Re: Lactic Acid Starter

[Guest guest]

Steph-

> >So, given that, what do you think the chances are that some of this SCD

> >illegal dextrose is left in the final product?

I should add that genuinely pure dextrose is OK because it's just

glucose, but most commercial dextrose isn't pure and so is

illegal. I'd like to learn more about this " lactic acid starter "

stuff, but it's not sounding good.

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[Guest guest]

Idol wrote:

>Steph-

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>>My understanding is that corn dextrose is being used to feed the

>>starter. So, the starter feeds off the dextrose in the same way that

>>yogurt bacteria feed off the lactose in milk. People that are allergic

>>to corn are reacting to it, so there is some element of corn left in the

>>final product.

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>Well, dextrose is just glucose, a monosaccharide, so the real

>question then is how pure it is, and if people are getting allergic

>reactions to it, it may not be very pure at all.

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In the interest of complete and accurate information, the our reactions

here are IgG and not IgE. The fine distinction is that the medical

community--and food manufacturers--wouldn't call this an allergy and

most dismiss the possibility of IgG's entirely. Also, I have the

canaries in the mine who react to pharmaceutical grade citric acid,

which the chemists insist shouldn't cause a problem (but they might be

thinking IgE when they say this).

So if the dextrose is SCD legal, then this LAS is merely our particular

problem and not something that would be a problem for the Pecanbread

community. Selfishly, as much as I'd like to see their weight come to

bear on making this food safe for our family again, it might not be an

issue for anyone else.....it may be pure enough for the purposes of SCD

after all, yk?

--s