r/dairyfree

Protein in cheese sticks, whey protein, cows milk, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, etc etc etc. How do you get good protein in (say 150g+) without the cheaper options and not spend arm and leg?

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I have Crohn’s and dairy has always been a safe food for bad days, leaning heavily on things like yogurt, milkshakes etc because they are easy to get down. Or, they were. Seems I woke up about 3 weeks ago and from nowhere I’m now unable to eat dairy! If I eat a tiny bit, like a spread of butter on toast I’m fine. Eat a little bit more, I’m nauseous, if I have something like a yogurt or shake you can absolutely bet I will be violently throwing it back up within the hour, and quite possibly also multiple times even after my stomach is empty. From looking online it seems I might be suffering from a GI tract only allergy, eg it’s not an intolerance because I have no other gut symptoms but also not a full allergy because it literally is just the vomiting. Google suggests FPIES??? Apparently rarer in adults than children but it seems to fit exactly what I am experiencing in every way.
The question, is this possible that I’m suddenly allergic? And what do I do now? Everything seems to have dairy in it. I am completely overwhelmed, my entire diet needs a complete overhaul and I’ve lost all of my safe foods!!! I will see a GP but in the meantime it seems sensible to cut dairy out very strictly, see if it helps and then work out whether I can reintroduce some low dairy dairy things (like biscuits or cakes which technically have dairy but not much). Please , any advice?

Hello everyone,

I just discovered this community while researching what it means to be dairy free and alternatives to dairy.

I have allergy testing in about a month, with a strict order of no dairy until testing.

Can anyone provide alternatives they like to the following? (For reference I live in Ontario Canada).

Milk - (I’ve tried almond and oat and they’re not my favourite)
Cheese
Butter
Any other recommendations you enjoy!

Thanks everyone!!

Hey everyone, hope this is the right sub for this. I’m getting married and trying to think of ideas for cakes. The only issue is that I have a dairy (casein/whey) allergy. Nobody else in my family does, nor does my fiancé.

My fiancé is super sweet and wants me to be able to enjoy the food at our wedding and suggested a dairy free cake. While I appreciate it, I don’t want to make everyone have a dairy free dessert on my behalf. However, I do also want to be able to enjoy my wedding cake/dessert and not feel like crap the night of and following days due to it having dairy.

I’ve suggested getting the same cake flavors just in either a cupcake or smaller cake that would be for me, served separately so the cake we cut would be the full dairy cake for everyone else. Would this even be possible for a baker/bakeries to do?

This is really the only thing I can think of, so if anyone else has any thoughts or ideas please share them!

Edit: A lot of people are saying that people won’t care about whether or not the cake is dairy free. I would literally love for that to be the case, and I know my close friends and family won’t care at all. I get worried because I get comments/joked at all the time from others about how I’m going to “make” my fiancé and kids eat dairy free too (I won’t), which people around me tend to see as a bad thing. I know there’s nothing wrong with my allergy or eating dairy free/vegan/etc. Honestly, every dairy free cake/baked good I’ve ever had was AMAZING. Thanks everyone for the advice/thoughts. I really do appreciate it.

Im in the uk and i HATE coconut, i have a intolerance to milk protein so lactose free is a no for me any recommendations for a dairy free yogurt? I know that it will be coconut based but anything that doesn’t taste alot of coconut ? I hate coconut 😭

Just a heads up that Wendy's buns all have dairy now. where it was just the premium ones before.

Can be box or frozen. I’ve seen the goodles and Annie’s boxes and the Amy’s frozen one but I’m curious what your favorite is if you’ve tested a few.

So I see that ‘adult Dramamine’ has dairy in it. The kids chewable do not. I have used the ginger chews and not had much success. I am REALLy bad with motion sickness and we are going to Disneyworld. We went to Disneyland and I got so sick without any Dramamine products so I am looking for suggestions! Has anyone used the kids Dramamine successfully? Any other products that are dairy free that work? Please let me know!!! Thank you!