Comments on: A New Lactose-Free Yogurt Hits the Market

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:45:30 +0000

Hi, Jen,
Bummer that you don’t do well even with lactose-free yogurt! I’d place my bets on your allergy theory; over your acid theory… here’s why. A) Stomach acid is FAR more acidic than yogurt, meaning that a lactaid pill would likely be less effective than a lactose-free product under your hypothesis and B) the added lactase enzyme works immediately to split lactose in yogurt (on contact), it doesn’t sit around waiting until you eat it to do its work. By the time you eat the yogurt, lactose has long since been split into its component parts, glucose and galactose. Hope this helps!

By: JenB

JenB — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:15:44 +0000

Late to this post, I googled non-dairy yogurt. I tried the Green Valley Organics Lactose Free yogurt. It tastes good, but it does make my stomach upset and other symptoms. It took me a week to figure out it had to be the yogurt. Obviously I fall on the sensitive side, and if you do too I suggest staying away.

I wonder if this is because the enzyme, lactase, cannot survive very long in an acidic environment. Yogurt is acidic. So if you take a “Lactaid” pill, it will work, but the acidic yogurt destroys the added lactase before you have a chance to eat it, rendering the added lactase useless.

The other possibility is that I am just plain allergic to milk, which can cause the same symptoms of intolerance, plus allergy symptoms like hives. I haven’t had a rash from this yogurt as I get from some other dairy. Just a reminder that if you think you’re lactose intolerant you may be one of the few with an actual allergy in which case no milk product is safe.

By: Billy Mahoney

Billy Mahoney — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:42:58 +0000

I have been lactose intolerant for about 26 years and had essentially given up on any dairy since I would describe myself as highly lactose intolerant. I have consumed this yogurt several times without a problem. Highly recommend it.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:59:44 +0000

I can’t eat soy because I’m on thyroid medication. I have found that a lot of calcium-fortified products and calcium supplements use calcium carbonate (which I’m guessing is probably the least expensive form of Ca), and it gives me almost as much digestive upset as lactose. We lived in Germany in 2004 and many lactose-free dairy products besides milk were available at that time. I was delighted to see that lactose-free yogurt is FINALLY available in the US!!

By: LFYogurt

LFYogurt — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:09:59 +0000

It is easy to make your own 100% lactose free yogurt. The process is described on many Specific Carbohydrate Diet sites. Do a search for SCD yogurt and you’ll find it. The gist is that by processing the yogurt for a full 24h, the bacteria consume all of the lactose. I’m extremely lactose intolerant and have been eating my own homage yogurt for years. But I am tired of making it! Thanks for posting this.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:47:17 +0000

I buy this yogurt regularly. For me, the only flavor I like is the Strawberry, although I have not tried the blueberry because that flavor is usually to sweet for me. After reading the comments about the low sugar I think I will try the blueberry, and maybe one of the greek yogurts. Thanks.