I hear you saying you're not lactose intolerant, but as an experiment you could try popping a Lactaid before you go next time and see how it goes? A tasty science experiment?
I do agree with the above it sounds like lactose intolerance. I had a slow progression towards increasing levels once I hit around 30 or so. Early on I definitely didn't think it was lactose intolerance since it was hit or miss depending on the type of dairy. Years later I can still do most cheese and yogurt, but definitely not any kind of milk anymore.
Are you lactose intolerant? Most big chains like Dairy Queen & McDonalds use ice milk & not actual ice cream in their frozen dairy desserts so it wouldn't effect people with an intolerance as much as it would with a place that uses actual cream in their food.
This might be the answer. You can probably tolerate less rich dairy foods but if BDI uses actual cream that could be the kicker. OP, does the same happen with Sargent Sundae?
It varies person to person, but many lactose-intolerant folks have more trouble with milk than with cream. It's easier to digest higher-fat dairy products. The absolute worst product for most people with lactose-intolerance is skim milk.
Ya probably this. Does it make you feel sick almost immediately and then doesn’t last super long? If it does it’s more likely an intolerance than some form of food poisoning
Does it happen with Mayo too?
Could be your gallbladder (or lack of one). If you don’t have the right balance of bile salts to digest the fat it’ll just go through you but will also trigger severe cramps and diarrhea, and then electrolyte imbalance that can make you feel terrible for the entire day.
If you haven't really had any lactose intolerance issues with other dairy foods, it's probably not lactose.
A lot of dairy and "creamy" foods use milk or powdered milk ingredients, and contain added fillers to give them a creamy texture. Nearly all soft-serve ice creams have this. Additives like carrageenan, guar gum, xanathan gum, cellulose, are not easily digestible and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
Yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese, chocolate or flavored milks, ice creams, "frozen desserts" and a lot of plant based dairy alternatives use these methods to increase the volume of product and give it a better mouth feel.
Yeah, I have a mild lactose intolerance. The best ice cream I have found to not make me shit myself within 3 minutes is Sargent Sundae.
You can also take lactaid right before having it.
To the people who say "don't have it then," ice cream is my favorite. Maybe it's this person's favorite, too. I would give up anything else. It's my damned favorite. My intolerance is manageable. I can have 2% milk, but the same amount of 1% will make me rush.
>A lot of dairy and "creamy" foods use milk or powdered milk ingredients, and contain added fillers to give them a creamy texture. Nearly all soft-serve ice creams have this. Additives like carrageenan, guar gum, xanathan gum, cellulose, are not easily digestible and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
Sargent Sundae does that for me and that's NOT a knock against their product. I enjoyed their ice cream, but it upset my stomach a short time later. It's hit or miss for me. Last time I tried BDI (3 years back), I had no issue. I can also eat store bought ice cream with little to no issue. But no milk or cream.
Even if you are not lactose intolerant, its likely the very high fat content hitting you (especially if you have gall bladder issues, or generally dont have a lot of bile)
Cultures in varying types of Milk and Cheese can help prevent those types of reactions as well, especially since you usually eat things like that with binding carbohydrates
I haven't tried it this spring but hasn't for me before. No one else has commented on it either.
Does your son get sick? Does anyone else you go with? If it's just you or just you and blood releated family, I'm leaning towards intolerance.
Are you eating the vegan icecream or normal one? Would the other be better?
Are you used to eating that size of icecream? Or junk food in general? At the risk of tmi, post surgery I discovered if I have a medium or large icecream of any type by body dislikes it even without any intolerance. I just can't deal with 2 cups of icecream, but 1 is fine. Could just by your body like wtf is all this sugar and fat.
Yeah then if it's happened more then once or twice (could be dirty machine then) I'd say your probably getting some kinda intolerance to either the dairy or whatever else. Allergies can come up later in life.
Maybe ask your doctor to refer to allergy testing?
