Whether you or your child have a dairy intolerance, or you’ve made the decision to go dairy free, there’s an excellent range of dairy free products available in Brisbane and online.
Diagnosis of dairy intolerance can often be met with dread. Dairy seems to be in almost everything. Well, at least in all of the delicious foods. Did anyone mention cheese, ice cream, chocolate and butter?
Going dairy free doesn’t have to be difficult. We’ve pulled together a number of Brisbane supermarkets where you can buy dairy free products, and several links to dairy free recipes. It won’t be long before you’re putting delicious treats back on the menu.
Big name supermarkets selling dairy free products in Brisbane
Dairy alternative soy products are right under your nose at your local Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. Most stock Vitasoy and Sanitarium So Good, while Nuttelex is available as an alternative to butter. In the long life aisle, you can find coconut milk and almond milk. Sweet William dairy free, nut free and gluten free chocolate is also available in the health food aisles of most Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Super IGA stores.
Flannerys
Natural and organic supermarket, Flannerys, has a wide selection of products suitable for those with food allergies and intolerances (perfect for people who want to shop Gluten free in Brisbane). Their dairy free section includes a range of milk alternatives, including rice milk, coconut milk and soy milk. They also stock coconut yoghurt and several brands of dairy free and guilt free coconut ice cream. An almond ice cream range is also available. There are six Flannerys stores across Brisbane, however all stores stock a different range. It will pay to call before dropping in to check that they have the dairy free products that you are after. www.flannerys.com.au/
Wray Organic Market & Café
Wray Organic markets specialise in organic, clean and nutritional food. In their six stores across Brisbane, they have dairy free options, including coconut, almond, rice, oat and hazelnut milk and cashew cheese. Several brands of coconut ice cream are also available. www.wrayorganic.com.au
The Green Edge
The Green Edge at Windsor is a vegan shop, café and online store, that offers a wide range of dairy free products. The online store has a great variety of dairy free cheeses, including soy and cashew cheese. Coconut or soy yoghurt is available and they even have soy whipped cream. You can drop into their restaurant for a delicious meal to test out some of their products. Phone (07) 3861 1132 to book a table. https://www.greenedgeonline.com.au/
Liddells Lactose Free products
Liddells specialise in lactose free dairy products, including fresh milk, cream, cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, custard and yoghurt. While Liddells products are lactose free, they are not dairy free. Liddells Lactose Free products are available in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Super IGA across Australia. www.liddells.com.au/
Quirky Cooking – recipes using or making your own dairy free products
Quirky Cooking is the online home of busy mum and healthy cooking advocate, Jo Whitton. Quirky Cooking has a comprehensive dairy free recipe section for you to make your own dairy free products. Try your hand at making rice almond milk, almond and sunflower seed milk, cashew cream or even condensed milk for a mouthwatering dairy fee caramel. If butter is what you miss, Quirky Cooking has you covered here also with coconut butter or nut butter recipes. There are also recipes available for cakes, breads, scones, pastries, cookies, you name it. Just because you have a dairy intolerance, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on ice cream, custard and milkshakes – Quirky Cooking has recipes for those too. www.quirkycooking.com.au
Super Healthy Kids dairy free recipes
Super Healthy Kids focuses on helping to develop healthy eating habits in kids from an early age. Super Healthy Kids has a great range of dairy free recipes with everything from butter to chocolate mousse. http://www.superhealthykids.com/recipe-category/dairy-free/
Dairy free recipes for babies and toddlers with One Handed Cooks
One Handed Cooks is a food blog, which helps parents create healthy and tasty meals for their babies and toddlers. They have a selection of delicious dairy free recipes including carrot cake, cookies, and even banana ice cream. http://onehandedcooks.com.au/recipe-type/dairy-free
Learn about lactose intolerance in kids and how to lead a dairy free lifestyle.
Where do you buy your dairy free products in Brisbane? Please share your favourite places in the comments.
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