Journal
FOODS
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods10040851
Keywords
lactose-free; dairy products; market study; food composition database; label information
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A new database was developed to evaluate the nutritional composition of lactose-free products in Spain, including dairy and non-dairy products which do not contain lactose. The study found that there is a wide variety of lactose-free products in the market to meet the needs of lactose intolerant individuals.
We developed a new database to evaluate the nutritional composition of lactose-free products from Spain. The database includes dairy products and other products, all of which show the lactose-free declaration on their label, accounting for 327 products in total. Of these, 123 are dairy products, 16 are non-dairy products which include a dairy ingredient (5%) and 188 items (57% of the sample) are non-dairy products that do not contain any dairy ingredient. The main subgroups are yogurt (25%), milk (24%), and cheese (17%). Nineteen percent of the compiled products included nutritional claims on their labels. Most lactose-free products did not contain either added sugars or low- or no-calorie sweeteners (58%), while 34% included added sugars and only 6%, sweeteners or a combination of both (2%). We found that 19.5%, mainly within the milk subgroup, were fortified with vitamins A, D, E, K, B-9, and B-12, P, and Ca. There were no significant differences in the nutritional composition between lactose-free products and traditional products. According to the NOVA classification, 55% of compiled lactose-free products were ultra-processed, and 20% processed. The array of lactose-free products marketed in Spain proves that there are enough, both in quantity and quality, to satisfy the dairy needs of lactose intolerants.
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