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Originally posted by IlliniGal
I'm like that too. I eat cheese every day, and sometimes milk with my cereal, but give me ice cream and it's not pretty. My sister says it's because different dairy products have different amounts of lactose in them.
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That's true. Here is the chart I got the sherbet lactose grams from. It lists the dairy product, then the serving size, and then the approximate lactose content in grams.
Milk: whole, low-fat, skim, sweet acidophilus, buttermilk
1 cup
10-12
Goat milk
1 cup
9
Lactose-reduced milk
1 cup
2-4
Nonfat dry milk
1/3 cup
12
Half-and-half
½ cup
5
Whipping cream
½ cup
3
Sour cream
½ cup
4
Butter/margarine
1 tsp
Trace
Cottage cheese
½ cup
2-3
Yogurt, low-fat
1 cup
5
Cheese: American, swiss, blue, cheddar, parmesan, or cream cheese
1 oz
1-2
Ice cream, regular and low-fat
½ cup
6-9
Sherbert, orange
½ cup
2