So, a brilliant new idea I've had which happens to include tasting lots of chocolate (what a shame!) is to compare the different brands of dark chocolate. I plan to do this in several rounds, partly because I had the idea and wanted to start straight away so had to use what was to hand, and partly because there are lots of different types and subgroups to try.
For this first round of taste trials, I decided to compare the 3 plain dark chocolate (so no additional fruit or other flavours) we had at home - Hotel Chocolate 85% dark Ghana chocolate, Montezuma's 54% giant dark chocolate buttons, and Tesco everyday value plain chocolate (which we tend to use a lot for baking etc).
Obviously in terms of price there is a huge difference as well, so I have split my research into overall impressions, value for money, and then a summary comparison
Overall Impressions:
The Tesco Everyday Value Plain Chocolate is ok in its own merit - but not when compared to higher quality chocolate. It has a fairly sweet taste, unusual for dark chocolate, but which makes it more-ish in the way milk chocolate is. It does melt in the mouth very well, a key aspect of a good chocolate experience (think Galaxy or Dairy Milk!).
Montezuma's Giant Chocolate Buttons have a much richer flavour than the Tesco chocolate, but with this comes a slight bitterness as well. There is a deep flavour with a good aftertaste, which the tesco chocolate lacked. It didn't have quite the melting properties of the Tesco chocolate.
Hotel Chocolate was a very strong dark taste that was very bitter. It also didn't really melt-in-the-mouth, but both of these could be because of the very high cocoa content (85%). I actually found it a bit too bitter for my liking, especially when compared to the other 2 chocolates.
Value:
Obviously, at 35p for 100g, the Tesco Everyday Value Plain Chocolate is the best value for money!
Montezuma's Giant Dark Chocolate Buttons 54% cocoa cost £2.79 for 180g.
Hotel Chocolate 85% Dark Chocolate from Ghana is the most expensive at £3.50 for only 100g. It's worth also noting that this isn't because of the high cocoa levels as all the 100g selector bars are this set price.
Summary:
In terms of overall taste, I would rate the Montezuma's top, with Tesco second and Hotel Chocolat third - but with a proviso that this may be down to the particular Hotel Chocolat tested as I am not a fan of very bitter high cocoa chocolate. I will re-run the test at a later date with more similar cocoa percentages.
In terms of texture, the Tesco brand had the best texture, with Montezumas second and HC third.
Finally, when considering how well the chocolate melts in your mouth, again the tesco came first, with Montezumas 2nd and HC third (again).
So, for me at least, higher price has not equated to better taste!
I plan to run further trials with green and blacks chocolate, lindt dark chocolate, and other varieties of HC and Montezuma's. If there's anything you think I should be trying, feel free to comment and let me know.. I'm always up for trying more chocolate!
And last of all, if you want to try some for yourself (or buy some for me!)...
Tesco Everyday Value Plain Chocolate: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254381907
Montezuma's 54% Cocoa Giant Dark Chocolate Buttons: http://www.montezumas.co.uk/chocolate-gifts/dark-chocolate-buttons.html
Hotel Chocolate 85% Dark Chocolate fomr Ghana: http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/cid/8YMK3ZAT1Q0HAYD6SMLLYHNAZXJRXP53/chocolate-for-diabetics-P210318/
Enjoy!
LFL
Sunday 27 January 2013
Saturday 26 January 2013
Recipe Review: Chocolate Torte
So, picture the scene.. Boxing Day, extended family over, 14 people squashed round an extended dining table. Desserts bought out and nearest to me is the delicious Cook Chocolate Torte. Yum. Except, of course, I can't eat it.
Possibly the low point of Christmas 2012 (mince pies might be nice, but they just don't compare with chocolate torte!), Mr LFL assured me that we would make a lacto free chocolate torte in the New Year. I didn't really believe him for many reasons...
1. We wouldn't get round to looking for a recipe
2. We wouldn't find a suitable recipe if we did get round to looking for one.
3. We wouldn't be bothered enough to make the chocolate torte.
However, at the start of 2013, Mr LFL had a look on the Internet, discounted any with raw eggs in, and found a recipe on the following link:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1357/decadent-chocolate-truffle-torte
As we can substitute double cream for lacto free cream (as mentioned before), and lots of dark chocolate doesn't contain milk, this recipe was worth a go. So we tried it!
The recipe:
The recipe itself was clear and we made it without any problems. It definitely doesn't set in under an hour, as we discovered when we lost patience and ate some that evening.
