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windee Rookie

I am celiac and lactose intolerant. What can I use in coffee? I Coffee Mate ok? I am all new to this and still feeling over whelmed.


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psawyer Proficient

Coffee Mate is gluten-free and lactose-free. It is NOT dairy-free as it contains sodium caseinate.

kareng Grand Master

I use Silk ( soy) vanilla and So Delicious (coconut) hazelnut or vanilla. Yum! And I don't have to be dairy free.

sa1937 Community Regular

Since Coffee Mate is gluten-free and lactose-free, can it be used to enrich Lactaid milk to be used in place of half-and-half in quiche or other dishes that normally call for it or evaporated milk? (I'm assuming the original is not flavored with vanilla or any other flavorings.)

sa1937 Community Regular

Why would you want to use Coffee Mate? It's not dairy free, is laden with health-damaging chemicals, and even the original contains artificial flavor:

corn syrup solids, vegetable oil, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglycerides, sodium aluminosilicate, artificial flavor, annatto color.

It's interesting that they don't even have a link to the ingredients on their website.

I'm looking for something that would enrich my 2% Lactaid milk to use in recipes where I would have previously used either evaporated milk or half-and-half. I drink black coffee so have never used Coffee Mate so know nothing about it.

Any suggestions?

emaegf Newbie

I'm looking for something that would enrich my 2% Lactaid milk to use in recipes where I would have previously used either evaporated milk or half-and-half. I drink black coffee so have never used Coffee Mate so know nothing about it.

Any suggestions?

MimicCreme Open Original Shared Link or Coconut Milk comes in whole fat or Lite. The canned can be subbed easily using the same amonut as the evaporated milk or half and half.

sunnybabi1986 Contributor

Why would you want to use Coffee Mate? It's not dairy free, is laden with health-damaging chemicals, and even the original contains artificial flavor:

corn syrup solids, vegetable oil, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglycerides, sodium aluminosilicate, artificial flavor, annatto color.

It's interesting that they don't even have a link to the ingredients on their website.

Oh, good grief, I'm sorry, but I'm just not concerned about a bit of creamer in my hot chocolate or coffee. There are a lot of other damaging things to worry about, but creamer is not on my worry list :rolleyes: I love Coffee Mate creamer and it's never made me sick or affected my health badly...everything in moderation :)


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I'm looking for something that would enrich my 2% Lactaid milk to use in recipes where I would have previously used either evaporated milk or half-and-half. I drink black coffee so have never used Coffee Mate so know nothing about it.

Any suggestions?

I had good results using coconut milk (from the can) in place of evaporated milk in my pumpkin pie recipe for Thanksgiving. If it's something sweet I would try coconut milk before I tried coffee creamer just based on texture. The coconut milk is thicker than creamer, IMO. I couldn't even taste the coconut with the pumpkin. Coconut milk also makes great moist corn bread, but I can taste it slightly in the corn bread.

georgie Enthusiast

Have you tried Pure Cream? Cream has virtually no lactose. I have lactose intolerance and can tolerate the low lactose foods ( butter, cream, hard cheese ) just fine. I found one brand of cream suited me better than another. It was the ( natural) thicker one. The thin 'pouring type' cream upset me.

I am celiac and lactose intolerant. What can I use in coffee? I Coffee Mate ok? I am all new to this and still feeling over whelmed.

sa1937 Community Regular

Have you tried Pure Cream? Cream has virtually no lactose. I have lactose intolerance and can tolerate the low lactose foods ( butter, cream, hard cheese ) just fine.

Actually this sounds like the best and easiest solution...perhaps using half whipping cream and half Lactaid milk. I can also have butter so obviously do not have a problem with casein. I didn't realize cream was low in lactose.

I did use unsweetened coconut milk in a pumpkin recipe for Thanksgiving, which worked fine, but am leary of using it in a quiche for Christmas Eve.

sunnybabi1986 Contributor

Have you tried Pure Cream? Cream has virtually no lactose. I have lactose intolerance and can tolerate the low lactose foods ( butter, cream, hard cheese ) just fine. I found one brand of cream suited me better than another. It was the ( natural) thicker one. The thin 'pouring type' cream upset me.

