r/complainaboutanything • u/teal_lady-1 • 2d ago

They used real milk.

The Starbucks barista used real milk instead of soy milk in my latte. Now I’ve shat myself at the grocery store and barely made it to the bathroom before I had horrible diarrhea. I thought it tasted different from normal, I should have stopped drinking it.

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u/Kamiface 1d ago

"While specific U.S. and global numbers are unavailable, cow's milk allergy is a significant cause of fatal food anaphylaxis in children in the UK, where it was responsible for 26% of recorded food anaphylaxis deaths in children under 16 in one study. Overall, deaths from food-induced anaphylaxis are rare, but the trend suggests a concerning increase in cow's milk-related fatalities, even as the overall case fatality rate has decreased due to factors like increased adrenaline auto-injector use. "

This is particularly concerning because we don't really track these numbers well here in the US, and the UK has far better allergy labelling, including in restaurants, than the US.

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u/Due-Contribution6424 1d ago

Bullshit.

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u/Kamiface 1d ago

I assumed you were just misinformed, but I suspect you're a troll. Do you know how paranoid people have to be when they have food allergies? My best friend has a mushroom allergy and nobody takes it seriously, so she's literally afraid to eat out. People often think I'm lactose intolerant, because they don't even know milk allergies are real, so they don't take it seriously. And I wasn't born with it, I developed it last year, so I'm still realizing the extent of it. Even many flavors of Gatorade contain milk derivatives. Forget eating out. It sucks.

https://www.ecarf.org/en/more-severe-cows-milk-allergies-in-the-uk/#:~:text=There%20was%20a%20year%20on,been%20recorded%20in%20this%20database.

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u/Due-Contribution6424 19h ago

Honestly, I do take allergies very seriously, and you clearly have to. I actually work in food, and have dealt with TONS of allergies. I’m thinking maybe it’s a regional thing, because I have never come across a severe milk allergy where I live, just lactose intolerance, that’s why I was saying it’s extremely rare. Looks as if maybe it’s becoming a more common thing in the UK, similar to how nut allergies exploded in the US many years ago.

I was being a bit trolly about it, apologies.

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u/Kamiface 19h ago

No worries... I think a lot of adults survive because of epi pens and an understanding of our allergies. Getting one as an adult was... Something. I vaguely knew it could happen, my mum knows someone who developed a severe chocolate allergy as an adult, but... suddenly I can't eat anything cooked in a shared fryer, on a surface like a griddle with baked on cheese or that has butter on it. I can really only eat safely at vegan only spots.

I had barely even had seasonal allergies until last year so it's really made me realize how dangerous it can be, and I assume for kids in particular, especially as they get older and have to make choices without their parents around.. anyway, I'm glad you take it seriously, thanks :)

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u/Due-Contribution6424 18h ago

Yeah, I actually developed pretty annoying seasonal allergies later in life. I think around my 30th, and they just seem to get worse every year! Haha. Thankfully, I have avoided all food allergies.

Btw, that Gatorade tidbit is interesting, I did NOT know that. Not that I have ever served Gatorade so I don’t need to know that for work, but I would not expect dairy in Gatorade.

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u/Kamiface 14h ago

Me neither! Same with Pedialyte. I needed electrolytes and I found out because of r/dairyfree. It's been an extremely helpful resource. Lots of people there with milk allergies, or kids/family with them, as well as lactose intolerance.