Pudding and lactose intol

Was wondering has anyone found a good substitute for milk when making instant pudding it is or at least was a safe food until I became lactose intolerant.  I was wondering if a certain brand of milk- like product would work better than another etc

I've made homemade puddings with most of the dairy alternatives. Soy milk has a little bit of an aftertaste, but isn't bad, and thickens well. Almond and coconut milk are nice and usually add a nice hint of flavor. Rice milk works too. I would imagine they will all work with an instant pudding.

Sarah

agree with nanners that almond milk is worth a try. I also use rice milk for my lactose intolerant child and in baking - matter of getting tastebuds accustomed to a new experience I guess :)

Hiya Dragonfly,

How about "Lactaid" milk, it's designed for lactose intolerance, and if you want to be double safe, use lactaid milk to make your pudding and take lactaid pills before eating it.

Best of luck to you, I know what it's like since I'm severely lactose intolerant (well, I was but once again not now...I've been LI twice in my life now)...you can actually cure lactose intolerance on your own (basically that's what I did, and taking probiotics daily has seemed to play a positive role regarding lactose issues as well)...you avoid all lactose for 4 months, then slowly add it back into your diet the following way, day one have a very small amount then avoid it for 4 days, then the following day ingest a bit of a larger amount, avoid for 3 days, then the following day increase it even more (little by little of course) and avoid for 2 days and so on.

There is also Rice Milk you can try.

My nut allergy scares me too when I was young (pre Dx so before I was 8) I broke out in hives eating cashews then I avoided them (but also have oral allergy syndrome so my immune system thinks I am eating pollen unless the item (ex apples) are cooked.) I have the same issues with pistachios (itchy gums swell throat swells wheezing etc). I use to eat Pbutter all the time then while working as a vet tech my GP wanted me to start allergy shots or change my job since I am allergic to cats and dogs. They did blood tests to test for everythign and I mean everything including semen allergies. This was when they said you are so allergic to trees, mold, weeds, cats dogs and peanuts that we need no further testing on those but there were a few on the fence they had to further test. I now use that wowbutter I learned about on a CD site (it is made from soy) and tastes just like the real thing so I have an alternative at least for that