• For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

Lactose intolerance/allergy

yellowshoes55

Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Camino Portuguese - Porto to Santiago, (2014)
Camino Frances - SJPP to Santiago (2015)
Hi.

I am also new to the forum. I have read heaps of forums. Hubby & I are planning to do the Camino May, 2014.

I am lactose intolerant. I will bring 1litre of Zymil UHT (lactose free) for a daily coffee. I can use Lacteeze tablets, but they are very hit and miss. Much prefer, if available, fresh milk. Can anyone tell me if Lactose free milk is readily available in Spain. What name would it be labelled as.

Of course, I am able to consume all the local cheese except the very soft ones. But limits other things I can eat - no cakes as they usually made on milk or have cream in them. Dark chocolate only.

Love the forums and sillydoll's replys.
 
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
you can buy lactose-free milk in larger supermarkets, labeled "Sin Lactosa." Usually it is in liter-size cartons, UHT-treated to make it shelf-stable. Once opened, it requires refrigeration.

I have an apparent lactose problem with cow´s milk, but happily many of the cheeses available in northern Spain are made of sheep´s milk (and sometimes goat.) I have never had a bad reaction to them, and they are very widely available. Cuajada, a nice custard dessert, is also often made with sheep´s milk, but you have to ask. (sheep´s milk is "leche de oveja.")

Buen camino!
Reb
 
Thanks heaps Rebekah.

Appreciate the help.
 
A selection of Camino Jewellery

Most read last week in this forum