What is lactose free milk?

I've asked myself this question many times so today i decided to look for the answer. It didn't make sense to me that something could still be considered milk (or dairy) with no lactose in it. Lactose is the essential ingredient that makes it milk, it's the milk sugar. Anyway here's the answer to all those who ponder why they can drink milk by the gallon but have siblings so allergic they can't be near it without breaking out in hives.

Lactose free milk is all the goodness of milk (water, fat proteins) without Lactose. So it it still milk. And while we're at it, what is non dairy creamer made of?

Non-dairy creamer is made of sodium caseinate (a derivative of casein a milk protien that contains no lactose), corn syrup and vegetable oil. Often soy products are used instead of casein derivative. So yeah that sounds appetizing.

Interesting milk facts I found on the web:
Human milk has the highest lactose concentration to any other animal. 9%. Cows are only 4.5%
Butter, unless added later, contains no lactose due to processing.
Mammory glands are very spcialized sweat glands.
Cow's milk was first ingested in the Middle East about 9000-8000BC.
Somewhere in the world people drink Reindeer milk.
In Switzerland there is a carbonated milk drink called Rivella

Lactose intolerance (by population):
Dutch 1%, Austrians 15-20%, Northern French 17%, Southern French 65%, African Americans 45% in children 75% in adults, Sicilians 71%, Asian Americans 90%, Thai 98%, native Americans 100%.
There are three types of intolerance:
Primary: induced when a child is being weaned in a mostly non dairy environment.
Secondary: Environmentally induced by intestinal parasites and temporary intolerance is produced by gastroenteritis.
Congenital lactase deficiency: nice was of saying you were born that way.

Cheers.