The consistency of the torte we had wasn't quite what the picture looks like either - whether this is because we used lacto free cream which is slightly different or did something else wrong, we are not sure.
The taste:
It was very creamy, very chocolaty, and really good! We did cut down slightly on the coffee suggested as I am not a coffee person (and why taint chocolate with coffee!). Saying that, it still had a fair coffee taste, and when we try it again I may reduced the coffee even further to try and get a more chocolaty hit. As mentioned before, the consistency wasn't quite right, and it was more of a mousse than a torte in our opinion. This wasn't a problem, as I can't have chocolate mousse either, so it was nice to have something I've not enjoyed for a couple of years now.
Other points:
It said in the recipe it would last a week in the fridge, but having fresh cream in it we doubt this fact. We didn't test that out as it was gone in 3 sittings very easily!
Overall, I would definitely make it again, and enjoy it again! We are considering adding a base (such as in a cheesecake) to it so it is easier to cut and to add a little something else - will keep you updated if this works!
Enjoy
LFL
PS. Did you know the chocolately is in fact a word, but it is not spelt as I would presume (as I've written in this sentence), but actually chocolaty. I guessing it is still the same word...
Possibly the low point of Christmas 2012 (mince pies might be nice, but they just don't compare with chocolate torte!), Mr LFL assured me that we would make a lacto free chocolate torte in the New Year. I didn't really believe him for many reasons...
1. We wouldn't get round to looking for a recipe
2. We wouldn't find a suitable recipe if we did get round to looking for one.
3. We wouldn't be bothered enough to make the chocolate torte.
However, at the start of 2013, Mr LFL had a look on the Internet, discounted any with raw eggs in, and found a recipe on the following link:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1357/decadent-chocolate-truffle-torte
As we can substitute double cream for lacto free cream (as mentioned before), and lots of dark chocolate doesn't contain milk, this recipe was worth a go. So we tried it!
The recipe:
The recipe itself was clear and we made it without any problems. It definitely doesn't set in under an hour, as we discovered when we lost patience and ate some that evening.
The consistency of the torte we had wasn't quite what the picture looks like either - whether this is because we used lacto free cream which is slightly different or did something else wrong, we are not sure.
The taste:
It was very creamy, very chocolaty, and really good! We did cut down slightly on the coffee suggested as I am not a coffee person (and why taint chocolate with coffee!). Saying that, it still had a fair coffee taste, and when we try it again I may reduced the coffee even further to try and get a more chocolaty hit. As mentioned before, the consistency wasn't quite right, and it was more of a mousse than a torte in our opinion. This wasn't a problem, as I can't have chocolate mousse either, so it was nice to have something I've not enjoyed for a couple of years now.
Other points:
It said in the recipe it would last a week in the fridge, but having fresh cream in it we doubt this fact. We didn't test that out as it was gone in 3 sittings very easily!
Overall, I would definitely make it again, and enjoy it again! We are considering adding a base (such as in a cheesecake) to it so it is easier to cut and to add a little something else - will keep you updated if this works!
Enjoy
LFL
PS. Did you know the chocolately is in fact a word, but it is not spelt as I would presume (as I've written in this sentence), but actually chocolaty. I guessing it is still the same word...
Thursday 10 January 2013
Review: Dark Chocolate Brazil nuts
I'm not usually a nuts-in-chocolate fan, as I tend to think any kind of fruit or nut in chocolate ruins it and detracts from the full chocolate-y taste.
However, I purchased a tin of Dark Chocolate covered Brazil nuts from Hotel Chocolat - mainly because they were half price in the sale, I was paying £4.99 for postage, and so I wanted to get as much dark chocolate as possible. So whilst I wouldn't pay £10 for a tin of chocolate covered brazil nuts, I did pay £5 quite happily.
Having received the product, I am pleasantly surprised. The brazil nuts come in a nice tin, and you get a lot of brazil nuts for your £5 (although I wouldn't consider it amazingly good value for £10, obviously). Even better, each brazil nut is covered with a very generous coating, so there is plenty of chocolate to accompany each nut. This means that whilst you obviously taste the brazil nut, it is not so over-riding as you miss the lovely chocolate. The chocolate itself is good quality (as one would expect from Hotel Chocolat), and goes well with the nut inside.
Overall, I'm finding I'm opting for the brazil nuts over some of the other products I bought - a surprise indeed! And whilst you can't get the tin anymore (it was a Christmas promotion I believe), you can get a packet of them for £3.50 in the selectors section (www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/Bolivian-Brazil-Nuts-Selector-P290004/), which I may just be tempted to do.
