Is Marinela® Barritas® Pina Pineapple Filled Cookies Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Wheat Flour, Pineapple Filling [High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Pineapple and Quince Puree, Glycerin, Cornstarch, Dehydrated Apple Powder, Pectin, Sodium Alginate, Citric Acid, Calcium Citrate, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative)), Vegetable Shortening (Palm and/or Fractionated Palm Oil, Palm Kernel and/or Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil Soy Lecithin), Water, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Enrichment (Ferrous Fumarate, Zinc Citrate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folic Acid, Reduced Iron, Zinc Oxide), Yellow 5, Red 40
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.


