Reddit reviews NOW Supplements, Dairy Digest Complete, Digests Lactose, Dairy Proteins and Fats*, Dairy Tolerance Enzymes*, 90 Veg Capsules

Getting started will cost a bit of money.

1. I got this cheese making kit. Honestly you don't need that though. The kit contains cheese salt, rennet tablets, citric acid, cheese cloth, and a thermometer. For mozzarella you do not need cheese cloth and you should already have a digital thermometer in your kitchen (the one they give you isnt even digital). Cheese salt is just flaky non-iodized salt. The flakiness does help the salt incorporate into the cheese a bit better, but you really can use any non iodized fine grain salt for this. You can buy citric acid from the food store and you might be able to get rennet tablets there too (if not it'd cost you $10 on amazon). Whole foods sells citric acid in the bulk spices section and it'd cost you a nickel for enough acid for a pound of cheese.
   
2. Next you need some lactase enzyme drops. I get the bigger bottle since it lasts a long time and I use it for making ice cream as well. smaller one is here
   
3. Now for a recipe... I think I've been using this one here. It calls for twice the rennet as others... Not sure why. The cheese comes out fine so I haven't thought much of it. You should be able to get away with only using 1/4th of a tablet (instead of 1/2 a tablet) though.
   
   So to make it lactose free, you need to buy a normal gallon of whole milk that is pasteurized. NOT ULTRA-PASTEURIZED. It will say on the carton if its ultra pasteurized or just plain pasteurized. I've never seen any lactose free milk that is not ultra pasteurized. If you use ultra pasteurized milk, the cheese will not form correctly. So now you have a gallon of pasteurized milk and your lactase drops. I put twice what they say on the bottle into the milk (it says 5 drops per liter (about 4 liters per gallon), so I use 40 drops for a gallon of milk). I don't use it until two days after I put the drops in (instead of the 12-24 hours they say on the package). I also shake up the milk every time I'm at the fridge just to make sure it distributes evenly. Two days after treating the milk you can follow the normal recipe.
   
   I also take 4-5 of these pills when eating the cheese even though it probably is not necessary. I'd rather swallow a dollars worth of pills than risk ruining my day.
   
   Only problem is that the cheese doesn't seem to melt very well.

You might try carrying some dairy digest enzymes with you, too. Lactase and maybe some other digestive enzymes. Papaya enzymes are very cheap and they work for me sometimes when I get similar symptoms. Sometimes dairy can be a bad trigger for me, usually with enzymes it's not. Eating dairy is usually no big deal, sometimes dairy plus cold air will trigger an attack. The enzymes seem to blunt the reaction a lot. I also had allergy testing (which put me into anaphlaxis, not good!) but dairy didn't show up as being something I'm allergic to. It's still a trigger for me though.

https://www.amazon.com/Supplements-Dairy-Digest-Complete-Capsules/dp/B0013OUODA/

I rely on these
$10 for 90 pills , keep some in your messenger bag and regain your freedom.

These help:

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https://smile.amazon.com/NOW-Dairy-Digest-Complete-Capsules/dp/B0013OUODA/

My lactose intolerant life was changed once I started taking these. In addition to the lactose digestion enzyme, they have protein enzymes as well. I pop one of those before my dairy sin and I am good to go.

Nothing is worse than the combination of caffeine and dairy for me. A nice coffee is killer, or a few slices of pizza with some Coke and I am in trouble if I forget to take my lactose pills.

You could also try enzymes! I personally use Dairy Digest Complete that I get on monthly subscription from Amazon and I am beyond happy to be back in the world of cheesiness. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013OUODA/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_O1-cub054G70E

They're not a cure-all for lactose intolerance but for most things one pill with a meal can make life a whole lot better.

I take 2 of these before my whey and it helps:
http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Dairy-Digest-Complete-Vcaps/dp/B0013OUODA/

I also use natural whey protein that has no artificial sweeteners that cause me issues:
http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Natural-Vanilla/dp/B000GIURM2

Yes dairy digest is available a lot of places, I get mine at the local co-op, it's their brand, but its like this one on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Supplements-Dairy-Digest-Complete-Capsules/dp/B0013OUODA/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=dairy+digest&qid=1568591884&s=gateway&sr=8-3

my friend..thank me later


http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Dairy-Digest-Complete-Vcaps/dp/B0013OUODA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1410064555&sr=8-3&keywords=now+lactose

I also have this problem, but only had mild breakouts. Taking dairy digest + switching to organic milk fixed it for me.

Before that I just added whey protein powder to rice/almond/soy milk.