So if you are a nuts-with-chocolate sort of person, or even not, these are by far the best I've ever tried, so much so I'm tempted away from those Rose and Violet Cremes.....
LFL
However, I purchased a tin of Dark Chocolate covered Brazil nuts from Hotel Chocolat - mainly because they were half price in the sale, I was paying £4.99 for postage, and so I wanted to get as much dark chocolate as possible. So whilst I wouldn't pay £10 for a tin of chocolate covered brazil nuts, I did pay £5 quite happily.
Having received the product, I am pleasantly surprised. The brazil nuts come in a nice tin, and you get a lot of brazil nuts for your £5 (although I wouldn't consider it amazingly good value for £10, obviously). Even better, each brazil nut is covered with a very generous coating, so there is plenty of chocolate to accompany each nut. This means that whilst you obviously taste the brazil nut, it is not so over-riding as you miss the lovely chocolate. The chocolate itself is good quality (as one would expect from Hotel Chocolat), and goes well with the nut inside.
Overall, I'm finding I'm opting for the brazil nuts over some of the other products I bought - a surprise indeed! And whilst you can't get the tin anymore (it was a Christmas promotion I believe), you can get a packet of them for £3.50 in the selectors section (www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/Bolivian-Brazil-Nuts-Selector-P290004/), which I may just be tempted to do.
So if you are a nuts-with-chocolate sort of person, or even not, these are by far the best I've ever tried, so much so I'm tempted away from those Rose and Violet Cremes.....
LFL
Tuesday 8 January 2013
Recipe Review: Creamy Mushroom Bacon
This is a recipe Mr LFL and I often use now, which originated as Creamy Mushroom Chicken on the lactofree website (yes, as well as amazing products they have a heap of recipes to use them in!). So often as a lactose free being, especially in restaurants, you are faced with a tomato based sauce, or a tomato based sauce. I really missed the variety I could have before being LF.
This recipe is really easy to use. We have substituted bacon for chicken, because it adds a little more flavour - otherwise it can seem a little bland if used with just chicken. You could even try chicken and bacon, which we may do if we tire of just bacon. The sauce picks up the bacon flavour and makes it all taste really nice - even the mushrooms, which I don't even like! You end up with a lovely plate of pasta, with bacon and mushrooms in a creamy wine sauce, which all tastes really good and is easy to eat (espcially with a sore throat, as I currently do. Shame it doesn't bring back lost voices too!).
The only downside to this recipe is that it does use a lot of lactofree products (cream and soft cheese), and these are not often easy to find in supermarkets (particularly smaller supermarkets), and are slightly pricey. However, the fact this is not yet another tomato-based sauce makes it well worth a try.
Give it a go if you have a LF friend - or just want something different.
LFL
This recipe is really easy to use. We have substituted bacon for chicken, because it adds a little more flavour - otherwise it can seem a little bland if used with just chicken. You could even try chicken and bacon, which we may do if we tire of just bacon. The sauce picks up the bacon flavour and makes it all taste really nice - even the mushrooms, which I don't even like! You end up with a lovely plate of pasta, with bacon and mushrooms in a creamy wine sauce, which all tastes really good and is easy to eat (espcially with a sore throat, as I currently do. Shame it doesn't bring back lost voices too!).
The only downside to this recipe is that it does use a lot of lactofree products (cream and soft cheese), and these are not often easy to find in supermarkets (particularly smaller supermarkets), and are slightly pricey. However, the fact this is not yet another tomato-based sauce makes it well worth a try.
Give it a go if you have a LF friend - or just want something different.
LFL
Sunday 6 January 2013
Are you reading this?
One more thing - on checking the blog this morning I appeared to have over 60 views! I presume these are my lovely friends from facebook etc and not just random passing traffic - do feel free to leave a comment saying hi, making suggestions etc (although I will glaze over at the mention of any grammatical corrections!), it would be great to hear from you and know people are actually reading this!
Review: Rose & Violet Cremes
Following on from my Christmas whinge about boxes of chocolates and the ingredients listings, I wanted to review some yummy chocolate I can eat!
Hotel Chocolat do some lovely dark chocolate which, being dark, is milk free (more on the general brand and individual chocolates in a later post). Whilst this means that there are some bars of chocolate, chocolate covered brazil nuts etc, that I can eat and enjoy (and believe me, I do!), most of the filled chocolates - truffles, caramels, cremes etc, are still out of bounds due to the filling containing dairy.
