Is Sainsbury's Red Velvet Cake, Taste the Difference 390g Alpha-Gal Friendly?

No. This product is not Alpha-Gal friendly as it lists 5 ingredients that do not comply and 3 ingredients that may not comply.

Why it's not alpha-gal friendly

  • cream cheese
  • buttermilk
  • cows' milk
  • butter
  • vanilla flavour cream cheese buttercream
  • diglycerides of fatty acids
  • calcium carbonate
  • vegetable glycerine

cream cheese

Dietitian note

Cheese is typically derived from milk (dairy) and thus contains alpha-gal.

Note by Team Spoonful, Clinical nutrition experts

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Ingredients

INGREDIENTS: Vanilla Flavour Cream Cheese Buttercream (29%) (Sugar, Butter (Cows' Milk ), Cream Cheese (Cows' Milk ), Dried Glucose Syrup, Cornflour, Humectant: Vegetable Glycerine; Pasteurised Lemon Juice, Flavouring, Colour: Plain Caramel), Fortified Wheat Flour ( Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Egg , Buttermilk (Cows' Milk ), Inverted Sugar Syrup, Humectant: Vegetable Glycerine; Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Malt Vinegar (from Barley ), Raising Agents: Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate; Emulsifier: Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Palm Oil, Colours: Carmine, Plain Caramel; Flavouring.

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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.

About this product

Snack · Whole

Flavor
Sweet
Texture
Soft
Commonly used for
Snacking