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lactoseWhite sugar, found in solution in milk; it forms 5% of cow's milk. It is commercially prepared from the whey obtained in cheese-making. Like table sugar (sucrose), it is a disaccharide, consisting of two basic sugar units (monosaccharides), in this case, glucose and galactose. Unlike sucrose, it is tasteless. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed PCRM’s lawsuit requesting lactose intolerance warning labels on milk. ``Not only that, she has yet to say she's against Indonesian tsunamis, lactose intolerance, the film `Bewitched,' and that disease that makes kids grow old fast and you feel so bad for them but kind of forget about it the moment the `Oprah' special is over. This increased to 83 percent after soymilk was introduced, possibly because some students who didn't want to drink cow's milk because of lactose intolerance, allergy, or other reasons now had an alternative. |
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