Not, however, the lovely Rose and Violet Cremes, produced by hotel chocolat and found here: http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/cid/TYMCJEZ1CSZ6JFC2MKDBLA486AL50MTE/Rose-and-Violet-Cremes-Selector-P220424/ (particularly for anyone who would like to buy LFL a small gift!).
These are dark chocolate, with a rose or violet flavoured piece on top, and a cream like filling inside. Available as a small tray of 6 for £3.50 (or £2.95 per tray if you buy 3 or more as a slightly larger gift for LFL!), they are on the more expensive side, but well worth the extra cost for being able to eat some lovely chocolate!
The dark chocolate shell is fairly dark and therefore not for those who like sweet chocolate, but the filling is very sweet and this compensates. The filling is meant to be slightly rose or violet-y tasting, I believe, although this doesn't particularly come across for me. That said, they are very delicate flavours anyway. Altogether it makes for a lovely sweet taste - and although you only get 6 in a box, the richness and sweet filling mean you can usually stop at only 2 or 3 in a sitting (with a little willpower!).
Please also note you can buy a larger box of these - but at £12 for 14, it is actually cheaper to buy 3 of the little trays - silly mistake Hotel Chocolat.
One last point - I had to eat 2 of my precious Christmas stash in order to review these, so more gratefully received if anyone feels like it!
Enjoy!
LFL
Hotel Chocolat do some lovely dark chocolate which, being dark, is milk free (more on the general brand and individual chocolates in a later post). Whilst this means that there are some bars of chocolate, chocolate covered brazil nuts etc, that I can eat and enjoy (and believe me, I do!), most of the filled chocolates - truffles, caramels, cremes etc, are still out of bounds due to the filling containing dairy.
Not, however, the lovely Rose and Violet Cremes, produced by hotel chocolat and found here: http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/cid/TYMCJEZ1CSZ6JFC2MKDBLA486AL50MTE/Rose-and-Violet-Cremes-Selector-P220424/ (particularly for anyone who would like to buy LFL a small gift!).
These are dark chocolate, with a rose or violet flavoured piece on top, and a cream like filling inside. Available as a small tray of 6 for £3.50 (or £2.95 per tray if you buy 3 or more as a slightly larger gift for LFL!), they are on the more expensive side, but well worth the extra cost for being able to eat some lovely chocolate!
The dark chocolate shell is fairly dark and therefore not for those who like sweet chocolate, but the filling is very sweet and this compensates. The filling is meant to be slightly rose or violet-y tasting, I believe, although this doesn't particularly come across for me. That said, they are very delicate flavours anyway. Altogether it makes for a lovely sweet taste - and although you only get 6 in a box, the richness and sweet filling mean you can usually stop at only 2 or 3 in a sitting (with a little willpower!).
Please also note you can buy a larger box of these - but at £12 for 14, it is actually cheaper to buy 3 of the little trays - silly mistake Hotel Chocolat.
One last point - I had to eat 2 of my precious Christmas stash in order to review these, so more gratefully received if anyone feels like it!
Enjoy!
LFL
Saturday 5 January 2013
I Love Lacto-Free!
As you may have gathered from the previous posts, being lactose free can be a bit of a pain and generally causes mild issues when eating out, leaves you with reduced options for meals etc etc.
However, I wanted (early on in my blog) to highlight the wonderful brand I have discovered since becoming LF, which has saved Mr LFL and I some real problems when cooking meals.
When diagnosed as lactose-intolerant, I tried lots of "free-from" foods (some of which may well be reviewed at a later date) and "dairy-free dairy foods" - such as soya milk. I know lots of people get on really well with soya milk, but it just wasn't for me! I didn't like the taste and it doesn't work in the same way as milk when used in recipes.
It was with great delight, therefore, that I discovered the amazing lactofree range (www.lactofree.co.uk). These fantastic people take normal, nice tasting dairy products, and remove the lactose using an enzyme so that the products taste almost identical but don't make any poor lactose free soul ill.
There is a whole range of products - from milk to cream to cheese, ice-cream, yogurts. The milk, cream, cheese etc tastes just as you would expect "normal" dairy foods to taste (Mr LFL deems it marginally sweeter), and acts as "normal" dairy would when used in recipes. It is slightly more expensive than regular dairy products, but well worth it for the lactose free people among us!
