Re: Re: Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

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Jill....

Just make sure the cultures listed in your " regular yogurt " are limited to these

three:

L.acidophilus, S.thermophilus, and L.bulgaricus.

I think Dannon brand plain yogurt is one of the few that are okay. I order the

Yogourmet starter from Lucy's.

Patti

Re: Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

Thanks for your help Patti. I went back to the store and just made

my first batch of yogurt with cow's milk and regular yogurt. I hope

it works out!

-Jill

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The only yogurt I found that is okay is Fage, which is at Trader Joes, at least

in southern CA ( and I also saw it at a Pikes Place deli in Seattle.) The

Dannon yogurt I have seen recently is not okay. Straus would be okay if it

didn't have bifidus, and all the others I have seen have tapioca or pectin or

gum or worse in them.

Lorilyn

Just make sure the cultures listed in your " regular yogurt " are limited to

these three:

L.acidophilus, S.thermophilus, and L.bulgaricus.

I think Dannon brand plain yogurt is one of the few that are okay. I order the

Yogourmet starter from Lucy's.

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Lorilyn, That's good to know about the Dannon plain. What was the illegal

ingredient in it... do you remember?

I have never used it as a starter, but I know it used to be okay... in fact, I

was at their website just a few weeks ago and reading the label info there, it

looked acceptable.

But, it just goes to show that we always need to read our labels... every single

time. They may have changed the product and just not updated their site.

Patti

Re: Re: Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

The only yogurt I found that is okay is Fage, which is at Trader Joes, at

least in southern CA ( and I also saw it at a Pikes Place deli in Seattle.) The

Dannon yogurt I have seen recently is not okay. Straus would be okay if it

didn't have bifidus, and all the others I have seen have tapioca or pectin or

gum or worse in them.

Lorilyn

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I think it was the Plain nonfat or lowfat, which was in itself hard to find, and

when I found it, it was " illegal. " Very frustrating. Dannon is pushing the

" activa " yogurt now, plain yogurts are clearly not a popular item.

Oh well, I am happy with Fage. It would be *perfect* if I could verify that the

strain of good bacteria in it was the one that helped with oxalates. Apparently

there are something like 200 different strains of lactobacilus!

Lorilyn

Hi Lorilyn and Patti,

> Lorilyn, That's good to know about the Dannon plain. What was the

illegal ingredient in it... do you remember?

Could it have been the Dannon Natural Plain NonFat or LowFat, they

both have pectin? (I was looking at all the yogurt in the refrigerator

case at the grocery and was completely mesmerized - Low fat, Non fat,

Sugar free, stirred, extra creamy, not to mention all the flavours)

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and

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Hi all, thought I'd jump in and say that I just used Dannon as starter -

it's the All Natural Plain (not the low or non fat which do contain pectin).

Here is the link to the BTVC website about starters that mentions Dannon

http://breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/yoghurt/yog_starters.htm

which does say to avoid the low fat. And here is a link to another section

that mentions the change in labeling (although apparently it's still ok to

use)

http://breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/yoghurt_dannon_for_starter\

..htm. I

was concerned that they don't list the cultures anymore, so I came on the

list and asked if anyone was still using it. I got a number of responses

saying that people have called the company to verify that there is no

Biffidus in it, and they were told that the formula of s. thermophilus,

l. bulgaricus, and acidophilus hasn't changed - they just list " live yogurt

cultures " instead of listing the first two separately like they used to.

Then, I called to ask myself, and I was told the same thing. I also told

them my situation, and that it was important for medical reasons that I do

not ingest any cultures with " bifid " anywhere in the name. They told me it

is not in there, and there is still only the three I mentioned. I didn't ask

for it to be written on a letterhead, but I would think that they would just

as easily lie in writing as they would on the phone - but perhaps I am

mistaken about that.

I am crossing my fingers that the regular (not low or non fat) Dannon is

still ok, because it is really all I can get right now (been having a lot of

trouble receiving things I've ordered - lots of trouble with mail in my area

for the past few weeks). Anyway I hope this info helps.

Lora

Re: Re: Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

>I think it was the Plain nonfat or lowfat, which was in itself hard to

>find, and when I found it, it was " illegal. " Very frustrating. Dannon is

>pushing the " activa " yogurt now, plain yogurts are clearly not a popular

>item.

>

> Oh well, I am happy with Fage. It would be *perfect* if I could verify

> that the strain of good bacteria in it was the one that helped with

> oxalates. Apparently there are something like 200 different strains of

> lactobacilus!

> Lorilyn

>

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> Hi Lorilyn and Patti,

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> > Lorilyn, That's good to know about the Dannon plain. What was the

> illegal ingredient in it... do you remember?

>

> Could it have been the Dannon Natural Plain NonFat or LowFat, they

> both have pectin? (I was looking at all the yogurt in the refrigerator

> case at the grocery and was completely mesmerized - Low fat, Non fat,

> Sugar free, stirred, extra creamy, not to mention all the flavours)

>

> Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

> mom of and

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