Reminder! Dairy free/corn free yogurt starter is now available!

[Wugmama]

Just a reminder that the dairy free/corn free yogurt starter Kathy recommends is available (it has been out of stock for awhile).

:

Tracy

http://www.giprohealth.com/giprostart.aspx

[LBMarie9]

thanks for the reminder---it's $15 for shipping!! YIKES that makes it $45 a bottle--hmmm I want to make safe yogurt though--my husband would just DIE! anyone in ID and want to slit an ordeR?

[Wugmama]

What?! That is horrible! I found a different one online but that one is $50 for the same amount - this one is about $35. It is still going to be cheaper than buying all that S Delicios coconut milk yogurt (I hope).

~Tracy

[menomena]

I am mildly concerned about this statement:

DAIRY AND GLUTEN FREE YOGURT: The highest quality and pure LAB cultures are used in this formula. The yogurt strains are recognized to have exposure to some dairy peptones (broken down molecular structures) during their fermentation. The final culture is filtered and has less then detectable levels of dairy proteins. Considered dairy-free yogurt based on the standards established in the nutritional industry. No gluten containing ingredients are used in the production of this product.

(bolding mine)

This is the same issue I had with the PB8 Nutrition Now probiotics. Grown on dairy but "filtered/removed". This references the PROTEINS. The website references the "national standard" - the standard that allows cool whip to be "dairy-free" since there is no casein. Lobbyists are not friends to allergen-avoiders.

ETA - this sort of turned into a rant about the sneakiness of the dairy industry. I reread the quote I posted... It claims they've been exposed to "peptones." I'm not sure what those are or how they relate to allergies/intolerances.

[LBMarie9]

i guess I want to know more about their exposure to dairy--i figured that it was okay since Kathy's kids are tolerating it..i guess that was naieve (sp?! wow it's early) if i do end up spending $45 on a bottle-i better be sure my kids aren't going to have problems

Kathy if you're around---how long did this bottle last?

what is the other kind that you have that is "dairy free" ?

[kjbrown92]

Menomena: where is that statement? I didn't see it anywhere on the GI Progurt website. I have not had any problems with my kids using it and DS is EXTREMELY dairy sensitive. It lasts about a year for me. I don't make it every week (and I didn't make it all during the summer -- too lazy). Considering it's the only probiotics I can get into my kids and the only safe one, I'll pay their price.

[menomena]

i got it from the link tracy posted.

i was hoping you'd chime in. sounds interesting. i think we need to get back to baseline (again) before trying it though.

[momofmine]

I had ordered some a few weeks ago, and just got an email that it had shipped, so I'm glad its back in stock. I was thinking about trying coconut yogurt, since it seems like we've had problems with the supplements.

We aren't super sensitive to dairy though.

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by menomena

i got it from the link tracy posted.

i was hoping you'd chime in. sounds interesting. i think we need to get back to baseline (again) before trying it though.

Sorry I just got back from vacation late last night. I'm trying to catch up on everything that's happened since I left! I never noticed that statement before. Makes me wary. Though none of DD2's symptoms come up when she's eating it (or go away when she's not eating it). DS hardly ever eats it, and he's the more dairy sensitive of the two. He only gets it baked in things which kills all the probiotic property of it anyway. He's gotten pickier and pickier (which is bad when he hardly has any foods anyway) and won't have smoothies, won't dip veggies in it, etc. It's recommended for SCD and autism diets though, so it seems like it's got to be safe.

[Wugmama]

Kathy, did I post the right link? It is the stuff you use, right? I had asked my dh to order me ONE bottle and he ordered me TWO because of the shipping cost - it wasn't much more to ship 2. So I hope it works out and that my kids will eat it!

My rule of thumb has been if Kathy's dd can tolerate it, so can mine, because it seems they have similar symptoms and allergies except Kathy's dd has more of them. Luckily this had worked for me, to follow Kathy's lead.

~Tracy

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by Wugmama

Kathy, did I post the right link? It is the stuff you use, right? I had asked my dh to order me ONE bottle and he ordered me TWO because of the shipping cost - it wasn't much more to ship 2. So I hope it works out and that my kids will eat it!

My rule of thumb has been if Kathy's dd can tolerate it, so can mine, because it seems they have similar symptoms and allergies except Kathy's dd has more of them. Luckily this had worked for me, to follow Kathy's lead.

~Tracy

So what are you saying, my dd2 is a lab rat?
Don't count on my lab rat though. Your kid could start wanting independence and getting new allergies (or does my DD2 have so many that she encompasses them all?). My kids are pathetic. This is so sad.

[menomena]

oh kathy.