Re: Kirkman ALA - flavored or not?

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In a message dated 12/01/2010 03:13:06 GMT Standard Time, lwwpv35@...

writes:

Hi all, I went to order my ALA from Kirkman today and they asked me if I

wanted the flavored casules or the non-flavored. I didn't know what to get!

What does everyone use? And if I get the non-flavored, what liquid does

everyone use to mask the taste?

>>I always used flavoured, no point making things even harder IMHO, my lad

nearly 13 still does not swallow caps

Mandi in UK

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In a message dated 12/01/2010 07:55:51 GMT Standard Time, Mum231ASD@...

writes:

Hi all, I went to order my ALA from Kirkman today and they asked me if I

wanted the flavored casules or the non-flavored. I didn't know what to

get!

What does everyone use? And if I get the non-flavored, what liquid does

everyone use to mask the taste?

>>I always used flavoured, no point making things even harder IMHO, my lad

nearly 13 still does not swallow caps

>>Also wanted to say the flavour that Kirkman used in ALA and DMSA is

unique and not the same as other flavours they do

Mandi in UK

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We stick to the hypoallergenic of everything at Kirkman, same with the ALA - we

mix the ALA in with juice to mask the flavored. They use a lot of additives and

flavorings in the non-hypo stuff that a lot of our kids can't tolerate, my son

among them. We learned this the hard way.

Irene

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> Hi all, I went to order my ALA from Kirkman today and they asked me if I

wanted the flavored casules or the non-flavored. I didn't know what to get!

What does everyone use? And if I get the non-flavored, what liquid does

everyone use to mask the taste?

> Thanks!

> Tarin

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If you are not going to open/dump the capsules, then there is absolutely no

reason for flavored capsules. Even if you open them up, ALA itself is

tasteless. I think it is silly for them to make flavored ones, but I know they

want to appease people. I ordered flavored this time by accident. They smell

so fruity it is gross.

ALA has a shard-like quality to it. If you are opening and dumping to make

smaller doses, be careful about how you mix it with liquid (mix it well!) or

food. It can irritate the throat.

I always get the hypo-allergenic options for all of their products (that they

offer that way). Just a mistake this time I won't repeat.

Pam

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> Hi all, I went to order my ALA from Kirkman today and they asked me if I

wanted the flavored casules or the non-flavored. I didn't know what to get!

What does everyone use? And if I get the non-flavored, what liquid does

everyone use to mask the taste?

> Thanks!

> Tarin

>

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" Flavored " means using a sweetener to add taste.

Kirkman's used Stevia for this, and their choice of a bad supplier (from China)

led to their recent troubles with high antimony levels.

Why risk anything like that unless you really need to?? I'd suggest keeping

things very simple. Split open the unflavored capsules and hide the taste in

juice. We used syringes for that (and to break up the doses into the proper

amounts) when starting out and it worked fine.

Best of luck.

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> Hi all, I went to order my ALA from Kirkman today and they asked me if I

wanted the flavored casules or the non-flavored. I didn't know what to get!

What does everyone use? And if I get the non-flavored, what liquid does

everyone use to mask the taste?

> Thanks!

> Tarin

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