Is Schär Chocolate Muffins Alpha-Gal Friendly?


Ingredients
Eggs, Sugar, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Dark Chocolate Chips (sugar, Cocoa Mass**, Cocoa Butter**, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavour), Cornstarch, Sorbitol, Potato Starch, Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali**, Rice Flour, Corn Flour, Rice Starch, Egg White Powder, Mono And Diglycerides, Citrus Fibre, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Salt, Natural Flavours. Contains Eggs. It may also contain Soy, Lupin and Tree Nuts.
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.


