Re: Is there a list of store bought brands that are legal?

[Guest guest]

I love the idea of a store bought legal foods list.

Here are a few things that I have found.

Lara Bars-(dates, fruit and nuts)

Trader Joes " Real Mayonaise " seems legal to me.

French made " Dijon " mustards have no sugar added.

Costco Kirkland Brand " Shaved Parmesan Cheese " has no cellulose or anything

added.

" Apple-a-day " flash pasturized fresh apple juice seems ok to me.

Barbara

>

> I have been hearing about the letters and such that get submitted

> somewhere saying that a food is legal. It would be great if there was

> a compiled list of brands or types of foods that are legal. I already

> know about that welches 100% grape juice and the tropicana oj but is

> there a collected list somewhere on line? That sure would be helpful.

>

> I bought shredded cheddar cheese about two weeks ago and did not think

> that ingredients would be added - having very very mild flair up

> symptoms so going back to the intro diet again...happened to look at

> the label today and what do you know potato starch is listed as the

> ingredient. Ii now see that others recently suggested buying a brick

> of cheese and shredding yourself. The other day it was carageenan in

> applewood farms turkey breast. I feel frustrated about the learning

> curve but realize today is another day to be in compliance. I am on

> 10 mg of Prednisone a day and I was looking forward to tapering yet

> another 2.5 mg today, but I think that I will keep the dosage where it

> is at till things stabilize - that is disappointing. I have been on

> the diet just shy of a month and a half.

>

> Aiazeen

> UC 6 yrs

> SCD 1.5 months

>

[Guest guest]

At 08:52 PM 1/25/2010, you wrote:

I love the idea of a store

bought legal foods list.

Here are a few things that I have found.

Lara Bars-(dates, fruit and nuts)

Trader Joes " Real Mayonaise " seems legal to me.

French made " Dijon " mustards have no sugar added.

Costco Kirkland Brand " Shaved Parmesan Cheese " has no cellulose

or anything added.

" Apple-a-day " flash pasturized fresh apple juice seems ok to

me.

We have an SCD-Advanced group for discussing getting store bought stuff

approved as possibly legal.

To have something okayed, you cannot just say, " I think it's

OK. " You must contact the manufacturer, and get a physical letter

from them stating that it contains no added starch, sugar, grains,

potatos, natural or artificial flavors, etc. etc. etc. If it's a

multi-ingredient item, you have to track all the ingredients. When you

have the letter, please send me a photocopy (or scan it and send me the

JPG, and I'll add it to our library.

Too, you have to realize that the same brand of something made in

different parts of the country may have different ingredients.

" President's Choice " mustard turned out to be legal in NYC, but

illegal in Atlanta, GA.

I'll lay odds that Trader Joe's won't give you a letter for any of the

products.

Having been made really, really ill by commercially processed cheese, I

won't trust it. Instead, I have one of these:

http://us.microplane.com/microplanespecialtyseriesparmesanrotarygrater.aspx

and I can make my own shredded cheddar or parmesan quickly, on the

spot.

Is that apple juice or apple cider? Is it refrigerated, and cloudy? That

clear yellow junk almost always has added sugar -- and they get away with

it by extracting sugar from other apple juice and adding it to the

" 100% apples " stuff.

—

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]

> We have an SCD-Advanced group for discussing

> getting store bought stuff approved as possibly legal.

At some point are you going to share what you've learned in that group with

those of us who aren't in it?

Liz

[Guest guest]

At 01:00 AM 1/26/2010, you wrote:

At some point are you going to

share what you've learned in that group with those of us who aren't in

it?

Well, since one of the things which must be done is get a letter, and I

don't have time to query all these manufacturers, I'll be happy to share

the letters I get -- whether someone is in that group or not. My personal

feeling on store-bought stuff is that by the time I get a letter, and

make sure about cross-contamination issues, I could just as easily have

made something safe at home.

So far, despite all the discussion of how neat a list of store-bought

foods would be, we've had exactly two letters submitted: one for Penzey's

onion and garlic powders, and the other for Cento Tomato products.

Both letters are in the library for same in this Forum.

So far, the list of foods which may be legal outside those mentioned in

BTVC is exactly what I said: I don't have any further letters.

I'll acknowledge that there are a couple of items I use which I haven't

gotten a letter for yet... but I don't mention those on the list. I have

mentioned E-lyte, an electrolyte concentrate from BodyBio which is

convenient. I have an email on that which is halfway there. I have to

write and get an actual letter.

So.... you have the report. Cento tomato products are OK and the letter

can be inspected in our library.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund