lactose
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Shortly after Meadow Lane opened, customers posted online about undercooked chicken nuggets; another shopper, who was lactose intolerant, said that she’d bought chili topped with cheese that wasn’t on the list of ingredients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
“Being a backtalker is like being lactose intolerant,” she writes in “A Note From Kim.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
It appears in milk and other dairy products when lactose breaks down under heat or enzymatic activity, including during the production of yogurt, cheese, and kefir.
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
It’s inspired by my mother’s homemade Payesh and includes a non-dairy option for my fellow lactose intolerant warriors.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026
E. coli can survive by feeding on two very different kinds of sugars—glucose and lactose.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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