I had the idea of collecting information about grocery shopping for people with food intolerances (lactose, soy, eggs, gluten, etc.). Where do you get your speciality products from? Which products are tasty or good quality? Where are the cheapest/bargain products? Which brands do you prefer? etc. Share your thoughts and experiences! :)
I have lactose, egg and soy intolerance, so I have tested quite a few products.
Lactose-free products:
Coop: has its own brand and Emmi lactose free products. My favourite from the Coop range is the Birchermüsli and mozzarella. I found the marroni yoghurt quite weird in texture. The other yoghurts are ok.
Manor: They have the Emmi good day, Napfmilch and Züger range, as well as some random whipped cream brand in a yoghurt cup. I prefer the Emmi lactose free mozzarella to the Züger one. The Napfmilch yoghurts are ok but not overwhelming.
Migros: Own brand lactose free range like Coop, but their yoghurts have more flavours, I loved the apricot and raspberry one!
They are the only shop where I found lactosefree cream cheese, I liked the alp herb flavoured one.
Lidl: I was quite surprised to find Züger lactose free products at a cheaper price, they now have Mozzarella, butter, cottage cheese and milk. I've seen Starbucks using Lidl's milk brand.
Aldi: Milk and that's it.
Müller Drogerie: They have lactose free chocolate spread, milk and chocolate by Minus L but I haven't tried anything from this brand yet.
Emmi brand: I love the Espresso Zero and the Good Day coffee yoghurt (my boyfriend even prefers that one to normal yoghurts). I also liked the strawberry drink. Their Mozzarella is also my favourite out of the choice because it seems to last much longer and you get 150gr instead of the 125gr Coop/Migros offer.
For a lactose free coffee: Starbucks and Pane con Carne (http://www.pane-con-carne.ch/) do it (Basel/Liestal).
Egg-free:
Coop: The only shop I know of where they sell an egg-free mayonnaise, it tastes ok.
Aldi: Their Gourmet range croissants are egg-free.
I couldn't find a good egg replacer mix for baking, so I got it off Amazon from Orgran.
Soy-intolerance:
I've tried the Müller Drogerie rice milk vanilla flavour, and it tastes ok, and for 2.60Fr, you can't really say anything against it!
Gluten-free:
Lidl: I've seen gluten free pasta there, and I believe it's cheaper compared to other prices I've seen in shops.
I have lactose, egg and soy intolerance, so I have tested quite a few products.
Lactose-free products:
Coop: has its own brand and Emmi lactose free products. My favourite from the Coop range is the Birchermüsli and mozzarella. I found the marroni yoghurt quite weird in texture. The other yoghurts are ok.
Manor: They have the Emmi good day, Napfmilch and Züger range, as well as some random whipped cream brand in a yoghurt cup. I prefer the Emmi lactose free mozzarella to the Züger one. The Napfmilch yoghurts are ok but not overwhelming.
Migros: Own brand lactose free range like Coop, but their yoghurts have more flavours, I loved the apricot and raspberry one!
They are the only shop where I found lactosefree cream cheese, I liked the alp herb flavoured one.
Lidl: I was quite surprised to find Züger lactose free products at a cheaper price, they now have Mozzarella, butter, cottage cheese and milk. I've seen Starbucks using Lidl's milk brand.
Aldi: Milk and that's it.
Müller Drogerie: They have lactose free chocolate spread, milk and chocolate by Minus L but I haven't tried anything from this brand yet.
Emmi brand: I love the Espresso Zero and the Good Day coffee yoghurt (my boyfriend even prefers that one to normal yoghurts). I also liked the strawberry drink. Their Mozzarella is also my favourite out of the choice because it seems to last much longer and you get 150gr instead of the 125gr Coop/Migros offer.
For a lactose free coffee: Starbucks and Pane con Carne (http://www.pane-con-carne.ch/) do it (Basel/Liestal).
Egg-free:
Coop: The only shop I know of where they sell an egg-free mayonnaise, it tastes ok.
Aldi: Their Gourmet range croissants are egg-free.
I couldn't find a good egg replacer mix for baking, so I got it off Amazon from Orgran.
Soy-intolerance:
I've tried the Müller Drogerie rice milk vanilla flavour, and it tastes ok, and for 2.60Fr, you can't really say anything against it!
Gluten-free:
Lidl: I've seen gluten free pasta there, and I believe it's cheaper compared to other prices I've seen in shops.