Re: Question on Thickener/Powdered Milk

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No, milk is milk and contains lactose. Cool soups slightly and add yogurt (SCD kind) Boiled pureed onion is a thickener. I use almond flour.Hi, Is it legal to add legal powdered milk to soups, etc. to make it more creamy and thicken it? Carol F.Celiac, SCD 8 years,MCS, Latex Allergyhttp://www.celiac.com/authors/143/Carol-Frileghhttp://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcf-diet/sc-diet.htm

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Thanks, one more question. Are powdered whole eggs, egg whites or egg yolks legal? Here's a link.

http://tinyurl.com/yw4jwb

No, milk is milk and contains lactose. Cool soups slightly and add yogurt (SCD kind) Boiled pureed onion is a thickener. I use almond flour.

Hi,

Is it legal to add legal powdered milk to soups, etc. to make it more creamy and thicken it?

Carol F.

Celiac, SCD 8 years,MCS, Latex Allergy

http://www.celiac.com/authors/143/Carol-Frilegh

http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcf-diet/sc-diet.htm

-- Best,Debbie

Crohn's Disease dx'd 3/02SCD--Dec05-May06; Jan07

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At 08:46 PM 1/8/2008, you wrote:

Is it legal to add legal

powdered milk to soups, etc. to make it more creamy and thicken

it?

Absolutely it is illegal! Powdered milk is legal for one thing: to

reconstitute it as regular milk (without adding extra to it for more

" cream " ) and then ferment it as SCD yogurt.

You can, however, make SCD yogurt, drip it really, really well, and then

add a tablespoon or two of that to your soups.

I make some interesting cream soups.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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At 09:03 PM 1/8/2008, you wrote:

Thanks, one more question.

Are powdered whole eggs, egg whites or egg yolks legal? Here's a

link.

So what's wrong with real, fresh eggs?

Eggs are legal. Egg yolks are legal. Egg whites are legal.

I am, however, very suspicious of commercially dried stuff like this. In

the early days, I really, really, really wanted to recreate some of the

convenience foods that I found so useful. I also wanted to be able to

have SCD-legal foods that did not require refrigeration in the event of a

hurricane.

I tracked down a company which made a product similar to the eggs, only

it was tomato powder. (Just THINK how useful and unsalted tomato powder

that you could reconstitute to tomato paste, or sauce, or whatever would

be.) I wrote them, and we exchanged several emails back and forth and

back and forth. They ASSURED me that there was nothing in their product

that could POSSIBLY be a problem. Meanwhile, I kept digging around their

web site for production information, and came across the tidbit that the

tomato powder was tomatoes in a food grade matrix to ensure free-flowing.

Alarm bells went off in my head, even at that early stage in my SCD

career.

I wrote again and said, " So tell me about this food grade matrix in

your tomato powder. You said it was just tomatoes. "

Back came the response, " Oh, that... that's just a little

maltodextrin... that won't hurt anything! "

My next note was, " Maltodextrin was on the list of things I

absolutely can't have that I sent you at the beginning. How DARE you say

it won't hurt! "

So, I'm very, very suspicious of things like those eggs.

Our standard rule is that you must write the company and get a letter on

the company stationary, signed by an appropriate company official stating

what is and isn't in their product, ie, that it is just eggs, with no

additives, no processing aids, etc. etc. If you get that, you may be

decide whether or not YOU wish to use the product. But if you do, and if

you have a problem, then it would be one of the first things I would pull

out of my eating.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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I like real fresh eggs. I had this bookmarked. I thought I'd check on the legality to keep it in the pantry 'just in case'. Same with powdered milk. Thanks, guess I'll leave it off.

At 09:03 PM 1/8/2008, you wrote:

Thanks, one more question. Are powdered whole eggs, egg whites or egg yolks legal? Here's a link.So what's wrong with real, fresh eggs?Eggs are legal. Egg yolks are legal. Egg whites are legal.

I am, however, very suspicious of commercially dried stuff like this. In the early days, I really, really, really wanted to recreate some of the convenience foods that I found so useful. I also wanted to be able to have SCD-legal foods that did not require refrigeration in the event of a hurricane.

I tracked down a company which made a product similar to the eggs, only it was tomato powder. (Just THINK how useful and unsalted tomato powder that you could reconstitute to tomato paste, or sauce, or whatever would be.) I wrote them, and we exchanged several emails back and forth and back and forth. They ASSURED me that there was nothing in their product that could POSSIBLY be a problem. Meanwhile, I kept digging around their web site for production information, and came across the tidbit that the tomato powder was tomatoes in a food grade matrix to ensure free-flowing. Alarm bells went off in my head, even at that early stage in my SCD career.I wrote again and said, " So tell me about this food grade matrix in your tomato powder. You said it was just tomatoes. "

Back came the response, " Oh, that... that's just a little maltodextrin... that won't hurt anything! " My next note was, " Maltodextrin was on the list of things I absolutely can't have that I sent you at the beginning. How DARE you say it won't hurt! "

So, I'm very, very suspicious of things like those eggs.Our standard rule is that you must write the company and get a letter on the company stationary, signed by an appropriate company official stating what is and isn't in their product, ie, that it is just eggs, with no additives, no processing aids, etc. etc. If you get that, you may be decide whether or not YOU wish to use the product. But if you do, and if you have a problem, then it would be one of the first things I would pull out of my eating.

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

-- Best,Debbie

Crohn's Disease dx'd 3/02SCD--Dec05-May06; Jan07