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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:14 AM
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Why do snack companies put lactose in everything?
I'm lactose intolerant, so anything with more than a smidgeon of lactose makes my stomach bloat up like a balloon.

I have noticed that EVERY flavored snack item like sour cream & onion chips contains lactose. WTF does lactose do for chips?

I have to admit, this keeps my diet somewhat healthier, but sometime I would like to eat a few pizza pringles without getting bloated.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:18 AM
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1. Let's see ...
Sour cream & onion chips.
Sour cream is a product made from milk.
Lactose is a milk product.
To make chips taste like there's sour cream somewhere in there, you'd want to add something that would taste like it.
Lactose could be used as part of the flavoring to imitate sour cream.
QED.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:23 AM
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2. LOL
:)
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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:24 AM
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3. Thanks for the insight.
The thing that gets me is... I can eat cream, I can eat sour cream, I can eat ice cream, I can eat cheese. They don't have much lactose in them. It irks me that they deliberately put the bad stuff in!

I'm done venting. Back to my plain pringles.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:30 AM
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4. er, it's the evil milk libby, that's it!
damn Jim Jeffords.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:30 AM
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5. I thought dems
were supposed to be tolerant.
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:39 AM
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6. They add lactose to M&Ms.
What's up with that??? My hubby is lactose intolerant too.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 10:04 AM
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7. jeez, I misread your subject line...
...and thought you said "smack" companies-- notwithstanding that I haven't heard that one in some time, but I thought you were lamenting the degree to which your drugs were stepped on....

Need. More. Caffeine.
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Rashind Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 10:36 AM
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8. No kidding, eh?
I'm vegan, so it's very annoying for lactose to be in everything. (Lay's salt and vinegar chips? Come ON! Third ingredient: lactose. Why? To make me sad? Yes.)

Worse for my girlfriend, though, she gets migranes if she touches lactose. :evilfrown:
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:05 AM
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9. *pops a salt and vinegar chip*
i think they add milk to the potatos for flavor
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MojoKrunch Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:29 AM
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11. Oh man...
As soon as I'm done with this Atkins diet crap I'm gonna eat some Salt N Vinegar Kettle Chips... and some Jalepeno Sweet Potato chips... mmmmm.

Sigh... craving sucks.
lol

Mojo
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:34 AM
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12. sorry but
the atkins diet is for life
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MojoKrunch Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:55 AM
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14. HA!
No, the Atkins diet is until I get down to 180.
Exercise is for life.
:D

Though I must admit that knowing how much carbs effect my blood sugar will definitely effect my eating habits.

Mojo
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Rashind Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 12:46 PM
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16. Kettle chips are hot!
I particularly like the salsa mesquite ones. Mmmm... I sense a trip to the co-op in the near future.
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OldSoldier Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:45 PM
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17. Lay's salt & vinegar chips suck anyway
Check the label. If "sodium diacetate" is in there, don't get them. It is a powdered vinegar-like substance that tastes very harsh.

Cape Cod brand S&Vs use real vinegar, and may not contain lactose. I'm not lactose intolerant so I never really noticed, but the chips are far superior to those crappy-ass fake S&Vs the major firms make.

The very best S&Vs are made by Smiths in Holland, but you can't get those here.
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MojoKrunch Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:28 AM
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10. For the same reason soup companies put MSG in everything?
To hide the fact that their products taste like *SHIT* without tons of added salt, sugar and fat?

The *only* canned soup I can eat is the really expensive organic stuff and a few oddball flavors from some non-brand names.
Bastids.

Mojo
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 11:48 AM
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13. Funniest scene in "28 days later"
Frank(the father) is looking for fresh fruits and veggies in the supermarket, and they are all rotten except for a thing of pears.

"Irradiated" he says with a smile, and takes them.
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corarose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 12:03 PM
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15. Didn't you know that they own the laxative & imodian drug companies
It a damn joke with them and I am lactose intolerant.
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:51 PM
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18. SMACK Companies????
The Lactose is to cut it to street strength


Ooops - I read it wrong.
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