Carefree enjoyment of lactose-free products from Mila

Lactose is the technical chemical name for the milk sugar contained in milk. The human body cannot digest this oligosaccharide directly: in order for the human organism to metabolise lactose, a special enzyme called lactase must be present. All mammals produce this enzyme during lactation. The definition of lactose intolerance is the inability – or reduced capacity – of the body to produce lactase during adulthood. A strong discomfort during the digestion of fresh milk and dairy products that have a short ripening process is the main manifestation of this intolerance. Western culture describes this condition as food intolerance because intolerance to lactose in humans in considered quite normal; the ability to produce lactase for the entirety of one’s life is presumably the result of a genetic mutation in populations that have traditionally practised dairy farming.

In Asia and Africa, only a fraction of the population has the ability to produce lactase after weaning; about 90% of adults are lactose intolerant. On the other hand, the condition affects only about 5 – 15% of the population in North America and Europe.

In addition to Mila's lactose-free skimmed milk the following products are guaranteed to be lactose-free:

• Lagrein Wine Cheese
  Ortler
• Bela Badia
• Stilfser Cheese D.O.P.
  King of the Dolomites Cheese
• Marienberger
• Pustertaler Mountain Cheese
• Alta Badia
• Malga Gardena
• Schlanderser half fat
• Vinschger
• Pragser Stange
• Gran Spicchio

Lactose content of other products:

Cream	circa 3,2g/100g
Yoghurt	circa 3,0g/100g
Yoghurt Drink	circa 2,7g/100ml
Priobiotic Yoghurt Drink	circa 2,7g/100ml
Milk  (Fresh Milk, UHT Milk)	circa 4,8g/100g
Butter	circa 0,8g/100g
Mascarpone	circa 4,9g/100g
Cream cheese	circa 2,6g/100g