Re: almond butter question

[Guest guest]

Your instincts were correct- it is NOT okay to use nut butters made from roasted

nuts. The process they use when they roast them involves using starches to keep

everything separated.

You can give your hubby the raw walnut/raw cashew butter.

Looks like you'll have to eat up that delicious almond butter yourself!!!

-Joanna

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> I bought some almond butter yesterday from whole foods. You grind it your-self

there at the store. But, I remember it said whole dry roasted almonds. Is this

o.k. I need to know before I give to hubby today.?I also bought walnut butter

with cashews, its in a jar (ingreds 100%Organic Ray Walnuts and 100% Organic raw

Cashews)I can save this walnut one for later on but I need to know I am worried

about the Dry Roasted Almonds I ground up ?

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[Guest guest]

So, if you make your almond butter yourself from roasted nuts its ok, but if you

buy already made roasted almond butter it's not ok? Just to make sure I

understand.

If you buy already made raw almond butter is that ok?

Thanks,

June

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your-self there at the store. But, I remember it said whole dry roasted almonds.

Is this o.k. I need to know before I give to hubby today.?I also bought walnut

butter with cashews, its in a jar (ingreds 100%Organic Ray Walnuts and 100%

Organic raw Cashews)I can save this walnut one for later on but I need to know I

am worried about the Dry Roasted Almonds I ground up ?

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[Guest guest]

At 07:00 AM 8/25/2010, you wrote:

I bought some almond butter

yesterday from whole foods. You grind it your-self there at the store.

It may be a little advanced because I believe that the nuts they use have

the skins on them.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

UGH!!! I thought it was the roasted/salted MIXED nuts that weren't legal. I just

spent a bunch on some roasted pecans (no salt) from Trader Joe's, and some

roasted macadamia nuts (no salt) from the bulk bin at Sprouts. My only concern

was the scoop I used for the macadamias (it could have been in any number of

illegals), but since I couldn't find macadamias anywhere else, I threw caution

to the wind. I hope I'm far enough along on the diet that this won't cause

problems, as I've already made everything into brownies to stock my freezer. I

can't afford to toss everything and start over :-(

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> >> I bought some almond butter yesterday from whole foods. You grind it

your-self there at the store. But, I remember it said whole dry roasted almonds.

Is this o.k. I need to know before I give to hubby today.?I also bought walnut

butter with cashews, its in a jar (ingreds 100%Organic Ray Walnuts and 100%

Organic raw Cashews)I can save this walnut one for later on but I need to know I

am worried about the Dry Roasted Almonds I ground up ?

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[Guest guest]

I have used them A LOT. I always react to nut butters; however, I reacted to

pre-jarred brands way more than the WF brand. I would proceed with caution.

Misty Kimble

CD - no meds

SCD - Jan 2008

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> >> I bought some almond butter yesterday from whole foods. You grind it

your-self there at the store. But, I remember it said whole dry roasted almonds.

Is this o.k. I need to know before I give to hubby today.?I also bought walnut

butter with cashews, its in a jar (ingreds 100%Organic Ray Walnuts and 100%

Organic raw Cashews)I can save this walnut one for later on but I need to know I

am worried about the Dry Roasted Almonds I ground up ?

[Guest guest]

That's what I thought too. I thought it was only the mixed nuts that we had to

be concerned about.

Amber

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> UGH!!! I thought it was the roasted/salted MIXED nuts that weren't legal.

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> Holly

> Crohn's

> SCD 12/01/08

[Guest guest]

Thank-you for slowing me down, its real hard though, husband is at 164 lbs and

holding., gotta go to Dr. next Tues. he was at 171 last time dr.saw him that was

6 or 7 wks ago, I did do the jared walnut cashew blend 1tsp. monday, then tues

did 2 T pureed peaches tues he said peaches hurt his stomach 30 mins or so.Then

last night I made him a smoothie with 1/4 avocado , 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/2 cup

grape j.,1 T honey. and last night he bleed 2 or 3 times. so its just very

frustrating, live and learn.

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> > >> I bought some almond butter yesterday from whole foods. You grind it

your-self there at the store. But, I remember it said whole dry roasted almonds.

Is this o.k. I need to know before I give to hubby today.?I also bought walnut

butter with cashews, its in a jar (ingreds 100%Organic Ray Walnuts and 100%

Organic raw Cashews)I can save this walnut one for later on but I need to know I

am worried about the Dry Roasted Almonds I ground up ?

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[Guest guest]

Holly,

You could always rinse them if you seem to have a problem. A little

drying in a very low oven, or dehydrator of course if you have one, would

take care of any moisture. But maybe they'll be OK. I haven't had

trouble with individual nuts from Trader Joe's, though I usually get raw

nuts. But I think I've had some roasted and been OK.

UGH!!! I thought it was the roasted/salted MIXED nuts that weren't

legal. I just spent a bunch on some roasted pecans (no salt) from Trader

Joe's, and some roasted macadamia nuts (no salt) from the bulk bin at

Sprouts. My only concern was the scoop I used for the macadamias (it

could have been in any number of illegals), but since I couldn't find

macadamias anywhere else, I threw caution to the wind. I hope I'm far

enough along on the diet that this won't cause problems, as I've already

made everything into brownies to stock my freezer. I can't afford to toss

everything and start over :-(

Holly

[Guest guest]

Okay, I am totally embarrassed that I gave bad advice. However, I am happy that

it sparked a discussion. I wanted to make sure this is correct...

In a nutshell (HA HA HA!):

-NO roasted nut mixes

-YES roasted nuts (if just one kind)

-YES raw nut butters

-YES roasted nut butters (but they usually have skins so they are more advanced)

-BE CAUTIOUS of bulk nuts as there might be cross-contamination

Does that sound right?

-Joanna

SCD 9/2009, Crohn's 1992, 20mg Prednisone

[Guest guest]

That sounds like a good idea! And if I wash them right before I make them into

butter, I won't have to dehydrate either :-). I'm going to keep my eyes peeled

for another local source of macadamias though. I'd feel better if they were

packaged. I thought about asking for a clean scoop, but since other people are

digging in the bin with " dirty " scoops, the nuts could still be potentially

contaminated.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> Holly,

> You could always rinse them if you seem to have a problem. A little

> drying in a very low oven, or dehydrator of course if you have one,

> would take care of any moisture. But maybe they'll be OK. I haven't

> had trouble with individual nuts from Trader Joe's, though I usually

> get raw nuts. But I think I've had some roasted and been OK.

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[Guest guest]

Whew, thanks for the clarification to everyone who posted :-). I feel much

better knowing I haven't been eating starch!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

> >That's what I thought too. I thought it was only

> >the mixed nuts that we had to be concerned about.

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> That's correct.

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> The starch in the roasted nuts that we are

> concerned about is used to hold salt and

> flavorings on because they are using no oil.

> Plain, roasted, unsalted nuts typically do not have starch on them.

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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

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>