Whether lactose intolerant or just looking for digestive wellness, people all over the world want to eat natural and delicious foods that don’t cause digestive symptoms. However, consumers feel there is not a lot to choose from in terms of products or brands. With Valio lactose free solutions, you can expand your product range by adding lactose free products that taste just as good or better than regular products.
With Valio, you get all you need to succeed in the lactose free market. The consistent quality and natural ingredients of Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders, butter and cream offer a great starting point for manufacturing lactose free food. Our experienced solution team can help you with recipes and processes to start your production. We can also support you in your go-to-market phase.
Lactose intolerant or not, people are not willing to compromise on either flavour or nutrition. That is why consumers are constantly searching for nutritious and tasty lactose free dairy products. Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders contain all the goodness of regular milk powders and give dairy applications a rich and milky taste.
Make your dairy products gut-friendly yet desirable for all with Valio ingredients and patented food solutions:
Valio Eila® lactose free ingredients not only make your drink powders lactose free. They also provide other functionalities to create products that are interesting for a variety of consumer segments. We have the right solutions for high-protein and low-fat products or highly nutritious products for special consumer groups, for example.
Make your drink powders superior in taste and nutrition with Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders:
Lactose intolerants are looking for equal access to indulgence and healthiness. With the right ingredients, you can turn your chocolate products into lactose free ones without compromising important product qualities, like texture and taste. They also make it possible to naturally reduce the sugar level in chocolate applications without using artificial sweeteners. For help with dosage and recipes, contact our Valio food solutions team.
With Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders, you can expand your business with indulgence products that are both desirable and functional. The rich, creamy taste and soft, smooth mouthfeel make lactose free ice cream a desirable choice for all consumers, not just the ones with lactose intolerance. It is also possible to increase the protein level in different ice cream applications.
Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders give a golden brown colour, excellent taste, premium texture and longer shelf life for different bakery applications. They also give free-from baked goods good nutritional values, as you can increase protein level and reduced carbohydrate level.
People want to indulge themselves without the fear of stomach discomfort. Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders are ideal for lactose free dessert applications. They give pudding, panna cotta, vanilla sauce and other desserts a delicious and rich, slightly toffee-like taste. They also provide a creamy and smooth texture and good foaming properties.
Answer the consumers’ needs with lactose free ready meals that are suitable for the whole family.
Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders give excellent rich taste and texture for ready meal and meat applications. This makes your ready meal products desirable for not only lactose intolerants but all consumers.
Make your ready meal and meat products gut-friendly and nutritious with Valio’s functional ingredients and patented food solutions:
Breast milk is the best choice for baby
Using infant formulas is second to breastfeeding, a fact supported by WHO. Babies should be breastfed exclusively for 6 months, with continued breastfeeding after introduction of complementary food. A healthcare professional should be consulted before introducing infant formula or complementary food to a child’s diet.
International Code Of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. World Health Organization. Geneva 1981.We offer high quality fully traceable ingredients so that you can manufacture safe and lactose free infant formulas and baby food products.
Even babies sometimes suffer from lactose malabsorption. Using lactose free infant formula helps to prevent abdominal distension and other intestinal irritation caused by lactose. With Valio Eila® powders, you can produce lactose free infant formulas. With a suitable carbohydrate source such as maltodextrin or glucose syrup and whey protein, you can achieve optimal whey casein ratio close to breast milk.
Valio’s experienced solutions team helps you with dosage, recipes and market specific regulatory requirements.
Benefits of Valio Eila® lactose free milk powder in baby food production:
With Valio Eila® lactose free ingredients, you can bring the protein and minerals in milk accessible for even those on a free-from diet.
Valio Eila® lactose free milk powders contain nutritionally high-quality milk protein and minerals. That makes them ideal for different nutritional supplement applications like sport, weight management and ageing.
*Depends on concentration of minerals/vitamins in final products. EU legislation
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Over 90% of adults in East Asia and 80% in Central Asia are lactose intolerant. Only in populations where people are accustomed to drinking milk, has the majority maintained a tolerance to lactose.
*EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) ESFA Journal 2010;8(9):1777-
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The great thing about high-quality lactose free food ingredients is that they not only make food products lactose free. They also provide other functionalities to create even tastier food products that are interesting for a variety of consumer segments.
The growing popularity of Valio lactose free products globally is one good example of how dedicated Valio is to meeting the needs of our customers, wherever you do business.
We at Valio can break the common misconception that because a product is lactose free it might also be flavour free.
Consumers are increasingly aware of E numbers and food additives. Also the health and wellness trend and sugar taxes challenge the food industry to reduce sugar, salt and fat. Valio’s natural ingredients enable all this while preserving the delicious taste of baked goods.
Consumer base for sport nutrition is expanding rapidly form athletes to all consumers with active lifestyles. There is a significant opportunity to develop sport nutrition products to the wide consumers base of every day sporty people.
Health-conscious consumers demand a combination of indulgence and healthiness from confectionery and chocolate products. Valio’s patented technology and GMO-free ingredients allow reduced sugar and increased protein products to be made with superior taste and texture.
Active older adults are foodies with huge potential for consumer segment specified products. Target for healthy ageing is clear, but there are very diversified needs and motives guiding the food choices and preferences. This gives significant potential to develop special nutrition products to meet the evolving needs of elderly.
Rising demand for products that suit consumers’ free from or health and wellness agendas are the market drivers also in dairy. Consumers prefer products with better nutritional values like higher protein or reduced sugar. At the same time lactose free trend is growing.
Baby foods must meet the existing regulations and the local nutritional recommendation for healthy development. We have solution for help you with balanced nutrition. Efficient and accurate recipe design and calculation to produce optimal composition for your needs.
Global demand for lactose free products has increased significantly during the last few years. We have solutions to help you in production of lactose free products.
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