Is Salted Caramel Chewy Granola Bar Alpha-Gal?


Ingredients
Granola (whole grain rolled oats, sugars [brown sugar, fancy molasses, honey], whole grain wheat flakes, water, soybean oil, salt), Sugars (glucose syrup, brown sugar), Crisp rice (rice flour, sugar, salt, calcium carbonate, barley malt extract, distilled monoglycerides), Butter toffee pieces (sugar [sugar, glucose, brown sugar], butter, water, coconut oil, sodium bicarbonate, salt, cocoa powder, milk ingredient), Modified milk ingredients, Caramel (icing sugar, modified palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, natural flavour, annatto, soy lecithin), Canola oil, Soy lecithin, Glycerin, Sea salt, Natural flavour.
What is a Alpha-Gal 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.


