Is Just Love Confetti Cake Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Sugar, Cake Margarine Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Flavouring], Pasteurised Egg, Gluten Free Flour ^Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Tapioca Starch, Maize Flour, Raising Agents (Mono Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum)], Plum & Raspberry Jam (3%) Glucose Fructose Syrup, Plum Puree Concentrate, Sugar, Raspberry Puree, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Trisodium Citrate), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Colour (Black Carrot), Flavourings], Humectant (Glycerine), Glucose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Emulsifiers (Methyl Cellulose, Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids), Flavourings, Sugar Strands ^Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Colours (Radish, Blackcurrant, Apple, Safflower, Lemon, Spirulina), Flavouring], Confetti Sugar Sprinkles ^Sugar, Palm Oil, Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Colours (Curcumin, Riboflavin, Anthocyanins), Flavouring], Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Mono Calcium Phosphate), Corn Starch, Antioxidants (Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid).
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.


