where can I buy guar gum ? ... and Gluten free baking mixes are at Safeway

February 15, 2008

Maybe I just missed it at the Cupertino Whole Foods when I looked

but...

I have some recipes which call for guar gum and I can't find it

anywhere. I had done some research online and found a site that said

I'd find it at Indian/Pakistani markets. Being in Sunnyvale I thought

great since there are Indian markets everywhere but after hitting 3

in a row with no luck (and blank stares as to what the heck guar gum

was), and tried an asian market too (plus Safeway, Lucky and Trader

Joe's) I'm thinking I need to put these recipes on hold and order

online. UNLESS.. any of you know any local places where I can buy it?

many thanks!

Jean

PS I stopped at a Safeway I don't usually frequent - the one on El

Camino near Wolfe/ (across from PetSmart and Best Buy) in

Sunnyvale. They had a bunch of the Gluten-Free Pantry baking mixes as

well as Arrowhead Mills gluten free pizza crust mix - I haven't seen

these in my local Safeway. The Gluten-Free Pantry mixes were 10% off.

I bought one of each (even though I'm not that partial to using

mixes) because being a club card holder, I wanted to encourage

Safeway to bring in more gluten free products and let them notice how

much my monthly spend has dropped at Safeway since going gluten free

and spending at Whole Foods instead. So heads up if you're interested

in stocking up on the mixes.

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