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post #1 of 17
12/6/08 at 6:19pm
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Yet I see that Namaste sugar free pancake and waffle mix has it and yet says it's a corn free product. I've been rejecting items with xanthan gum without questions but it seems as if it can be something other than corn? Please help.
post #2 of 17
12/6/08 at 6:27pm
Xanthum gum is usually grown on corn. Namaste is the only company I know that doesn't use the corny one.
post #3 of 17
12/6/08 at 9:33pm
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Originally Posted by Chinese Pistache View Post
Xanthum gum is usually grown on corn. Namaste is the only company I know that doesn't use the corny one.
Has anyone found out what their Xanthan Gum *is* grown on?
post #4 of 17
12/6/08 at 9:36pm
Corn? I had no idea. Is there some master list of things to avoid when you can't have corn?
post #5 of 17
12/6/08 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by tayndrewsmama View Post
Corn? I had no idea. Is there some master list of things to avoid when you can't have corn?
Fortunately or unfortunately, there is

http://www.cornallergens.com/list/co...ergen-list.php
post #6 of 17
12/6/08 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by Chinese Pistache View Post
Fortunately or unfortunately, there is

http://www.cornallergens.com/list/co...ergen-list.php
Thanks, I think. Now I know why the hot cocoa we had the last two nights wasn't sitting well at all. Vanilla.
post #7 of 17
12/6/08 at 11:25pm
The Namaste stuff is grown on molasses. I don't know of any other company that sources that, but it has got to be somewhere...
post #8 of 17
12/7/08 at 12:39am
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So...for GF baking can I sub guar gum for xanthan gum??????????
post #9 of 17
12/7/08 at 12:40am
you know whats weird? My DD can tolerate xanathan gum. I mean me eating it obviously since shes 5 months. But she can't even tolerate regular salt because of the corn. Is that strange? She seems so sensitive in some senses but she tolerates that just fine....
post #10 of 17
12/7/08 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by tayndrewsmama View Post
Thanks, I think. Now I know why the hot cocoa we had the last two nights wasn't sitting well at all. Vanilla.
There is corn-safe vanilla out there... you just have to watch out for all the bad stuff. And vanillin is made from wood creosote- nasty. Two safe brands of vanilla are Vanilla from Tahiti and the Frontier brands.
post #11 of 17
12/7/08 at 2:59pm
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Originally Posted by xekomaya View Post
The Namaste stuff is grown on molasses. I don't know of any other company that sources that, but it has got to be somewhere...

The corn-free products website I use says that Namaste's xanthan gum is grown on wheat and then tested for gluten and all other protein.
post #12 of 17
12/7/08 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by DoulaMary View Post
The corn-free products website I use says that Namaste's xanthan gum is grown on wheat and then tested for gluten and all other protein.
Oh that is just, I don't know, wrong.
post #13 of 17
12/7/08 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by mtn.mama View Post
Two safe brands of vanilla are Vanilla from Tahiti and the Frontier brands.
is the frontier brand safe? i knew about vanilla from tahiti, but had read that frontier vanilla wasn't safe. just curious, because frontier is readily available to me, but i don't want to trial it and react!
post #14 of 17
12/7/08 at 3:39pm
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Originally Posted by jennert View Post
is the frontier brand safe? i knew about vanilla from tahiti, but had read that frontier vanilla wasn't safe. just curious, because frontier is readily available to me, but i don't want to trial it and react!
No clue on the Frontier vanilla, but I know that they say not to use their spices if you can't have gluten either, so it wouldn't surprise me if the vanilla wasn't safe either.

The stuff I have right now is Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Inc. I was out and grabbed it at the grocery store since it was at least GMO free and organic. Madagascar Vanilla is what it says.

FWIW, I don't recall having any problems when I was using the Frontier vanilla though. That doesn't necessarily mean anything though.
post #15 of 17
12/8/08 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by mtn.mama View Post
There is corn-safe vanilla out there... you just have to watch out for all the bad stuff. And vanillin is made from wood creosote- nasty. Two safe brands of vanilla are Vanilla from Tahiti and the Frontier brands.
I just called Frontier and they said that their vanilla is corn based.
post #16 of 17
12/8/08 at 8:12pm
Oh that's really crummy about the Namaste Their own website says molasses though -- or at least it did, so it might be worth looking into further.

You have to be super super reactive to react to corn alcohol. It does not bother us AFAIK -- just of course avoiding the cheap stuff with corn syrup added. It's really inexpensive to make your own vanilla - vanilla bean + potato vodka + time... but that doesn't really help for this holiday season.
post #17 of 17
12/8/08 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by DoulaMary View Post
The corn-free products website I use says that Namaste's xanthan gum is grown on wheat and then tested for gluten and all other protein.
Oh, brother!
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