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The foodtech will use yeast as hosts to initially produce casein and whey protein, two of the main proteins found in milk.

Bioreacted casein would be a HUGE leap for cow-free dairy. I remember when Perfect Day started up they were having too much trouble producing casein, so their products couldn’t be used to make stringy or melty cheese.

As a former cheese addict who developed severe lactose intolerance, I’ll just be waiting here for the synthetic cheese. (Please. I miss pain-free cheese so much 😭)

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Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My wife has an anaphylactic allergy to whey. I guess we’ll now be waiting for the day she has a reaction to “vegan” milk.

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- janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  😬 now that’s a rough time. Perfect Day does disclaim milk allergenic on their website but I have no idea if they require their clients to include that on their consumer product packaging.
  
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  - OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    If it takes off it might still make it harder to find a decent dairy alternative for people with this kind of allergy.
    
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    janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    this is why at the end of the day I hope we invent Star Trek replicators
    
    and allergy cures
    
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brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why not eat lactose free cheese?

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- janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Certain cheese (mainly hard cheese) is theoretically zero lactose due to fermentation using it up, but I find that even most hard cheeses give me a reaction.
  
  I have a history of psychosomatic reactions to food, though. For example I couldn’t eat beef, chicken, or pork for years after several food poisoning incidents in quick succession. Even though I knew the reaction was all in my head, the physical effects still happened. Super frustrating.
  
  However I have had 2 incidents where I had GI symptoms occur after eating something containing dairy where I didn’t know until I looked at the ingredients list, so I know it’s not 100% in my head.
  
  To my fellow LI sufferers I encourage you to experiment with hard cheeses, as there’s plenty of people who have documented their success with those! :)
  
  (Just do it on a day where you have a bathroom always available, lol.)
  
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  - brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m not talking about hard cheese but cheese that specifically says “lactose free” in the packaging
    
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    janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Never actually seen any besides the cream cheese at Trader Joe’s. Going to keep an eye out now
    
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