LACTOSE, DEGRADATION IS ESSENTIALLY THE MEANS BY WHICH LACTOSE DEGRADES. HERE THIS WORK AIMS AT MODELLING THIS RATE OF DEGRADTION TO ENSURE THAT USERS OF LACTOSE IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE ACADEMIA ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE OPTIMUM RATE OF DEGRADATION OF SIMPLE SUGARS AS WELL AS COMPLEX SUGARS SUCH AS LACTOSE. THIS WOULD AID LACTOSE PRODUCERS AND MANUFACTURERS DECIDE THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE LACTOSE THEY PRODUCE AND HOW IT CAN BE IMPROVED TO ENSURE PROPER ASSIMILATION IN THE BODY