Best lactase nutritional supplements according to redditors

Lmao bruh you can get a pack at Rite Aid or really any pharmacy ever for like $4-5 max. You just pop one right before you're about to eat dairy. No prescription needed

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000052XB5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_IihLAb94NA43M since there's a lot of interest. Game changer

Here's an example in case you're having trouble finding them. They're like 10 cents each with Prime.

I am taking these ones I don't have anything to compare it too though but it's working well for me. I used to do the gummies but got tired of having to eat them and these ones have a much higher CFU count. I have IBS-C and it def helps regulate me too.

I don't know if he'd like to try them or if they'd work for him, but after YEARS of telling my boyfriend something was up with his tummy troubles, we found he was lactose intolerant, too. So we picked up some lactose tablets from Walmart and then from Kirkland/Costco and I've got to say, they seem to help. :)

Buy these, put about 16 or so drops in a gallon and let the milk sit overnight. Voila! No more lactose. My wife is lactose intolerant and these have saved us so much money from not having to buy lactose free milk.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSTRY8

https://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000HI0CKS

Take one of these per protein drink, and say a "Hail Brodin"

Wheymen.

Lactase Drops 15 ml | Lactase Enzyme Supplement | 76 Servings | Safe for Infants | Non-GMO | Kosher Certified | Physician Formulated | Seeking Health https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VSTRY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_eJQhybKC88FPA

Drop between 20 and 30 drops into a gallon of mill and then let it react for 24 to 48 hours before drinking. Its a dollar or two cheaper than Lactaid milk per gallon over time.

LactAid are chewable tablets that you can take before taking any dairy product and you won't get the LI problems. Ordering from Amazon Direct cost fucking lot and take hella time to arrive.

I tried researching the local medicine market for lactase enzyme tablets. Some people told yeah they exist but were not available anywhere.

My husband is lactose intolerant and buying Lactaid is at least 2x more expensive than regular milk.

To cut down on costs, we add lactase to normal dairy products such as milk, cream, and evaporated milk. We also make lots of food from scratch, such as bread and ice cream.

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.

I'm extremely lactose intolerant as well. I find if I grind up 3 of these pills and drop them into a normal gallon of milk and let it sit for 24 hours I can drink the whole gallon without getting sick.

Make your own!

The recipe I use is:

• 6 egg yolks
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 cups half and half
  
• 1 cup whole milk
  
• 1 1/2 cup bourbon
  
• Lactase drops (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VSTRY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_cQb.BbECFVZ0W)
  
• Nutmeg (garnish)
  
  Directions: mix well, chill, garnish with nutmeg immediately before serving
  
  The bourbon is optional, but helps with the shelf life and food safety concerns of raw eggs. This article has a good discussion (and is where I stole the recipe from, before I changed it slightly): https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-eggnog-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-214298
  
  If you have issues with eggs, take 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp of baking soda dissolved in a large cup of water at the same time as eating the eggs, and it'll help (baking soda absorbs hydrogen sulfide, the smelly gas I make when I eat eggs).
  
  Edit: formatting
  
  

Consider getting some lactase pills. They basically cut my symptoms in half if I take enough. Just take some right as you take your first bite of lactose.

The only other way I "prepare" is not eating any dairy in the week leading up to the day I plan to eat a ton of dairy. But I think you've got that covered.

If I do that, the more unpleasant symptoms usually don't kick in until the next day. But everyone's body is different.

I hope you can make it work!

As a fellow (I assume) lactose intolerant, did you know you can make your own lactose free milk without breaking the bank? Just buy regular milk and some of these bad boys drop them into the milk, shake and leave it in the fridge for a few hours. Now you've got your own LACTOSE FREE MILK BABY - and if you've got a sweet tooth it's great too because by breaking down the lactose for ya, your tongue gets a chance at some of those sweet broken down sugars which everyone else just gets in their stomach. One bottle of that shit will DELACTIFY about "52 pints" (oh America, when will you stop using your silly made up measurements) of milk! Way cheaper than some of the ridiculous prices I've seen on lactose free milk in stores.

Keep them B O N E S strong!

ELI10000BC: Gorp tell story. All cave people need strong bone like rock for run, hunt mammoth. Many, many moon ago, cave people all live one valley, eat dark green plant, get tiny rock pieces from plant, and sun help move rock pieces from plant to bones. Make bones strong. Moo juice make every cave man sick. Never drink. No reason!

Then some cave people go next valley. Then next valley. Then keep going. Soon some cave people live in valley where no many dark green plants. Eat few small rock pieces. Sun low in sky all day and no help move rock pieces from plant to bones. Cave people get soft bones. Bones break. Many cave people die.

