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Have you ever had a cup of regular milk, and ended up feeling gassy, bloated, having abdominal cramps, or rumbling stomach that discomforts you? If these symptoms occur every time you have milk or other certain dairy product, you probably have lactose intolerance. Being a lactose intolerant means that your body does not produce sufficient amount of lactase to hydrolyse lactose into it’s monomer of glucose and galactose. It is an emulsion of tiny droplets of fat globules and suspension of casein micelles, all of which are suspended in an aqueous phase. Lactose is a natural carbohydrate in milk and in every 100 grams of cow's milk contains approximately 4.8 g of lactose. Being a primary sugar in cow’s milk, lactose is the second most dominant component of gross cow’s milk composition of about 4.9 % , right after water at 87.7 %. Other components that makes up milk is fat, protein and minerals. Milk composition will vary depending on the species, breed, animal’s feed and the stage of...