Re: Canned tuna ingredient - legal?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_pyrophosphate

Tetrasodium pyrophosphate, also called sodium pyrophosphate

or tetrasodium phosphate, is a slightly toxic and mildly irritating

colorless transparent crystalline chemical compound with the formula

Na4P2O7. It contains the pyrophosphate ion. Toxicity is approximately

twice that of table salt when ingested orally.[1]. There is also a

hydrated form, Na4P2O7.10(H2O).[2]

Sodium pyrophosphate is used as a buffering agent, an emulsifier, and a

thickening agent, and is often used as a food additive. Common foods

containing sodium pyrophosphate include chicken nuggets, marshmallows,

pudding, crab meat, imitation crab, canned tuna, and soy-based meat

alternatives. It is the active ingredient in Bakewell, the substitute for

baking powder's acid component marketed during shortages in World War

II.

In toothpaste and dental floss, sodium pyrophosphate acts as a tartar

control agent, serving to remove calcium and magnesium from saliva and

thus preventing them from being deposited on teeth. Sodium pyrophosphate

is sometimes used in household detergents to prevent similar deposition

on clothing, but due to its phosphate content it causes eutrophication of

water, promoting algae growth.

Calcium pyrophosphate is the crystal deposited in joints in the medical

condition pseudogout.[3]

I'm insufficiently a chemist to be certain, but I'm wary of

anything used as a thickening agent.

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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'm insufficiently a chemist to be certain, but I'm wary of anything used as a thickening agent.Plus it says it's slightly toxic and mildly irritating! That right there would turn me off to it! Peace =)Alyssa 15 yoUC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Chinese Herbs (not legal but helping!)

[Guest guest]

I get the whole foods brand with no sodium. Ingredients are just tuna and water.

I do ok with it.

Wal Mart carries one now that doesn't have any broth added. It's the Starkist (I

think that's the name). I used 2 cans and had no reactions.

Misty Kimble

SCD - 2 Years

CD - no meds

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> Hi all,

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> I'm having a hard time finding canned tuna that doesn't have the dreaded

" vegetable broth " in it. I finally found some at Sam's Club last night but the

ingredients are: tuna, water, salt, pyrophosphate.

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> Does anyone know if " pyrophosphate " is legal? Or has anyone tried the Member's

Mark brand of tuna at Sam's Club?

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> Thanks!

> Caroline

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> SCD since 1/7/10

> Crohn's/Colitis since 1999

> Remicade since 6/2008

>

[Guest guest]

I get Polar. The only ingredients are Tuna, Water, & Salt. Here's the website:

http://www.mwpolar.com/allNatural1.htm

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08