Is Our Specialty Treat Shop™ Black & White Round Double Layer Cake Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cream Cheese (Milk, Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Carob Bean Gum), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono and Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Annatto Extract, To Preserve Freshness [Calcium Disodium EDTA], Vitamin A Palmitate), Vegetable Shortening (Palm and Soybean Oils, Mono and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, To Preserve Freshness [TBHQ]), Soybean Oil, Egg Whites, Eggs, Contains Less Than 2% of the Following: Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Modified Cornstarch, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters of Fats and Fatty Acids, Whey Modified Tapioca Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Salt, Mono and Diglycerides, Wheat Starch, Sodium Caseinate, Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60, Guar Gum, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum.Black Cake Also Contains: Cocoa Alkali Processed, Skim Milk, Confectionary Wafers (Sugar, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Cocoa Alkali Processed, Nonfat Dry Milk, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Semisweet Chocolate Chunk (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Salt), Cream (Cream, Milk, Nonfat Milk, Carrageenan, Cellulose Gum, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 80, Salt, Guar Gum), Corn Syrup, Chocolate Liquor, Natural Flavor, High Fructose Corn Syrup, To Preserve Freshness (Potassium Sorbate, Propylene Glycol), Citric Acid.White Cake Also Contains: White Confectionary Wafers (Sugar, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Whole Milk, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Cornstarch, Palm and Palm Kernel Oils Dextrose, Dextrin, Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax
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.