I will be posting more at a later date about the individual products, recipes, availability but wanted to highlight now how great they are and how pleased I am someone thought of this great idea! Well done lovely lacto-free people!
LFL
However, I wanted (early on in my blog) to highlight the wonderful brand I have discovered since becoming LF, which has saved Mr LFL and I some real problems when cooking meals.
When diagnosed as lactose-intolerant, I tried lots of "free-from" foods (some of which may well be reviewed at a later date) and "dairy-free dairy foods" - such as soya milk. I know lots of people get on really well with soya milk, but it just wasn't for me! I didn't like the taste and it doesn't work in the same way as milk when used in recipes.
It was with great delight, therefore, that I discovered the amazing lactofree range (www.lactofree.co.uk). These fantastic people take normal, nice tasting dairy products, and remove the lactose using an enzyme so that the products taste almost identical but don't make any poor lactose free soul ill.
There is a whole range of products - from milk to cream to cheese, ice-cream, yogurts. The milk, cream, cheese etc tastes just as you would expect "normal" dairy foods to taste (Mr LFL deems it marginally sweeter), and acts as "normal" dairy would when used in recipes. It is slightly more expensive than regular dairy products, but well worth it for the lactose free people among us!
I will be posting more at a later date about the individual products, recipes, availability but wanted to highlight now how great they are and how pleased I am someone thought of this great idea! Well done lovely lacto-free people!
LFL
Christmas Complaints
Christmas is definitely my favourite time of the year! It has just been my 2nd Christmas as a LFL, and this year I decided to consider how being LF has differed my eating habits at the festive time of year.
Generally Christmas doesn't prove too much of a problem and there are plenty of options I can eat, but there are 2 particular things I found this year that could easily be rectified if companies were a little more allergy/intolerance friendly!
1. Christmas in our household means lots of different cheeses and a variety box of cheese crackers - it's the only time of year we have it! So imagine my disappointment when I looked on the Jacobs cheese cracker box and found they only listed the ingredients for all the biscuits collectively. Non allergy suffering people may not understand the issue - as one of the biscuits contained milk, it was listed in the ingredients and as such I couldn't have any of them!
I did find a solution for this particular problem. By using the tesco online shopping app, I searched for each type of biscuit individually and found their ingredient list, was able to identify the good and bad biscuits and enjoy most of the box. Would it be too much for this to be listed on the box however? I think not!
2. The box of chocolates - quality street, celebrations, roses, M&S selections, Thornton's - the list is endless! Similar problem - there are some chocolates that are dark chocolates (and therefore, for me, OK), but because the ingredients are only listed for the whole box, I cannot tell if the filling of any of these chocolates contains milk or milk derivatives. Take the lovely strawberry creme encased in dark chocolate. There is a chance (albeit small), that the filling is made of non-dairy products and therefore I could enjoy them, but because the individual sweet ingredients are not listed (nor found anywhere online, according to my searches), I cannot definitively tell if I can eat them. Cue longing looks in the direction of the wonderful strawberry creams...
LFL
Generally Christmas doesn't prove too much of a problem and there are plenty of options I can eat, but there are 2 particular things I found this year that could easily be rectified if companies were a little more allergy/intolerance friendly!
1. Christmas in our household means lots of different cheeses and a variety box of cheese crackers - it's the only time of year we have it! So imagine my disappointment when I looked on the Jacobs cheese cracker box and found they only listed the ingredients for all the biscuits collectively. Non allergy suffering people may not understand the issue - as one of the biscuits contained milk, it was listed in the ingredients and as such I couldn't have any of them!
I did find a solution for this particular problem. By using the tesco online shopping app, I searched for each type of biscuit individually and found their ingredient list, was able to identify the good and bad biscuits and enjoy most of the box. Would it be too much for this to be listed on the box however? I think not!
2. The box of chocolates - quality street, celebrations, roses, M&S selections, Thornton's - the list is endless! Similar problem - there are some chocolates that are dark chocolates (and therefore, for me, OK), but because the ingredients are only listed for the whole box, I cannot tell if the filling of any of these chocolates contains milk or milk derivatives. Take the lovely strawberry creme encased in dark chocolate. There is a chance (albeit small), that the filling is made of non-dairy products and therefore I could enjoy them, but because the individual sweet ingredients are not listed (nor found anywhere online, according to my searches), I cannot definitively tell if I can eat them. Cue longing looks in the direction of the wonderful strawberry creams...
