Do Casein And Lactose Occur In Products Separately? Need Clarification Please

[Sarah8793]

I 've been lactose intolerant for years but suspect after reading here that I have developed a casein intolerance too. If dairy is in a product, then casein and lactose (in varying amounts) are present also. But can casein and lactose be separated out of milk and put in products individually? Forgive me if this is a duh question but the whole casein concept is new to me.

Thank you,

Sarah

[lorka150]

I am not positive what you mean... Something can be lactose free but not casein free. Is that what you are indicating?

I am casein free, too.

[Guest Robbin]

I was wondering too if there were completely casein free products? If something contains lactose maybe a lactase supplement would help, but the casein is impossible. What about the fat products like whipping cream and sour cream? I noticed less protein, but is there a product that has no casein? I already use clarified butter with no problems. I have as a severe reaction to casein as I do with gluten. I think we will someday hear that there are long-term problems associated with this. (Maybe there are studies showing this and I am just not aware of it) You are not alone in missing dairy

[tarnalberry]

You can get products that contain lactose but no casein - the pharmaceuticals that use pharmaceutical grade lactose. Pretty mcuh anything else that contains lactose (and you'll sometimes find it on it's own on a label), I consider to be contaminated with casein, as it's usually milk derived.

[aikiducky]

Yeah what Tiffany said. Lactose is sometimes used as a sweetener by itself but I would be concerned about traces of casein. You can also sometimes see milk protein as a ingredient on it's own, that's casein. That might be ok for a person who is only lactose intolerant, if a product only contained a small amount of milk protein.

Fat dairy products like whipped cream are not made of only fat, there's quite a lot of casein and lactose in there, too!

Pauliina

[Sarah8793]

Thank you for the help with understanding this. It makes sense. After reading some posts by others I somehow got the idea they could occur separately in foods, which didn't make sense to me but then again you never know. I started out as lactose intolerant and I think have moved on to casein intolerant in addition to becoming hypoglycemic.

Sarah