Lactose in enough quantities gets my tummy rumbling in a bad way so I’m trying out alternatives.
Oat milk in hipster coffee drinks is pretty good.
Soy milk as a protein and calcium beverage is fine. Tastes OK.
There is lactose-free milk too but that is still suspect. Either it’s not all the way lactose free or too much of any kind of dairy quakes my intestines.
Almond milk has almost no protein, as odd as that is since almonds have a lot of protein themselves. Somewhere in the process it’s lost. I don’t like milk substitutes that reduce the positive parts of drinking milk.
Silk used to make an almond, cashew, and pea protein milk that hit all the markers; no lactose, almost all the protein, and way less sugar (something as a diabetic I was also looking for). Unfortunately, that one disappeared.
Now it’s all Fairlife for me. No lactose, all the protein, and half the sugar of regular milk (not as low as some other options though). Good enough. And tasty!
I don’t know if you have Kroger near you (or one of their subsidiaries) but the Carbmaster brand they sell is good, and only comes out to 3 grams of carbs per 240ml (8oz glass), which is half of what fairlife has. I started buying it when I got diagnosed diabetic. I don’t eat much cereal anymore but when I do, the milk still tastes good.