Is Pure Cream a brand, or are you referring to cream in general? I was confused by this because I react *very* strongly to whipping cream and did some research. Turns out that cream is very high in lactose and one of the foods I have to avoid completely :(

Edited to Add: I did some more research and found this document listing the lactose content of different dairy products: Open Original Shared Link

It says that whipping cream only contains 3 g of lactose per half cup, but I was sick almost instantly after using it a week ago and thought my husband was going to have to take me to the ER, I was in so much pain. So...I guess it just depends on how much you can handle :)

MelindaLee Contributor

Coffee Mate states on the label gluten-free. The local story brand (Roundy's) also states gluten-free on the lable. I don't know about other food issues, however.

bincongo Contributor

I'm looking for something that would enrich my 2% Lactaid milk to use in recipes where I would have previously used either evaporated milk or half-and-half. I drink black coffee so have never used Coffee Mate so know nothing about it.

Any suggestions?

Lactaid milk comes in whole milk too if you can find it. Some stores have their own brand of lactose free that is cheaper. When I want a thicker milk I use Lactaid whole milk but I might try adding real cream too.

sa1937 Community Regular

Lactaid milk comes in whole milk too if you can find it. Some stores have their own brand of lactose free that is cheaper. When I want a thicker milk I use Lactaid whole milk but I might try adding real cream too.

I googled it and apparently the Lactaid whole milk is only available in the New England states (I'm in Pennsylvania). I'll check the store brands. Thanks for the suggestion!

emaegf Newbie

I googled it and apparently the Lactaid whole milk is only available in the New England states (I'm in Pennsylvania). I'll check the store brands. Thanks for the suggestion!

I can get it in NW Minnesota and NE North Dakota (Grand Forks area)

sa1937 Community Regular

I can get it in NW Minnesota and NE North Dakota (Grand Forks area)

Hmmm...now you have me wondering if I'm thinking of a different product. I did do a search on the Lactaid website and came up with no whole milk or half-and-half within a 20 mile radius of where I live.

emaegf Newbie

Hmmm...now you have me wondering if I'm thinking of a different product. I did do a search on the Lactaid website and came up with no whole milk or half-and-half within a 20 mile radius of where I live.

Many company's locaters aren't up to date so you may find the products your looking for in a store that isn't in the company's locator. I checked the locator for my area and 3 of the stores I can get the Lactaid Whole Milk are not even on there and those stores have been carrrying for a year now. Just look everywhere you go.

sa1937 Community Regular

Many company's locaters aren't up to date so you may find the products your looking for in a store that isn't in the company's locator. I checked the locator for my area and 3 of the stores I can get the Lactaid Whole Milk are not even on there and those stores have been carrrying for a year now. Just look everywhere you go.

Will do...I'd love to get ahold of the half-and-half for my quiche. Thanks!

MelindaLee Contributor

I just contacted International Delight as I accidentally bout that brand instead of my usual. It is Non-Dairy and Gluten Free. I don't know what that mean as I don't have dairy intoleances, but they do address this on their web site, if you want to check it out.

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psawyer Proficient

I just contacted International Delight as I accidentally bout that brand instead of my usual. It is Non-Dairy and Gluten Free. I don't know what that mean as I don't have dairy intoleances, but they do address this on their web site, if you want to check it out.

Open Original Shared Link

From that site:

Q: Why is International Delight called a non-dairy product when it contains sodium caseinate, a milk derivative?

A: Although sodium caseinate is a milk derivative, the process of manufacturing sodium caseinate is significantly different from that of other dairy ingredients; therefore the FDA still classifies this component as a non-dairy ingredient.

Sodium caseinate is casein which is milk protein and thus dairy.

What part of this don't they understand? :angry::angry:

CarolinaKip Community Regular

I've been looking for something that is dairy free, gluten-free, and corn free for my coffee. I don't drink it everyday, but enjoy it every now and then. I've been avoiding soy whenever I can and I cannot do almond milk. Coconut? I'm not sure if that's a problem for me or not. Anything else?

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