Planet Lactose

Oh, c'mon, you knew it was going to happen the second you saw the original announcement that McDonald's had hidden dairy and wheat d...

Whenever you think the world has gone beyond bonkers, someone in Corporate America will come along and kick it up another notch. Take Wonder...

I started Steve Carper Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse in the early days of the web, in 1997, as a way to continually update the informati...

Jill Robbins is yet another mother who took her child's allergen-free diet into her own hands. Eight years ago, after her youngest son w...

McDonald's has always claimed that it had no dairy in its fries. Good. McDonald's has decided to disclose the presence of common all...

Marcia Blackwell of Blackwell's Organic, makers of vegan soy gelato and fruit sorbetto, dropped me a note about her company. She writes:...

Fran Costigan, author of Great Good Desserts Naturally, has a sequel out called, naturally, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally. B...

I just received yet another question asking whether a calcium ingredient on a food label contained lactose. The simple answer is no. No calc...

Valio Ltd. has marketed a lactose free milk in Finland, it's home country, since 2001. It's a milk unlike most lactose free milks in...

Vaalia, a Parlamat brand, has added lactose free yoghurt in Australia to its Zymil line of lactose free milk. Both use the lactase enzyme to...

Plumtree Press has announced the publication of a free downloadable e-book, “Grocery Shopping For Your Food-Allergic Child.” The book is wri...

The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act that went into effect on January 1 does more than just require the prominent labeling...

The people at Chocolate Decadence never fail to send me reminders about upcoming holidays and all the specialty chocolates they have availa...

I can't believe it hasn't happened before this - and please correct me if I'm wrong - but lactose intolerant consumers had no eq...

In my last post I mentioned the No-Milk List. We're having a dust-up now as people argue about their anti-milk beliefs in particular an...

I belong to the No-Milk List, a listserv for people interesting in avoiding milk, fior whatever reason. For the most part, they aren't p...

Those pages full of tiny type that come along with prescription medication will have to be revised to make them more understandable starting...

Beth Cherico of Amanda's Own Confections got in touch to let me know of her web site. Amanda is Beth's food allergic daughter, for ...

I'll be adding some new products to my Product Clearinghouse soon. And I'll be debuting them here. One is GOODBODY, a frozen ice ...

About.com usually does a good job in compiling straightforward answers to questions. Their Lactose Intolerance page has a long Q and A abou...