Some cave people in far valley get very hungry, drink moo juice even though all know bad idea. All cave people get sick...except for Lactoog! Lactoog strong spirit make moo juice okay. Better than okay! Lactoog get rock pieces and sun magic from moo juice. Lactoog no need many dark green plants. No need sun. Still have strong bone. Lactoog have many children in far valley. Children get Lactoog magic.

Thoonk child of first valley. Drink moo juice, get sick. Thoonk friend child of Lactoog. Drink moo juice, no get sick.

Thoonk have choice: Thoonk eat green plant, get sun, get strong bones, no drink moo juice, no get sick. Or, Thoonk go to next tribe, trade shiny pebble for magic rock, eat magic rock when drink moo juice. Magic rock have Lactoog magic inside. Make Thoonk not sick when drink moo juice.

Use eyes good: Gorp story just story! Gorp no have medical degree. If take Gorp advice, maybe Thoonk get sick, go blind, have other problem. Gorp no know. No blame Gorp. No go to good talk cave man, get lawsuit, take Gorp shiny pebbles and cave. If Thoonk want know what do, Thoonk talk with real shaman.

Buy regular milk and use these drops to make it lactose free. In the long run it ends up being cheaper because regular milk is so cheap lately. RIP milk farmers. Still is sweeter but to me tastes more like milk than some of the other lactose free options.

You will have to experiment but I use 1.25-1.5 droppers full in a gallon.

Lactase Drops 15 ml | Lactase Enzyme Supplement | 76 Servings | Safe for Infants | Non-GMO | Kosher Certified | Physician Formulated | Seeking Health https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VSTRY8?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

check out this on Amazon: lactase drops. says you can add a few drops to a gallon of milk and it'll be 'lactose-free' in 24 hours. I've not tried it personally, but the reviews look good. I imagine it's the same as edible lactase, maybe more.. concentrated?

It's a common problem.

Try take some lactase with it.

Lactaid in larger volumes at the "original" strength (example: https://www.amazon.com/Lactaid-Original-Strength-Caplets-Count/dp/B000052XB5/) is sold as a single container with all of the pills inside in a jumble, just like a standard vitamin or other supplement. Unless something about the Original strength is more stable than the other types, this tells me that it should be fine to do exactly what you mention.

Note: This is just a logical conclusion on my part. I don't know what might break down the lactase enzyme as it is held in the pills, so it's possible that the individual wrapping is more than just annoying.

I'm lactose intolerant too. Try lactaid it really works and makes keto so much easier/more enjoyable. I eat a lot of dairy these days and have no digestive issues whatsoever.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000052XB5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Dude. These things are magical.

I recommend buying the liquid enzyme and mixing it with your milk. This is cheaper than buying pills or buying lactose-free milk.

Lactase Powder gives you a bit more bang for your buck ($20 for 100 servings) and doesn't change the taste or texture of the food.

Also, seconding the instant pot. Dried rice and dried beans made edible in about an hour. Divine.

Lactaid can be expensive though (~$8 a gallon where I'm from) so it could be cheaper to order lactase on Amazon if the thought of $8 milk is absurd to you. But, once you go Lactaid, you'll never go back. It tastes so good, even my family members who are lactose tolerant prefer it.

Most lactose intolerant people were not initially lactose intolerant. What we were taught in medical school was that nearly all babies are able to process lactose, but they lose the ability as they grow older, because they should be weaned off breast milk.


I suspect I am lactose intolerant. My symptoms, however, are mild - only gas, but not diarrhea. I would highly recommend buying some lactase enzyme and trying it out when you eat. If your symptoms resolve, you might be lactose intolerant!


You can definitely buy enzymes for very cheap. You do not need to buy brand names like lactaid. They can be very expensive from a pharmacy - last I checked, they were about 30-50 cents per pill from my nearby pharmacies.


I buy Costco brand (Kirkland Signature) from amazon, which costs about 12 cents per pill. Lactaid from amazon ends up costing 20 cents per pill, but the total cost is less because they're selling you fewer tablets. So in this case it may be the better option if you aren't yet sure that you are lactose intolerant.


I am not sure why you suspect you are lactose intolerant, but if you do not want to try the enzyme route, you could also go to the store and buy lactaid milk. Around here, a quart of brand name (Lactaid) milk is around $5.50, but they have America's Choice brand for $2.99 a quart. You can buy that, drink some, and see how you feel compared to when you drink regular milk.


