Re: Re: Corn in xanthan gum?

[Guest guest]

Same type of thing as the butter issue. Some say that

it is free of milk protein while others say that there

is no way to guarantee that. You'll probably just

have to make the call.

--- mturner@... wrote:

> I asked my allergist about xanthan gum. She said it

> is OK because

> the allergy is only to corn protein and the xanthan

> gum (as well as

> corn syrup, corn oil, corn startch etc.) don't

> contain the protein.

> I would be interested if anyone believes differently

> as I am just

> starting to eliminate corn out of my son's diet.

>

>

>

>

> > I was just looking into what, exactly, xanthan gum

> is

> > made of, and I found this link:

> >

> > http://www.xanthan.org.uk/

> >

> > It says that xanthan gum is made by fermenting

> corn

> > with microorganisms. Is this true? Is this a

> concern

> > for those who are also corn-free? Just curious.

> >

> >

> >

> > =====

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

What exactly is the corn " protein " in then?

Thanks,

April

Re: Corn in xanthan gum?

> I asked my allergist about xanthan gum. She said it is OK because

> the allergy is only to corn protein and the xanthan gum (as well as

> corn syrup, corn oil, corn startch etc.) don't contain the protein.

> I would be interested if anyone believes differently as I am just

> starting to eliminate corn out of my son's diet.

>

>

>

>

> > I was just looking into what, exactly, xanthan gum is

> > made of, and I found this link:

> >

> > http://www.xanthan.org.uk/

> >

> > It says that xanthan gum is made by fermenting corn

> > with microorganisms. Is this true? Is this a concern

> > for those who are also corn-free? Just curious.

> >

> >

> >

> > =====

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Deborah, where do you find NOW xanthan gum? Thanks SharonC.

[Guest guest]

Deborah, where do you find NOW xanthan gum? Thanks SharonC.