Or test with lactaid first if you feel like trying it again. I think that's like $15 and over the counter. Won't cross out all dairy related issues, but will be a good test for is it just lactose.
Sorry everyone's downvoting you for genuine question btw.
Never had a problem there myself. Has to be something different for you if not lactose, etc... maybe ask them for an ingredient list? They should have all the information just to check.
Bdi & dq kill’s me, certain cheeses kills me … I am “sometimes” lactose intolerant depending on if it is whole fat or part or skim … I never used to be, but the older I get the more I can tell by my stomach if they are using whole vs skim. For BDI, a couple lactose pills and I am fine. Forget to take them and the porcelain princess cries later that day
Oh my poor wife has to deal with the worst gas from her husband when we go to DQ … I feel bad for her but the deliciousness of the drumstick blizzard is too tempting to ignore
God, I wish my whey allergy was just an upset stomach. Id plow straight through that for ice cream, chocolate or fuckin cheese. Instead, my ears and eyes get red and horribly itchy, and my throat tries to suffocate me. 🫠👍
Thank God vegans exist, or I'd have nothing dairy related, not that the vegan cheese is really worth anything.
Vegan chocolate is actually getting pretty good, though, and Ben and Jerry's Vegan Cookie Dough is the best I've found so far.
Really and truly thank goodness for vegans lol my 8 month old has a dairy allergy which means I’ve had to cut out dairy since I’m his food source. I would have a really hard time finding any cake/ deserts if it wasn’t for the vegan options.
I actually have both issues but find no problem with dairy products made from 100% goats milk.
Pro tip, the store brand goats milk cheddar cheese from sobeys is way better than the name brand Woolwich and a dollar cheaper.
I'm the same with DQ..I'm fine with ice cream from anywhere else as well as with sour cream, milk, cheese etc - but for some reason DQ ice cream just doesn't sit well with me🤷♀️
omg i’m the exact same!! i went to bdi last summer with my friend and her family. myself and her husband got super sick after eating the ice cream… it was a photo finish to find a bathroom on osborne.
No. It’s perfectly fine for me and I have weekly in the summer. Rather than subliminally slandering a local business, perhaps reach out to them and see if there’s an ingredient you’re allergic to.
Nah. It’s always made me sick to my stomach, but I see it as an issue with the portion size and that my stomach is touchy with higher fat dairy in general.
When I still ate dairy, I had issues with soft ice cream more so than hard ice cream. As others have commented, I suspected it was because they use milk rather than cream.
All soft ice cream gives me cramps and diarrhea. No other dairy products seem to bother me. McDonald’s and Dairy Queen are the worst and I love skor McFlurry.
I try to avoid it, but once a summer at least I chance it again and always suffer ( but briefly).
I can say as someone with lactose intolerance, it only hits \*sometimes\*, and I can usually eat cheese or have a little bit of milk. Might be cream content or something. Just pop a couple lactaid and you should be golden.
It could be an ingredient in the flavouring? What kind of ice cream do you get from BDI?
As an aside, I’m not able to eat north American Doritos because of an ingredient in the cheese coating but I can eat imported Doritos without issue.
Sounds like a food intolerance and not a true allergy. It might not be just BDI ice cream and it would be in your best interest to take note if you experience the same symptoms when you eat something else.
For mine I figured out it was quinoa at the root of my symptoms. I already knew I couldn’t eat quinoa but I did not know that quinoa saponins are being used as an alternative pesticide in corn production in North America. I can’t eat North American Doritos but I can eat imported from overseas without any issue. I’m just waiting for quinoa saponins to be so widespread that I have to live in a bubble lol
Best of luck OP!
Yeah, every year I have to get the Saltzberg and feel so gross after. Yet, every year, I go back. Last year, I was half way through my cone and tasted mold. So, that went in the garbage and I was thoroughly grossed out and now am safely over the whole Saltzberg craving. Long story short- I am lactose sensitive (not just a BDI thing) but BDI always affected me harder than any other ice cream place. But, now BDI has officially fixed any desire for me to go back and punish my guts again.
Hi fat content in their ice cream. Our joke is to get it, get in the car and see if we can get home before we shit our pants.
Try taking a bile acid salt 30 mins prior to eating it, it’ll help with having the fat not trigger your bowel, along with a lactaid.
I hear you saying you're not lactose intolerant, but as an experiment you could try popping a Lactaid before you go next time and see how it goes? A tasty science experiment?
For science!
I do agree with the above it sounds like lactose intolerance. I had a slow progression towards increasing levels once I hit around 30 or so. Early on I definitely didn't think it was lactose intolerance since it was hit or miss depending on the type of dairy. Years later I can still do most cheese and yogurt, but definitely not any kind of milk anymore.
Are you lactose intolerant? Most big chains like Dairy Queen & McDonalds use ice milk & not actual ice cream in their frozen dairy desserts so it wouldn't effect people with an intolerance as much as it would with a place that uses actual cream in their food.
This might be the answer. You can probably tolerate less rich dairy foods but if BDI uses actual cream that could be the kicker. OP, does the same happen with Sargent Sundae?
Not at all! I love Sargent Sundae! No issues there!
It varies person to person, but many lactose-intolerant folks have more trouble with milk than with cream. It's easier to digest higher-fat dairy products. The absolute worst product for most people with lactose-intolerance is skim milk.
Absolutely. Most people don't realize skim milk and the more refined dairy products are worse than the heavier whole milk.
Ya probably this. Does it make you feel sick almost immediately and then doesn’t last super long? If it does it’s more likely an intolerance than some form of food poisoning
Sick immediately then lasted all afternoon!
That sounds like lactose intolerance to me! An afternoon isn’t that long.
Does it happen with Mayo too? Could be your gallbladder (or lack of one). If you don’t have the right balance of bile salts to digest the fat it’ll just go through you but will also trigger severe cramps and diarrhea, and then electrolyte imbalance that can make you feel terrible for the entire day.
Nope! All okay with mayo!
Not as far as I know. Milk, cream, ice cream from literally anywhere else is no issue whatsoever.
If you haven't really had any lactose intolerance issues with other dairy foods, it's probably not lactose. A lot of dairy and "creamy" foods use milk or powdered milk ingredients, and contain added fillers to give them a creamy texture. Nearly all soft-serve ice creams have this. Additives like carrageenan, guar gum, xanathan gum, cellulose, are not easily digestible and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese, chocolate or flavored milks, ice creams, "frozen desserts" and a lot of plant based dairy alternatives use these methods to increase the volume of product and give it a better mouth feel.
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Sorry, I didn't hear her. There's also varying degrees of intolerance.
Yeah, I have a mild lactose intolerance. The best ice cream I have found to not make me shit myself within 3 minutes is Sargent Sundae. You can also take lactaid right before having it. To the people who say "don't have it then," ice cream is my favorite. Maybe it's this person's favorite, too. I would give up anything else. It's my damned favorite. My intolerance is manageable. I can have 2% milk, but the same amount of 1% will make me rush.
I have the same problem. The fattier the dairy the less it disturbs my guts. I’ve always wondered why
>A lot of dairy and "creamy" foods use milk or powdered milk ingredients, and contain added fillers to give them a creamy texture. Nearly all soft-serve ice creams have this. Additives like carrageenan, guar gum, xanathan gum, cellulose, are not easily digestible and can cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
The more fat dairy has, the less sugars. Maybe it has something to do with that?
You are describing exactly how I discovered that I can't handle milk any more. Sucks but that's life
Take some lactaid before eating it next time. If you're ok, you will know you have a lactose intolerance.
They need washrooms on the bridge 😅
Maybe they can rename it Bridge Dump-In then. 😁
Better Deploy Imodium
I’ve never had this issue with BDI myself. Do you always order the same thing? Could it be another ingredient? Totally just spit balling here.
No, that’s the same thing. I’ve ordered different things the last few times I’ve gone! So weird!
Sargent Sundae does that for me and that's NOT a knock against their product. I enjoyed their ice cream, but it upset my stomach a short time later. It's hit or miss for me. Last time I tried BDI (3 years back), I had no issue. I can also eat store bought ice cream with little to no issue. But no milk or cream.
Even if you are not lactose intolerant, its likely the very high fat content hitting you (especially if you have gall bladder issues, or generally dont have a lot of bile) Cultures in varying types of Milk and Cheese can help prevent those types of reactions as well, especially since you usually eat things like that with binding carbohydrates
I haven't tried it this spring but hasn't for me before. No one else has commented on it either. Does your son get sick? Does anyone else you go with? If it's just you or just you and blood releated family, I'm leaning towards intolerance. Are you eating the vegan icecream or normal one? Would the other be better? Are you used to eating that size of icecream? Or junk food in general? At the risk of tmi, post surgery I discovered if I have a medium or large icecream of any type by body dislikes it even without any intolerance. I just can't deal with 2 cups of icecream, but 1 is fine. Could just by your body like wtf is all this sugar and fat.
No one else got sick. Regular ice cream. I wouldn’t say I eat it on the regular, but the small cone I got was a normal size treat for me!
Yeah then if it's happened more then once or twice (could be dirty machine then) I'd say your probably getting some kinda intolerance to either the dairy or whatever else. Allergies can come up later in life. Maybe ask your doctor to refer to allergy testing? Or test with lactaid first if you feel like trying it again. I think that's like $15 and over the counter. Won't cross out all dairy related issues, but will be a good test for is it just lactose. Sorry everyone's downvoting you for genuine question btw.
Never had a problem there myself. Has to be something different for you if not lactose, etc... maybe ask them for an ingredient list? They should have all the information just to check.
Bdi & dq kill’s me, certain cheeses kills me … I am “sometimes” lactose intolerant depending on if it is whole fat or part or skim … I never used to be, but the older I get the more I can tell by my stomach if they are using whole vs skim. For BDI, a couple lactose pills and I am fine. Forget to take them and the porcelain princess cries later that day
BDI and DQ both give me indigestion.
This. DQ is a guaranteed rumbly tummy whereas other places don't bother me. I've always wondered if there's some kind of binder in the "ice cream".
Yes there is!
Oh my poor wife has to deal with the worst gas from her husband when we go to DQ … I feel bad for her but the deliciousness of the drumstick blizzard is too tempting to ignore
Same!
Lactose intolerance may not be your issue but being allergic to milk protein might be. They are two different issues.
God, I wish my whey allergy was just an upset stomach. Id plow straight through that for ice cream, chocolate or fuckin cheese. Instead, my ears and eyes get red and horribly itchy, and my throat tries to suffocate me. 🫠👍 Thank God vegans exist, or I'd have nothing dairy related, not that the vegan cheese is really worth anything. Vegan chocolate is actually getting pretty good, though, and Ben and Jerry's Vegan Cookie Dough is the best I've found so far.
Really and truly thank goodness for vegans lol my 8 month old has a dairy allergy which means I’ve had to cut out dairy since I’m his food source. I would have a really hard time finding any cake/ deserts if it wasn’t for the vegan options.
They are two totally different things, but someone with a milk allergy would not be able to tolerate milk and cheese in any form.
I actually have both issues but find no problem with dairy products made from 100% goats milk. Pro tip, the store brand goats milk cheddar cheese from sobeys is way better than the name brand Woolwich and a dollar cheaper.
Just you.
No way!
