Where do you buy guar gum?

[Shelsi]

In the adventures of being newly gluten-free I've realized a large chunk of the recipes call for xanthum gum which we can't have since dd is corn allergic. I can't seem to find guar gum anywhere though Do I have to order it online? Ds's birthday party is on Saturday and I was really hoping I could make dd and I some cupcakes so we didn't feel left out.

[kjbrown92]

The guar gum I have in my cupboard right now is Bob's Red Mill. But I got a small jar of it at the Health Food Store before that. Can you call around to some of them and check? I know I haven't seen it at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.

[kjbrown92]

You could also do something that's a treat, but not cake, if you can't find it. Enjoy Life chocolate chips melted so you can dip strawberries into it? Coconut milk ice cream and make your own sundaes? I don't use either gum in things like my carrot cake muffins which are very dessert like.

[Shelsi]

For some ridiculous reason there are not many HFS around at all except for Whole Foods and TJs. And the Whole Foods here are really terrible compared to the one I had where we lived in the southwest. I thought moving to D.C that I'd have tons and tons of more options since it has such a huge population but instead there's tons of stuff I can't find. It's really frustrating.

[Chinese Pistache]

We got BRM brand at WF.

[Shelsi]

We're going to a different WF tonight so hopefully they'll have it. We'll see.