Note - there's limited amount of enzyme in a pill, so if you do experiment with the pill, don't go overboard! (Don't eat a whole carton of ice cream and expect 1 pill to be able to help you handle it all). Follow the directions - you may have to eat more than one pill depending on the portion of dairy you eat.

They do, and they're AWESOME. I'm a pastry chef. Do you know what 90% of pastries contain? :( Dairy. I'm not talking like muffins and bread, once they're baked the lactose doesn't bother me at all - I'm talking eclairs exploding with creme de patisserie or delicate custard tartlets, god forbid I get an order for some tres leches... quality control used to make me want to die.

Lactaid pills are the best invention ever for someone like me, who literally CANNOT avoid dairy. Take one or two (depending on your severity of intolerance/dairy % content) a few minutes before you eat and it saves you from a night of painful gas and a lot of toilet paper.

EDIT : forgot link

The liquid lactase is dramatically more expensive than the pills. A "dose" of liquid, as far as I've seen, has 750 "lactase units," (whatever they are) while the pills have 9,000 each. The bottle has 75 of these doses, and if you buy the costco pills, you get 180 for about the same price. So the liquid costs more than 20 times as much.

Drops: http://www.amazon.com/Lactase-Drops-15-Supplement-Servings/dp/B003VSTRY8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1383064644&sr=8-5&keywords=lactase

Pills: http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000VS4BF6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383064644&sr=8-1&keywords=lactase

I'd try just crushing up a pill and putting it in the milk. The taste of the binders shouldn't be noticeable in a half gallon or more.

They are just Lactase supplements

Here's an example of one http://www.amazon.com/Lactaid-Fast-Lactase-Enzyme-Supplement-96ct/dp/B001B3KEK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1382032916&sr=1-1

ill have a look in theUK

edit whats this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quest-Lactase-200mg-30-Tablets/dp/B0029TMPHQ

I'm no scientist, but my guess would be that it might not work. I say that because the treatment process for dairy products if you use lactase drops is about 24 hours to break down the lactose. I use this in products that are not lactose-free (like sour cream).
http://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Certified-Formulated-Seeking-Health/dp/B003VSTRY8/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1463836515&sr=8-3&keywords=lactase+drops.
Maybe you are better off with taking lactaid (or similar) about a half hour before eating the sour cream?

Sorry - not been on Reddit for a few days. So I'm pretty sure it says on the bottle, but I found out by going through the Q & A section of the product description page on Amazon, where I purchased this item. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VSTRY8/.

Yep!
I get these drops

If you leave a review, they will give you a 25% discount for future purchases, and this works every time you leave a review.

I like to get 3 gallons at once and do 35, 20, 15 drops. This saves drops because you drink the third gallon last, so you're giving the enzyme more time to work on the lactose.
You need to wait 24 hours before starting to drink from the first gallon.

late to the party, but getting these really help. i usually put 40 drops in a gallon of milk. you can adjust how much you really need also (ex. using 30 drops if your lactose intolerance isn't as severe).

http://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Certified-Formulated-Seeking-Health/dp/B003VSTRY8

It might depend on how old the milk is (maybe the enzyme gets used up?). I personally use these drops in place of lactaid milk... they might work well in this situation!

Dude. Lactase pills. My several lactose-intolerant immediate family members just pop one with any lactose-heavy meal, and voila. Why make your body do the work when you can use science instead?

edit: Shoulda guessed, somebody else already suggested this. Oh well, I'll leave it up on the off chance that you a) didn't know about lactase pills and b) didn't see the other comment that was posted first.

It's the same as normal recipies but you need to treat the milk with enzyme drops first. I buy the milk (make sure it's pasteurized, NOT ULTRAPASTEURIZED (this is why you can't just buy lactose free milk to make cheese with)), put in like twice the drops as the bottle recommends (I do 40 drops per gallon) and leave it in your fridge for 2 days. Shake the milk up a couple times a day if you can.

Then follow your normal cheese recipe. It can't make any hard cheeses though because those require lactose to eat. I still take a handful of pills when I eat the cheese though just to be cautious.

Have you tried these?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B072XWGMS2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1540268744&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=lactase&psc=1


Be extra careful with milk stout. Other stuff besides yeast does like to munch on lactose. I recently had a batch spoil, even though everything was sanitized very well.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HI0CKS?pc_redir=1412320608&robot_redir=1

Worth every penny, and somethimg moms love to buy off a wish list!

Ever try lactase pills? http://www.amazon.com/180-Caplets-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000HI0CKS

Lactose pills dude.. They work like magic, take 1/2 before any meal with lactose, and your fine.