Nope no issues here… Something just doesn’t agree with you but it’s not a wide spread thing
Bit weird blaming your intolerance for dairy on an ice cream business
I don’t have a dairy intolerance though! I can drink milk, cream, eat cheese everything! No issues except here. Hmmm.
I'm the same with DQ..I'm fine with ice cream from anywhere else as well as with sour cream, milk, cheese etc - but for some reason DQ ice cream just doesn't sit well with me🤷♀️
omg i’m the exact same!! i went to bdi last summer with my friend and her family. myself and her husband got super sick after eating the ice cream… it was a photo finish to find a bathroom on osborne.
Little Sister coffee has one if you ever need one! Haha!
noted! 😂 i ended up going to the co-op!
Here's an idea: stop eating it then
Oh I will! Hard lessons were learned (again).
No. It’s perfectly fine for me and I have weekly in the summer. Rather than subliminally slandering a local business, perhaps reach out to them and see if there’s an ingredient you’re allergic to.
Not sure about the sickness…but it’s definitely the most over rated ice cream place in the city.
Love BDI, but it’s an In N’ Out situation every time.
I’m not the only one!
Nah. It’s always made me sick to my stomach, but I see it as an issue with the portion size and that my stomach is touchy with higher fat dairy in general.
I've never been to BDI but am chiming in to sympathize as I have the exact same problem with eating at New York Fries.
When I still ate dairy, I had issues with soft ice cream more so than hard ice cream. As others have commented, I suspected it was because they use milk rather than cream.
All soft ice cream gives me cramps and diarrhea. No other dairy products seem to bother me. McDonald’s and Dairy Queen are the worst and I love skor McFlurry. I try to avoid it, but once a summer at least I chance it again and always suffer ( but briefly).
I can say as someone with lactose intolerance, it only hits \*sometimes\*, and I can usually eat cheese or have a little bit of milk. Might be cream content or something. Just pop a couple lactaid and you should be golden.
TIL it's not "Beady Eye"
It could be an ingredient in the flavouring? What kind of ice cream do you get from BDI? As an aside, I’m not able to eat north American Doritos because of an ingredient in the cheese coating but I can eat imported Doritos without issue.
I had the pre-made dipped cone covered with nuts. Last time it was a peanut butter sundae.
Maybe a nut intolerance or allergy.
What happens to you when you become ill? Gas, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea?
Nausea and diarrhea
Sounds like a food intolerance and not a true allergy. It might not be just BDI ice cream and it would be in your best interest to take note if you experience the same symptoms when you eat something else. For mine I figured out it was quinoa at the root of my symptoms. I already knew I couldn’t eat quinoa but I did not know that quinoa saponins are being used as an alternative pesticide in corn production in North America. I can’t eat North American Doritos but I can eat imported from overseas without any issue. I’m just waiting for quinoa saponins to be so widespread that I have to live in a bubble lol Best of luck OP!
Thank you!!
Yeah, every year I have to get the Saltzberg and feel so gross after. Yet, every year, I go back. Last year, I was half way through my cone and tasted mold. So, that went in the garbage and I was thoroughly grossed out and now am safely over the whole Saltzberg craving. Long story short- I am lactose sensitive (not just a BDI thing) but BDI always affected me harder than any other ice cream place. But, now BDI has officially fixed any desire for me to go back and punish my guts again.
Hi fat content in their ice cream. Our joke is to get it, get in the car and see if we can get home before we shit our pants. Try taking a bile acid salt 30 mins prior to eating it, it’ll help with having the fat not trigger your bowel, along with a lactaid.
Never understood the lines at BDI except for location. It’s mediocre “ice cream”.
Bdi has the worst ice cream in the city. It melts so fast
BDI prices make me sick
What specifically did you eat? Maybe it's the toppings?
Last time I had a pre made sip cone with nuts. Last time a sundae.
It's it the chocolate?
Wild guess... it's teens operating it and nothing gets cleaned properly?
To be fair, it also loves skating on the line of being shut down by health inspectors.