Fonterra’s NZMP has launched NZMP Low Lactose Instant Whole Milk Powder (IWMP), which contains less than 2% lactose for consumer milk powferrous fumarate mgder manufacturers to capitalize on the increasing consumer demand for low lactose foods.###“Our analysis shows low lactose dairy offerings can command a 32% premium above standard offers, with consumer milk powder manufacturers able to make up to a 17% margin on low lactose instant whole milk products,&citracal d3 slow release 1200#8221; says Fonterra consumer powders category director NZMP marketing Andrew Maude.###The company says consumer awareness and popularity of low lactose products has been steadily increasing – with 13% year-on-year growth in on-pack claims in the Middle East and Africa and 54% year-on-year growth in on-pack claims in Southeast Asia.###“Demand for low lactose products has increased, and there is an enormous opportunity for profitable growth with low lactose dairy powders,” says Maude.###NZMkirkland calcium citrate magnesium and zincP Low Lactose IWMP reportedly tastes creamy and is naturally sweeter than instant whole milk powder, with no added suferrous fumarate 350 mggar.###The Standard Instant Whole Milk Powder contains 40% lactose, while NZMP Low Lactose IWMP contains less than 2%nhs ferrous fumarate lactose (a 95% decrease in lactose).###That means a 25 g serve of NZMP Low Lactose IWMP contains less than half a gram of lactose, which is then diluted in water when consumed. ###As a result, most people will be able to tolerate the lactose in this ingredient without the symptoms associated with lactose intolerance.###Lactose is the sugar found naturally in milk and other dairy products. ###It is broken down by the enzyme lactase in the gastrointestinal tract and absorbed, but some people lose the ability to digest lactose. ###This lactose malabsorption can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating.###Nearly three out of four people in Asia are deficient in the enzyme lactase and up to 40% of people in the Middle East and Africa are lactase deficient, according to a 2013 study published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal.