This is silly (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-12-15 19:42 (#2VZ2) In the fermentation of milk into cheese, the lactose is consumed by the bacteria. Well, most of it, and presuming simple fermentation practices. So what developing lactose tolerance did was allow some of the milk to be consumed before turning it into cheese. And allow the development of cheeses where milk or cream was re-added at a late stage of the process. Re: This is silly (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-12-19 03:06 (#2W3Y) Hard dry cheeses are quite a bit lower in lactose than, say, milk, but most other types are not: http://www.stevecarper.com/li/list_of_lactose_percentages.htmAnd "less lactose than milk" is still nowhere near lactose-free. Re: This is silly (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-12-19 04:18 (#2W42) Not long ago I saw a documentation about cheese/lactose/lactose intolerance in tv. One very strange fact was mentioned there, which is probably valid only for Europe: The percentage of people with lactose intolerance increases from the north to the south. However, at the same time the popular cheese in a region gets softer with a higher content of lactose in the same direction, i.e. the more you get south, the higher the lactose content. It is paradox that regions with the most lactose intolerant people prefer cheese with the highest lactose content.
Re: This is silly (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-12-19 03:06 (#2W3Y) Hard dry cheeses are quite a bit lower in lactose than, say, milk, but most other types are not: http://www.stevecarper.com/li/list_of_lactose_percentages.htmAnd "less lactose than milk" is still nowhere near lactose-free. Re: This is silly (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-12-19 04:18 (#2W42) Not long ago I saw a documentation about cheese/lactose/lactose intolerance in tv. One very strange fact was mentioned there, which is probably valid only for Europe: The percentage of people with lactose intolerance increases from the north to the south. However, at the same time the popular cheese in a region gets softer with a higher content of lactose in the same direction, i.e. the more you get south, the higher the lactose content. It is paradox that regions with the most lactose intolerant people prefer cheese with the highest lactose content.
Re: This is silly (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-12-19 04:18 (#2W42) Not long ago I saw a documentation about cheese/lactose/lactose intolerance in tv. One very strange fact was mentioned there, which is probably valid only for Europe: The percentage of people with lactose intolerance increases from the north to the south. However, at the same time the popular cheese in a region gets softer with a higher content of lactose in the same direction, i.e. the more you get south, the higher the lactose content. It is paradox that regions with the most lactose intolerant people prefer cheese with the highest lactose content.