to in cheese and MAPLE extract

[Guest guest]

Most of the cheese I pick up at the supermarket has " annato " added for

color. Is this okay?

Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal? The one

at our supermarket doesn't have sugar in it but it does say " Natural

Flavors. " Whatever that means.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

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> Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal? The one

> at our supermarket doesn't have sugar in it but it does say " Natural

> Flavors. " Whatever that means.

Natural flavors is on the illegal list and can contain a whole littany

of interesting ingredients such as MSG (and other neurotoxins) and is

anything BUT natural. The food/chemical industry has some a masterful

job at hiding things under the natural flavors umbrella. The term

that's used is " nature identical " which is the chemical equivalent to

the natural ingredient. There are several books on the subject.

Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

[Guest guest]

At 07:12 AM 11/12/2008, you wrote:

Most of the cheese I pick up at

the supermarket has " annato " added for color. Is this

okay?

to is legal. Although I have run across some concerns on it. I think

I'd be up the proverbial creek with no visible means of propulsion if I

had to go for annato-free cheddar!

>> Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal? The

one at our supermarket doesn't have sugar in it but it does say

" Natural Flavors. " Whatever that means. <<

I haven't found one yet. Someone else may have. " Natural

flavors " makes it illegal.

—

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]

Hi ,

As Marilyn said, annato is legal. I do my best to avoid it though. The only cheese I've ever seen it in is cheddar so I just buy white cheddar, which doesn't have it.

I've also hunted high and low for a legal maple extract and haven't found one yet.

Best wishes,

Kim H.

husband, , CD 1999, SCD 2002

Most of the cheese I pick up at the supermarket has "annato" added forcolor. Is this okay?Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal? The oneat our supermarket doesn't have sugar in it but it does say "NaturalFlavors." Whatever that means.Thanks

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> Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal?

Hi ,

I have been using maple extract that I ordered from Faerie's Finest

(http://www.faeriesfinest.com/). I contacted them prior to ordering and

they confirmed that there were no additives. I have used it since

beginning SCD with no ill effects.

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD since 7/07

med-free, symptom-free since 7/08

[Guest guest]

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>> Does anyone know of a brand of Maple Extract that is legal?

>

> Hi ,

>

> I have been using maple extract that I ordered from Faerie's Finest

> (http://www.faeriesfinest.com/). I contacted them prior to ordering

> and

> they confirmed that there were no additives. I have used it since

> beginning SCD with no ill effects.

Just curious - how do you get maple flavor without the sugar added in?

Is it distilled or something?

Mara

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> Just curious - how do you get maple flavor without the sugar added in?

>

> Is it distilled or something?

>

> Mara

>

Hi Mara,

I found this link (http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--

33447/maple-extract.asp) that says:

" A food flavoring extracted from oils within sugar maple trees that is

processed into a combination of maple flavoring with an alcohol base. "

So, I guess without a detailed chemical analysis it would be hard to

determine the structure ... but I thought maple extract was something

mentioned in BTVC (i.e., maple extract + honey as a pancake syrup

replacement). Maybe since it's an oil, it doesn't contain sugar ... or

it's a compound like honey?

As with anything SCD, though, if in doubt, leave it out! I can just say

that my personal experience with this has been okay.

Kathy