Dairy/Lactose intolerance

[tinytemper66]

Hi my niece can't eat dairy products and I would like to create a mini hamper for her for Christmas. She likes different types of tea, so have found some nice tea for her but what would you like if you were intolerant of dairy/lactose? X she is 21 and in uni.

Lactose intolerance is not the same as dairy intolerance as one is related to the sugar in milk whereas the other is to do with the milk proteins. Lactose free dairy products will still contain the protein. Just something to be aware of.

Well which is it, dairy or lactose? Lactose is much easier to cater around than dairy. In addition, is it all lactose? For example, I am lactose intolerant but can manage hard cheese and butter as the lactose levels are reduced - cream and milk are awful. Others can't manage any lactose.

If you don't know the details it's going to be hard to make suggestions

Oreos are lactose and dairy free.

Could you do toiletries rather than food?

Fudge Kitchen do some lovely vegan fudges.

Booja booja do some lovely chocolates.

Vegan town is a website that has loads of sweet treats that are totally dairy free.

Hotel Chocolat have a vegan gifts section- great hot chocolates, dairy free Nutella style spread, lovely things.

Montezuma do absolutely gorgeous dark chocolate peanut butter bites.

The Nutcrafter Creamery and Tyne Chease do lovely artisan vegan cheeses.

Unsure to be honest!

When I asked dairy or lactose her mum said yes! So unsure of both or one or the other!

Well it’s worth finding out as a pp said, the two are completely different things.

Well if her mum doesn’t even know, that is just weird. Does she have an actual allergy?

Aldi have Vegan Chocolate on sale.

Anything she likes will be available in a dairy free form.

You'll have to decide what she would like and then source the dairy free version.

You don’t have to find out OP. There are loads of dairy free things available.

Dairy!

If you're not sure just avoid both.
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Dairy free "milk" chocolate is all disgusting. Unless you know she likes dark chocolate, I would avoid chocolate.

Cakes and biscuits are better although I prefer homemade because store bought "free from" tends to also be free from gluten and therefore tastes like cardboard, and I do think cakes taste better with egg so vegan ones aren't as good.

If she's not a food snob, Betty Crocker cake mix and icing (made with oil instead of butter)

Booja booja do good ice cream as well.

Vouchers for a pizza restaurant that does vegan cheese. Zizzi or Pizza Hut for example.

It's going to be full of Oreos and Haribo

Thanks all 😊

Apparently chocolate chip hobnobs are dairy free

I'd like a suitable hot chocolate as they're a bit of a bugger to find and nice ones are pricey. There are several of the Whittard HC's that are delicious and are 'accidentally vegan' - AKA are vegan anddairy free but are not labelled as such on the packaging as 'for vegans'
In my opinion it's totally untrue that 'all' dairy free chocolate is horrible, VEGO is the best chocolate i've tasted, dairy free or not, and the booja booja truffles are gorgeous, there are several absolutely brilliant ones that i prefer over their dairy alternatives, most of which are rank these days anyway and full of palm oil etc.

To bolster it out OP i'd google "accidentally vegan foods" - there are absolutely loads of biscuits and snack foods that will suit what you're after but that way they won't cost a fortune like it will do if you seek out solely dairy-free dedicated products.

Everyone saying they are different why when you type in dairy intolerance on google does it automatically come up with lactose Intolerant I thought lactose intolerant means you can't eat dairy ??

You get lactose free milk, cheese, yoghurt that still contain milk protein. Lactose is the sugar in milk. If you are allergic to the milk protein then you can't have just lactose free products, you would need non dairy milk, yoghurt, etc

Vegan alternatives are good.

Dairy free white chocolate coins at Sainsburys are lovely. Dairy free fudge is really nice groceries.asda.com/product/chocolate-sweet-treats/fabulous-freefrom-factory-dairy-free-fudge/910000057440
Love these as well groceries.asda.com/product/biscuits-cookies/asda-free-from-belgian-chocolate-rocky-roads/910001036605
Most things you can get a dairy free version now, even Baileys. Every major supermarket has a free from section.
She will be really touched that you went to all that effort - I know I was when someone did a hamper for me (I'm dairy free).