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Thank You Lactofree!

Thank You Lactofree!

Submitted by Sara Langston

I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant when I was 16, and before then I absolutely loved cheese, cream cakes, milk chocolate and I took a yogurt to school with me everyday – now I can have them again, my friends laugh at how much I savour them!

For six years I haven’t had a strawberry milkshake, or a hot chocolate, I think it tastes really weird with soya, rice or oat milk. When I went to Paris I couldn’t even have a croque monsieur and had to have my coffee ‘sans lait‘ – what I wouldn’t have given for a portion pack then!

When you’re at a restaurant and everyone’s having dessert and there’s nothing on the menu without dairy, it’s pretty embarrassing to have to sit there with nothing, especially when the only way you can explain means discussing your bodily functions! Every so often I’d weigh up whether having an ice cream at the beach was worth the symptoms later… frankly, it was rubbish!

So I’m not ashamed to say, your cheese literally makes my day every time I buy it! All your products do, and I really really hope restaurants start catching on to them. It’s so nice to have the choice!

I’m really excited about your portion packs. I’ve recently started a new job and training courses are even more boring when you can’t even have a cup of tea!