Is Sainsbury's 2 x 95g Rhubarb & Custard Cheesecake Slices, Taste the Difference Alpha-Gal Friendly?

Ingredients

British Full Fat Soft Cheese (24%) (Cows' Milk ), Wheat Flour ( Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, British Soured Cream (Cows' Milk ), Palm Oil, Pasteurised Free Range Egg , Dextrose, Orange Juice, Rhubarb Purée (2.5%), White Chocolate Curls (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Cows' Milk Powder, Whey Powder (Cows' Milk ), Lactose (Cows' Milk ), Emulsifier: Soya Lecithins; Flavouring), Demerara Sugar, Concentrated Rhubarb Juice (1.5%), Maize Starch, Invert Sugar Syrup, British Single Cream (Cows' Milk ), Glucose Syrup, Butter (Cows' Milk ), Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk, Rapeseed Oil, Madagascan Vanilla Extract, Stabilisers: Pectins, Locust Bean Gum, Calcium Phosphates, Flavourings, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates, Colours: Beetroot Red, Anthocyanins, Carotenes, Lemon Juice, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Acidity Regulator: Citric 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.

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