LFL
Friday 4 January 2013
Eating experience: Bella Italia
So today my husband (Mr LFL) and I were out shopping in Reading and decided to have a meal for lunch. As any lactose-free person will know, this is not a decision to be taken lightly as options are often limited by milk or milk derivatives in a restaurant or cafe.
We know of some establishments where it is easy to find what you can or can't eat, and have generally found that there are usually a fair number of options at Italian restaurants, especially well known chains. We opted for Bella Italia today, one we haven't used since lactose-free reared it's lovely head!
Overall, there were both positives and negatives from our experience.
On the positive side, the staff at the Reading branch were very helpful. As soon as I mentioned needing allergy information they said it would be no problem and did provide me with options. I would have preferred them to give me the information to look at myself, instead of listing the dishes I could eat, but that's a minor point. They were also very good when I mistakenly chose something I couldn't eat at coming back and telling me, helping me make another choice. When I eventually decided, they also suggested I could add chicken to make the meal slightly more interesting (although this was obviously at a surcharge).
On the negative, and this is a reflection of the whole chain rather than the Reading store, there appears to be very little a lactose free customer can eat at all! Having visited rival Italian chains and found that the majority of tomato based products are fine (meatballs, spaghetti bolognese etc), in Bella Italia only 1 pasta dish does not contain any milk or milk derivatives - and that is the fresh egg tagliatelle with plum tomato sauce (hence the added chicken as mentioned above!). There are very few starters, no pizza's, and only a steak or 2 that do not contain milk or milk derivatives, according to the company's allergy information sheet (which I have since found online to check what the Reading staff told me).
So, if you fancy a meal out, with a lactose-free friend or relative - Bella Italia may be eager to help but there are definitely limited options for what to eat!
LFL
We know of some establishments where it is easy to find what you can or can't eat, and have generally found that there are usually a fair number of options at Italian restaurants, especially well known chains. We opted for Bella Italia today, one we haven't used since lactose-free reared it's lovely head!
Overall, there were both positives and negatives from our experience.
On the positive side, the staff at the Reading branch were very helpful. As soon as I mentioned needing allergy information they said it would be no problem and did provide me with options. I would have preferred them to give me the information to look at myself, instead of listing the dishes I could eat, but that's a minor point. They were also very good when I mistakenly chose something I couldn't eat at coming back and telling me, helping me make another choice. When I eventually decided, they also suggested I could add chicken to make the meal slightly more interesting (although this was obviously at a surcharge).
On the negative, and this is a reflection of the whole chain rather than the Reading store, there appears to be very little a lactose free customer can eat at all! Having visited rival Italian chains and found that the majority of tomato based products are fine (meatballs, spaghetti bolognese etc), in Bella Italia only 1 pasta dish does not contain any milk or milk derivatives - and that is the fresh egg tagliatelle with plum tomato sauce (hence the added chicken as mentioned above!). There are very few starters, no pizza's, and only a steak or 2 that do not contain milk or milk derivatives, according to the company's allergy information sheet (which I have since found online to check what the Reading staff told me).
So, if you fancy a meal out, with a lactose-free friend or relative - Bella Italia may be eager to help but there are definitely limited options for what to eat!
LFL
Hello!
Hello and welcome to my blog - the life of a lactose free lady.
Since being diagnosed as lactose intolerant 2 years ago, I've discovered many problems, issues and interesting situations that occur with food intolerance's. Some places are fab about food intolerance's, others awful, some products taste great and others are just not worth buying. So this is where I can write reviews, give information, and hopefully help others - both those who are lactose free, and others who may need information for themselves or a friend.
Just to clarify, I am only mildly intolerant - enough to feel really awful if I eat milk or cream, but not bad enough that I have to be completely dairy free. Therefore, I can eat hard cheese and some butter, due the removal or lactose during production, but soft cheese, cream and milk are all completely out.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
Lactose Free Lady (LFL)
Since being diagnosed as lactose intolerant 2 years ago, I've discovered many problems, issues and interesting situations that occur with food intolerance's. Some places are fab about food intolerance's, others awful, some products taste great and others are just not worth buying. So this is where I can write reviews, give information, and hopefully help others - both those who are lactose free, and others who may need information for themselves or a friend.
Just to clarify, I am only mildly intolerant - enough to feel really awful if I eat milk or cream, but not bad enough that I have to be completely dairy free. Therefore, I can eat hard cheese and some butter, due the removal or lactose during production, but soft cheese, cream and milk are all completely out.
Hope you enjoy the blog!
Lactose Free Lady (LFL)
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