Is Braum's White Meat Chicken Salad Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Cooked All White Chicken Meat, Salad Dressing (water, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, Egg Yolks, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Mustard Flour), Celery, Sugar, Water, Chicken Base (roasted Mechanically Separated Chicken, Salt, Sugar, Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten, Rendered Chicken Fat, Onion Powder, Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate, Spice Extractives Including Turmeric), Antimicrobial Blend (maltodextrin, Cultured Dextrose, Sodium Diacetate, Nisin Preparation [sodium Chloride, Nisin Prep], Egg White Lysozyme), Vinegar, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Sodium Diacetate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, White Pepper. Contains Egg, Wheat.
What is a Alpha-Gal Friendly diet?
An Alpha-Gal diet eliminates mammalian meat and products containing mammalian-derived ingredients to prevent allergic reactions in people with alpha-gal syndrome. This includes beef, pork, lamb, dairy products, gelatin, and certain medications derived from mammals. The condition involves a specific sugar molecule found in most mammals, often triggered after a tick bite. People may experience delayed allergic reactions 3-6 hours after consuming trigger foods. The diet focuses on safe alternatives like poultry, fish, and plant-based proteins. When followed carefully, often with guidance from an allergist or dietitian, it can prevent serious reactions while maintaining adequate nutrition.


