Re: larabar peanut butter cookie?

[Guest guest]

nothing made by larabar is officially legal.

adam

JH wrote:

Does anyone know if the Larabar peanut butter, made with

peanut butter, date and salt is legal?

JAH

SCD 4 years

http://www.glutenfreeeugene.org/xl2/scd.html

-- Adam ow

Cowell ('97)

UR-Delaware

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(fax)

davidow@...

[Guest guest]

At 04:19 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

Does anyone know if the Larabar

peanut butter, made with peanut butter, date and salt is

legal?

They are not officially legal. Some Larabars have been determined to be

OK as an advanced food by people who were asymptomatic. I have not looked

at the label on this one, nor have I tried it. Keep in mind that peanut

butter can be a problem for many people and that we do not know if this

peanut butter might not have had sugar or other illegals added.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

I doubt that would be an issue. They are one company that doesn't put sugar into any of their goods. There might be some iillegal processing agents - but sugar I doubt strenuously. Mara At 04:19 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote: Does anyone know if the Larabar peanut butter, made with peanut butter, date and salt is legal? They are not officially legal. Some Larabars have been determined to be OK as an advanced food by people who were asymptomatic. I have not looked at the label on this one, nor have I tried it. Keep in mind that peanut butter can be a problem for many people and that we do not know if this peanut butter might not have had sugar or other illegals added. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 05:54 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

I doubt that would be an

issue. They are one company that doesn't put sugar into any of

their goods. There might be some iillegal processing agents - but

sugar I doubt strenuously.

I have found the Larabars I have tried to be acceptable, and I agree with

you that they don't normally add any sugar to any other their products.

But it's the same old " they may not have added it, but if the person

they got the peanut butter from did.... "

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

I've said it before on this list  - Larabars were a lifesaver when I first started SCD and was craving sweets like a fiend. I've never had a bad reaction with any of the flavors I've tried. They do have a new sub-brand out that contains cocoa - I assume this would be a problem but the rest of them have been fine for me.Harvey Crohns 13 yearsSCD 5 monthsMed free 5 months At 05:54 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:I doubt that would be an issue.  They are one company that doesn't put sugar into any of their goods.  There might be some iillegal processing agents - but sugar I doubt strenuously. I have found the Larabars I have tried to be acceptable, and I agree with you that they don't normally add any sugar to any other their products. But it's the same old "they may not have added it, but if the person they got the peanut butter from did...."— Marilyn    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA    Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001    Darn Good SCD Cook    No Human Children    Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund        

[Guest guest]

my son (12 yrs old, crohn's - 2 yrs) has been using

them as well with good results.

adam

Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote:

At 05:54 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

I doubt that would be an

issue. They are one company that doesn't put sugar into any of

their goods. There might be some iillegal processing agents - but

sugar I doubt strenuously.

I have found the Larabars I have tried to be acceptable, and I agree

with

you that they don't normally add any sugar to any other their products.

But it's the same old "they may not have added it, but if the person

they got the peanut butter from did...."

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

-- Adam ow

Cowell ('97)

UR-Delaware

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(fax)

davidow@...

[Guest guest]

I think what Marilyn constantly reiterates is that on SCD we should

make our own make our own make our own since the 2% rule, 3rd parties

and a whole list of reasons that I won't type out. What we do with-in

that is our own personal choice like buying Larabars.

I am happy that there are -some- things out there people can buy ready

made. I really am as I understand how hard all of this is! I cannot

buy Larabars, I don't know if I am part of the minority in that sense.

I think Marliyn walks a fine rope here because all of us are all so

different and our tolerances are just a rainbow of varying degrees!

She has to keep that in mind all the time. Also There is no single

process of people who are qualified to systematically RECHECK the

legality of products. So blanket statements of something being

" legal " becomes tricky. How do we know if the factory changes or like

if a company is bought or a whole slew of logistics besides day to day

operations of quality ingredients or the process of manufacturing etc.

Just because it applied 3 months ago- how do we know it applies today?

I think Marilyn just wants us all to stick to the diet and stay well

and she points that out all the time.. Yes, it's a bummer but she is

right.. She ain't be dissing larabars.. We just have to proceed with

caution and be weary.

Jodi

SCD 12 months

Crohn's/Colitis

[Guest guest]

At 06:34 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

I've said it before on this

list - Larabars were a lifesaver when I first started SCD and was

craving sweets like a fiend. I've never had a bad reaction with any of

the flavors I've tried.

I'm glad, then, that the product was there when you needed it.

See, if I had tried Larabars when I was first on SCD, I would have

assumed SCD didn't work, because I didn't (and still don't) tolerate much

fruit.

I'm working on recipes for homemade fruit and nut bars, because while I

like the ones I've had, they're pretty much same old, same old.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 06:40 PM 10/22/2008, you wrote:

my son (12 yrs old,

crohn's - 2 yrs) has been using them as well with good

results.

Adam,

I'm very glad they've worked for your son.

If people choose to use commercial products, that's their choice. But we

don't have an official SCD-legal board, and as a consequence, I can only

repeat Elaine's mantra of " Make your own, make your own, make your

own. "

I've lost track of the number of times where, unlike your son, someone

says, " SCD doesn't work! " Then when we dig into it, we find out

that they were using commercial products, or that they added this herbal

remedy or that vitamin supplement (which often turns out to either be

illegal or contain illegals) and that's when the problem began.

But people never blame the tweaks they made to the diet in BTVC.

They blame SCD.

That's only one of the reasons I'm so adamant about not recommending

commercial products myself. I've had too many bad reactions to them, even

if the person recommending them did just fine.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund