids with such allergies (can't remember the name of it at the moment but you can get it easy enough in pharmacies, it's bloody vile though so the sweetness of the soya masked it, plus kids get used to the taste quick enough).

If you make the move to soya it will make life easier for you. Our son is slowly growing out of his allergy to lactose as he gets older thankfully so we're slowly introducing full lactose products into his diet and he's coping well(he's 2 now).