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reddig33@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Tip: Lactose-free milk tastes the same, is easier on your digestive system, and doesn’t expire for over a month.
It doesn’t taste the same. The lactase breaks the less sweet lactose into glucose and galactose, which are about twice as sweet as lactose (all are less sweet than table sugar.)
Also lactose free milk is typically ultra pasteurized, which gives it the longer shelf life, but ultra pasteurization does impact taste. It gives it a “cooked” flavor.
I’ve never noticed a change in taste, but I mostly buy 2% milk. Fairlife does taste creamier to me than other brands, likely due to its “ultra filtered” process however that works. I do wish that brand came in cartons instead of plastic bottles though.
The 2% is the hardest to get out
Tip: Oat milk is yummier.
lol no
Got to get that extra creamy.
It’s also not entirely lactose free. Ask me how I know.
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Is your lactose free milk prepared/packaged differently from your regular milk? The two keep for just as long here.
Not really. All I know is when I buy Lactaid, or Fairlife, or one of the many other lactose-free brands in the US, their sell by date is usually around 30 days.
The brands I see that produce regular milk also make lactose free milk here, so I’m guessing they’re all processed the same way within the brand but just with added lactase at some point. Different brands probably do things differently. It’s usually 2-3 weeks for both regular milk and lactose free.
Sell by isnt a standard or gov controlled. I used to keep milk till smelled bad or became chunky. I have noticed that lactose free milk does seem to last longer comparably however, sjnce i switched more recently due to body deciding to be full lactose intolerant
Melonpoly@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lactose-free milk is much sweeter than regular milk and expires in the same amount of time unless you’re buying the long life version.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yep. That’s because they don’t actually remove the lactose. They add lactase which cleaves the lactose into simpler sugars, increasing the sweetness.