Milk sugar (lactose)?
Milk sugar (lactose) is found in all types of milk (e.g. cow’s, sheep’s, or goat’s milk) and products made from them. Lactose is an important energy supplier and has a positive effect on the intestinal flora. The lactose content of fermented milk products is low. Depending on the degree of maturity, hard, semi-hard and soft cheese is low in lactose or in some cases lactose-free.
Lactose intolerance?
People who are lactose intolerant lack the enzyme lactase, which is responsible for breaking down milk sugar. Lacking the enzyme means that the lactose arrives undigested in the deeper parts of the intestines and is there metabolised by bacteria. This gives rise to the following symptoms: nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, indigestion, intestinal cramps.
For people with lactose intolerance, GAZİ offers various products in which the milk sugar has already been split into its components glucose and galactose during the production process.