lactose free milk substitutes -what is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and least u.h. processed

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another question as posters here are so good at supplying answers, it seems whatever topic I am struggling with, someone on mumsnet knows!

as the title really , newly lactose intolerant and trying out different milks, like soy, almond, oat, rice. etc

I am surprised there are so many, but which do you think is the best, and why

thank you for any responses. x

The Plenish ones are the least ultra processed. https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/SearchResults/plenish

Oat milk is cheap and cheerful, Aldi have a new supplier and their one is quite nice.

DH bought me a nut bag so I've been making my own. Pretty easy if you have a liquidiser.

o that is interesting, how do you make you own?

Half a cup of big chunky oats, quarter cup of cashews, quarter cup of coconut and hemp seeds mixed, one date. You can jiggle this around and swap for things in your cupboard.

Soak in two cups of water for an hour. Put in liquidiser with another cup of water a blatt for four lots of 15 seconds. Strain through a nut bag, with big squeezes. Add another cup of water and a pinch of salt and store in a bottle in the fridge.

The first time making it is a bit of a faff, but you soon get much quicker and tidier.

We use lactose free dairy milk or oat milk. Also we buy lactose free cheese (better than vegan cheese) and for butter dairy free spread or Flora plant butter.
It's a pain having to check ingredients list on everything! Some random things contain milk. Oooh but Babybels are naturally lactose free!

Quite a few cheeses are naturally lactose free - Jarslberg, Leerdamer, Babybel Light etc.

Lactose free dairy milk is just dairy milk with added lactase. So if you’re happy with dairy other than the lactose, you could go with that.

We get locally produced oat milk delivered in glass bottles by our milkman.

than you I am going to try this, what is a nut bag? Is it like a muslin?

If you are only lactose free rather than dairy free then you can have cows based lactose free milk. Usually found in the chill near the dairy based milks

wow, I didn't know that about cheese, and I love Jarlsberg. Thank you

Nut milk bag amazon

Or you can use an old t-shirt or a calico bag. Just make sure any seams are strong.

If you can manage to eat so dairy, do so.

That was meant to be
If you can manage to eat some cheese, do so.