Allergies

You can buy long life lactose free sachets. The arla ones

Can you imagine how much fridge storage all the different milks and butters would take up?

The wastage would be enormous, these places are working on small enough margins as it is.

Take your own?

Food and drink outlets do indeed do cater for mainstream allergies (those mentioned on food packets) and will adapt food if possible, but on the other hand they cannot cope with every single allergy that could possibly arise or offer all of those with allergies every alternative food that they could possible want in its place.

When the hospitality trade is suffering financially as grieviously as it is at present , to have to srock oat, almond, soya, lactose free, uht - skimmed, semiskimmed and whole - and goats milk to meet all the alternatives someone who has problems might ask for is unreasonable. Some of these it may be worth their while but in other cases they would be buying milk and throwing it away because either no one wanted it or so few, most of it went down the drain.

This is why, I simply do not drink tea when out, and why when my friend comes to visit me she brings her own goats milk.

I do empathise. A friend of mine is lactose intolerant, She can't have milk, eggs or cream. She finds it difficult when eating out although always explains her intolerance to the restaurant beforehand and generally finds them accommodating. Cafes/restaurants are used to this as so many people have food intolerances these days and usually try to be as helpful as possible.

Sarahr

As members of my family have food intolerances, we find oat milk unpleasant (probably ok to make porridge!l but almond milk is fine. However that would not be suitable for someone with a nut allergy.

It is difficult, I do sympathise.

Scribbles

For goodness sake, OP - do you really expect every food & drink outlet to cater for every single one of the various alletgies/intoletances/dislikes they might encounter?
Either accept the alternatives offered to you, learn to drink your tea and coffee black or carry your own supplies.

Yes, many food and drink outlets do now.
Thank goodness for that.

Tolerance is a good attribute Scribbles
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For goodness sake, OP - do you really expect every food & drink outlet to cater for every single one of the various alletgies/intoletances/dislikes they might encounter?
Either accept the alternatives offered to you, learn to drink your tea and coffee black or carry your own supplies.

I think the problem is that most lactose intolerant people are satisfied with the alternatives offered so demand for lactose free milk is not sufficient to make it practical or economic for most organisations to stock it.

I am mildly lactose intolerant, I have drunk my coffee black since childhood and the only milk I use in tea is UHT milk in small uantities, this seems to work for me. I just do not drink tea when out.

I have a friend who cannot drink cows milk as she has a casein allergy. She uses goats milk and when out, just takes a small uantity of goats milk with her in a flask or insulated container.
could you not do the same?

Wow!

Why not take some powdered lactose free milk with you?

I cannot have any caffeine, I always take a tea/coffee bag with me.