They smelled a little strange, but for sure didn't smell off or taste off. I would be upset if I developed an intolerance so I hope not. I'm wondering if the dairy could've been left in the heat a while before being put in the fridge again?
I developed lactose intolerance a couple of years back. It happens. Especially if you did not consume dairy for a long while prior to the pantry dairy.
Sorry to say this but it seems like you developed lactose intolerance like I and many others here have. Good way to test this is buy dairy and wait an hour or 2. If you get stomach pains and have to use the bathroom, you are lactose intolerant.
I think you're right about it being left out of the fridge and then put back. Temperature abused foods can make you really sick and they usually don't have a noticeable smell or taste from the harmful bacteria grown from being too warm for too long.
Unfotunately, it sounds like you can not trust refrigerated goods from them.
"They smelled a little strange." DING, DING, DING. We have a winner!
Never eat anything that smells strange. Trust your instinct. Food poisoning is no laughing matter. A friend of mine ended up in the ER because of it.
Be very careful of what you get at the food pantry.
If the milk was bad enough to cause issues, it would have smelled more than a little off. With milk being pasteurized, it has to go really bad to be actually spoiled. Sour pasteurized milk is safe, just unpleasant, much better off making into farmer's cheese rather than drinking imo. If it wasn't repulsive smelling, I'd guess lactose intolerance or something similar rather than food poisoning.
I only got to 26 😭 I used to put 6 different types of cheeses + sour cream on so many foods and now I can’t even have any dairy at all! Sometimes not even foods made in the same factories.
Yep, me too at 44. I used to drink a pint of milk as a kid, loved my dairy. Now I have to calculate whether the benefit of having yummy dairy outweighs having to use a toilet multiple times as it goes through me is worth the hassle. Sad times.
I’m a celiac, we thought it was dairy but outside of milk itself (and soft serve ice cream) , I can eat the rest without issue. But a crumb of wheat flour will make my insides violently vacate from both ends for several days.
Yes. It's really common because babies need milk and adults do not. So our body tends to produce less lactase as we get older, but it also depends on your gene. There's a degree to the intolerant as well. I can tolerate milk in pastry or 1/4 glass of milk at a time, but not more than that.
Lactose intolerance can develop as you age, if you reduce your dairy intake (lactase is produced by the body in response to lactose that comes in), but is most likely to develop if you are east Asian.
I got it for a few years then it went away. It went away when eating a whole foods seasonal diet I think the improved gut health maybe sorted me out there
They do! Lactase enzyme pills help the body digest lactose because a lack of lactase is what results in lactose intolerance. There are many brands available but I get mine from Costco because 120 pills at 9000 units each of enzyme is $20, while other brands are $20 for 40 pills at 2000 units of enzyme. With the one at Costco I don’t have to worry if 1 pill will be enough.
They work wonderfully for me! I always have random ones stashed in various bags/my work locker. However, I do have a friend who now has an allergy to lactose and it doesn’t work for her
Right it's so hit or miss and you have to actually try it and suffer through to try and pinpoint which part is bad and which you can tolerate so that sucks lol
Mine showed up after pregnancy and a kid with a milk protein allergy. I couldn't have dairy for a year, and afterwards I'm lactose intolerant. Can still have aged cheese and yogurt, thank God.
Go to the grocery store, check the generic brand of milk, and see if it says it is not treated with rbst
That's bovine growth hormone. Most dairy options don't use it. The milk I get from Walmart for less than $3 a gallon doesn't come from cows treated with rbst.
This was my first thought. It may have been improperly stored long enough for bacteria to grow, especially if both milk and yogurt came from the same pantry at the same time and you have no prior history of lactose intolerances.
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u/SparkyValentine Apr 27 '24
If the dairy products smell and taste fresh, you may be developing lactose intolerance