Lactose is a natural milk sugar found in milk and milk products. For lactose to be digested by the human body, the body must secrete the enzyme lactase. If the body does not have enough lactase enzyme, the consumer is lactose intolerant.

Lactose intolerance occurs when the lactose in milk cannot be digested by the human body. When consumers with lactose intolerance consume milk and dairy products, they may experience health problems throughout the digestive tract, such as abdominal bloating, abdominal pain, gas and nausea. The severity of symptoms depends on the amount of lactose consumed and how much lactose the person can tolerate. Symptoms start to appear between half an hour and 2 hours after consuming milk and dairy products.

Consumers with lactose intolerance should consume lactose-reduced or lactose-free milk and dairy products in order to avoid the health problems mentioned above. The use of lactose-free milk and dairy products relieves the digestive system of lactose intolerant consumers.

In lactose-free milk and dairy products, milk sugar (lactose) is broken down into its simple components: glucose and galactose. The lactose in the milk used in the production of Lactose-Free Cheese is broken down into its building blocks glucose and galactose with the lactase enzyme added during the filling of the milk into the tank or boat.

Lactose-free milk and dairy products help people who cannot digest lactose in milk and cannot consume milk because they experience bloating, pain, gas and nausea when drinking milk to benefit from the nutritional values of milk.

In order for our consumers with lactose intolerance to use milk and dairy products without any health problems, Bahçıvan Gıda pioneers the production of lactose-free dairy products and expands its product range day by day.