Is Double Chocolate Cake Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Cake (Caster Sugar, Canola Oil, Egg, Wheat Flour (Vitamins (Thiamin, Folic Acid)), Water, Cocoa Powder, Humectants (422, 420), Whey Powder (Milk), Natural Colour (150c), Emulsifiers (471 (Soy), 481* From Palm, 477 (Soy), 471** From Palm), Emulsifier (Water, Humectants (420, 1520), Emulsifiers (471 (Soy), 475), Acidity Regulator (570), Raising Agent (500), Natural Flavouring, Iodised Salt, Stabilisers (412, 466), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Anticaking Agent (341), Baking Powder (Mineral Salts (450, 500), Rice Flour, Raising Agent (341)), Icing (Icing Sugar Mixture (Sugar, Maize Starch), Margarine (Palm Oil**, Water, Salt, Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, 471), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Natural Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (330), Natural Colour (Carotene), Antioxidant (307b)), Shortening (Canola Oil, Palm Oil**, Coconut Oil, Emulsifiers (435, 471), Antioxidant (307b), Natural Flavour), Water, Neufchatel Cheese (Milk, Cream (Milk), Salt, Stabilisers (410, 412), Starter Culture (Milk)), Creamer (Glucose (Wheat), Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Emulsifier (471), Stabiliser (340), Anticaking Agent (551)), Cocoa Powder, Humectant (422), Natural Flavouring, Iodised Salt, Emulsifier (Water, Stabilisers (412, 466), Emulsifiers (471 (Soy), 475), Acidity Regulator (570)), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Stabiliser (412)), Dark Chocolate Decoration (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavouring).
Look up any ingredient →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.


