Launching soon in Canada 🍁
Dairy,
handled.
Chewable lactase in a tin worth carrying. Made for pizza, lattes, ice cream, cheese boards, and every dairy decision you refuse to regret. Pass one to a friend.
No spam. Just launch news, early access, and a founding vote on flavours.
“Can you pass me a Lackee?”
The before-dairy ritual, coming soon.
Pizza, lattes, ice cream, cheese boards, creamy pasta, cheesecake: unlocked.
Why Lackees
2 in 3 adults worldwide produce less and less lactase enzyme as they age. Struggling with dairy isn’t a disorder. For most of the planet, it’s the default. Source: US NIH (NIDDK), which puts global lactose malabsorption near 68%.
Lactase pills exist.
Dairy still wins.
Dairy shouldn’t turn into a strategy meeting: skipping dessert, interrogating the menu, quietly hoping the latte behaves. Lactase only helps if it’s with you at the first bite, and the usual formats are designed to stay home. That’s the problem Lackees exists to fix.
The usual lactase
- Lives in a medicine cabinet. Dinner doesn’t
- Swallowed with water, explained awkwardly
- Chalky, like a dose before dessert
- Looks like medicine, feels like a condition
LACKEES.
- A tin that lives in your jacket, purse, or car
- Chewed at the table. No water, no explanations
- Flavours that belong with food, not a pharmacy
- Something you’d offer across the table
We didn’t reinvent the enzyme. We reinvented everything around it, because the enzyme was never the hard part. Having it on you is.
How it works
The before-dairy ritual
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Take before dairy.
Chew one Lackee right before the first bite.
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Enjoy the moment.
That’s it. No water, no pill bottle, no announcement.
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Keep Lackees on you.
Pocket tin. Jacket, purse, car, desk. Wherever dairy finds you.
Worth carrying
The moments it’s made for.
A tin in your pocket turns every one of these back into a yes. No planning, no trade-offs, no “I’ll pay for it later.”
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Pizza night, back on the menu.
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The latte, as ordered.
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Ice cream, no negotiating.
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Cheese boards, grazed freely.
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Creamy pasta, twice if you want.
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Dessert, accepted.
Flavours
Never mint. That’s a promise.
Mint fights food. Lackees flavours are built to sit next to dessert, not argue with it. Waitlist members vote on which one ships first.
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Vanilla Bean
The crowd-pleaser.
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Cream Soda
The wildcard.
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Cocoa Cream
Dessert’s best friend.
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Strawberry Milk
The nostalgic one.
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Barely There
The quiet one.
Flavour candidates. Final lineup, product details, strength, and label claims to be confirmed at launch.
The tin
Buy the tin once.
Refill it forever.
The tin isn’t packaging, it’s the part you keep. When it runs low, refills fill it right back up: same chews, less waste, and the tin you like stays in your pocket where it belongs.
The tin launches first. Counts, details, and pricing to be confirmed at launch.
From the founder
A note from the founder
Every Halloween as a kid, I blamed the stomach aches on trick-or-treat excitement. It was the milk chocolate. I’ve been lactose intolerant my whole life, to the point that when friends ask, I just tell them I’m a Lackee.
The fix has existed for decades. It just lives in a pill bottle in a medicine cabinet, which is exactly where dinner never happens. So I’m building the one I’d actually carry. If you’ve ever done the math on a slice of birthday cake, this is for you.
Colby Founder, Lackees
Be first in line.
We’re building Lackees with the people who’ll carry it. Joining the waitlist makes you a founding member, and founding members get:
- Early accessFirst tins, before public launch
- Launch pricingWaitlist-only, locked in
- A founding votePick the first flavour
Questions
FAQ
Isn’t this just the lactase I can already buy?
Lactase itself isn’t new, and we’re not claiming a secret formula. What’s different is everything around it: flavours that belong with food instead of chalk or medicine, a tin that belongs in your pocket instead of a medicine cabinet, clearly labelled strength, and a brand you can pass across the table without a word of explanation. Lactase only helps if it’s there at the first bite. That’s the whole product.
Does it cure lactose intolerance?
No. Lactase enzymes don’t change your body. They help with the dairy you’re eating at that moment.
What is lactase?
Lactase is the enzyme that breaks down lactose, the natural sugar in dairy. Most adults worldwide produce less of it as they age (the US NIH estimates about 68% have some lactose malabsorption), which is why dairy can get less comfortable over time. It’s common, not a flaw.
Why is it called Lackees?
Because it’s what our founder calls himself. A Lackee is someone lacking lactase, which is most of the planet. We figured a product you’d happily pass across the table deserved a name you’d happily say out loud.
When do I take Lackees?
Right before eating or drinking dairy. The first bite is the moment. As with everything on this page, final usage directions will be confirmed on the label at launch.
Is this for milk allergy?
No. Lactase is not for milk protein allergy, which is a different condition. If you have a milk allergy, Lackees is not for you.
Is Lackees available yet?
Not yet. We’re in development, and waitlist members get first access.
Learn
Get to know lactose intolerance.
Plain-language, source-cited guides to lactase and lactose intolerance. No miracle claims, just what’s actually true.
