Is Flora Italian Butter Cookies Alpha-Gal Friendly?

No. This product is not Alpha-Gal friendly as it lists 3 ingredients that do not comply and 6 ingredients that may not comply.

Why it's not alpha-gal friendly

  • cream
  • whey
  • salted butter
  • natural and artificial flavor
  • dextrose
  • vitamin a palmitate added
  • natural flavor
  • +2 more

cream

Dietitian note

Cream is composed of the fat layer skimmed from the top of milk (dairy) and thus contains alpha-gal.

Note by Team Spoonful, Clinical nutrition experts

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Ingredients

Flour (Bleach Wheat, Niacin, Reduce Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Enzyme, Folic Acid), Shortening (Palm Olein/Palm Stearin Trans Blend), Salted Butter (Cream, Salt, Natural Flavor), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (A Presevative), Citric Acid, Naturaland, Artificial Flavor, Betacarotene(Color), Vitamin A Palmitate Added, Whey) Sugar, Eggs, Almond Emulsion (Water, Fd&C Yellow 5, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Fd&C 40, 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (As Preservative) Contains: Fd&C Yellow 5 & Red 40), Red Food Color (Water, Fd&C Red 40, Fd&C Blue 1, Fd&C Yellow 6, Citric Acid And Sodium Benzoate (As Preservative), Strawberry Flavor (Water, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Flavors, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid And Sodium Benzoate), Donut Sugar (Dextrose, Modified Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Artificial Color) Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Artificial Flavor), Chocolate Sprinkle (Sugar, Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Cocoa, Artificial Flavor, Artificial Color (Fd&C Red 40 Aluminum Lake, Fd&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake, Fd&C Blue 1 Aluminum Lake), Citric Acid And Potassium Sorbate As Preservative) Rainbow Sprinkles (Sugar, Corn Starch, Palm & Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin Dextrin, Carnauba Wax, Confectioners Glaze, Fd&C Colors Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Fd&C Red 3), Cherry (Cherries, Water, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Sodium Benzoate (A Preservative), Potassium Sorbate (A Preservative), Fd&C Red 40, Sulfur Dioxide (A Preservative), Chocolate Filling (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil), Water Cocoa, Mono-And Diglycerides, Salt, Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Artificial Flavor), Chocolate Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Oils, Palm, Palm Kernel, Coconut Oil, Cocoa Powders, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanillin), Apricot Jelly (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Apricot Puree, Evaporated Apples (Prepared With Sulfur Dioxide), Citric Acid, Modified Food Starch, Pectin, Gellan Gum, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Benzoate, Artificial Flavor, Fd&C Yello 6), Raspberry Jelly (Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Seedless Raspberry Puree, Apples With Sulfur Dioxide), Food Starch-Modified Pectin, Citric Acid, Gellan Gum, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Acetate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Benzoate (As Preservative), Fd&C Red 40, Fd&C Blue 2), Natural Cocoa Powder.

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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.

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Flavor
ButterySweetChocolatey
Texture
CrispyCrunchy
Commonly used for
SnackingBreakfast