I've heard people say that using these Lactase tabs to continue consuming whole milk is something that works.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HI0CKS?ie=UTF8&tag=stronglcom-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B000HI0CKS

But I've never used them myself, maybe someone else can confirm.

I'm lactose intolerant as well (though ice cream affects me less badly than straight milk). I just buy these off amazon. Not a bad price for being able to ingest sweet, delicious dairy products again. Just pop one right before you eat anything milk related.

I use Whey Protein Isolate (any brand should work, check the ingredients) which doesn't have lactase and has never caused me issues as a lactose intolerant gal.

Also, if you are lactose intolerant and haven't tried using lactase pills, you really should. I had to stop eating cheese/ice cream/milk products when I became lactose intolerant, but then I discovered these pills and now I just pop one and get to enjoy these foods again.

have you tried taking lactase?

Sounds like you're fucked. That's how it started with me when I was a kid.

They have lactase enzyme pills you can take when you eat dairy that will help a lot (lactose intolerance is what happens when your body stops producing this enzyme), but you'll probably still be gassy.

Try Lactaid

I'm only mildly lactose intolerant, and I seem to be fine with cheese and yogurt, and small portions of ice cream, so I've never used the stuff, but I have full on intolerant friends who swear by the stuff when they get a jones for the ice cream.

You may want to look into this: http://www.amazon.com/Lactase-Drops-15-Supplement-Servings/dp/B003VSTRY8

Yeah, I didn't know pills existed for a while either. At my local publix, I found Lactase pills next to the upset stomach/diarrhea medicine. It should be in the medicine area, around stuff like pepto bismol and immodium.

In my CVS it's in a similar area, next to stomach medicine stuff. Or uh..amazon even? Huh, that's a surprise, last time I checked a few months ago, I couldn't find any on amazon. Cool.

I am lactose intolerant. You can get tablets that contain the lactase enzyme that breaks down lactose. Personally I use these https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000HI0CKS/

I don't know if these are a sure fix or if they fit your cost/benefit criteria for having dairy but have you used lactase pills http://www.amazon.com/180-Caplets-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000HI0CKS

This stuff works good: http://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Certified-Formulated-Seeking-Health/dp/B003VSTRY8

I just add a dropper full to each gallon of milk i buy and I'm good to go.

Stop spending so much and just get the drops of lactase yourself. Lactaid milk is just normal milk with lactase added.

https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Lactase-Enzyme-Drops-servings/dp/B073CBZWJ7/

Just want to reiterate the lactase pill suggestion — they're my lifeline. I'm 24 and have been lactarded (just saw that here, and I love it) for like 8 years, or at least have been conscious of it, and I can relate a lot to your concerns: being a poor college student, drinking half a gallon on milk a day + tons of cheese, ice cream, etc. Dairy is fucking delicious.

The doctors that suggested lactose intolerance actually thought I may have overwhelmed my body's lactase-producing mechanisms, and it just gave up. I had to cut back on my dairy intake, but I get some of these which come in little tear-open individual packets. I keep a couple of them in a credit card slot in my wallet, as they're not very big, and one of those will ensure I'm fine eating/drinking as much dairy as I want in about a 15-25 minute window. Otherwise, I may get some baaaad gas, severe stomach pain, or defecate in large quantities and/or frequencies in a manner which typically makes me want to take a shower and a nap afterwards.

tl;dr: keep store brand lactase pills in your wallet — cheaper than name brand and very useful. Also, activia yogurt and lactose-free milk are harmless, and a slice of cheese here or there won't kill you or those around you.

I don't claim to know how it works. If I had to guess I'd say it's very similar to the way [this] (http://www.amazon.com/180-Caplets-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000HI0CKS) works, but I have no idea. What I do know is that they prevent any pain and diarrhea from eating wheat. What do you have to base your claim on that it doesn't work?

Do you have an allergy or are you just lactose intolerant? If it is lactose intolerance you can get lactase in pill form like here. Just take one or two before a meal and you can drink as much milk as you want.

if she's lactose intolerant, try the lactase drops. I'm really lactose intolerant but man do these things work. I haven't tried it on cream cheese yet and heat will kill the reaction so you have to do it a few days in advance, but I've even put it on pizza and been better off. I put it in milk and can drink it within a couple of days, i would assume the same for cream cheese as long as you mix it up and whatnot.

Have you considered/heard of lactase tablets?
i.e. http://www.amazon.com/180-Caplets-Fast-Acting-Lactase/dp/B000HI0CKS