Is Stewart's Scotland Chocolate Orange Shorbread Alpha-Gal Friendly?

No. This product is not Alpha-Gal friendly as it lists 2 ingredients that do not comply and 6 ingredients that may not comply.

Why it's not alpha-gal friendly

  • milk
  • butter 29
  • natural flavouring 0
  • natural orange flavouring
  • glycerol
  • natural vanilla flavouring
  • +2 more

milk

Dietitian note

Milk (dairy) is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by mammals and thus contains alpha-gal.

Note by Team Spoonful, Clinical nutrition experts

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Ingredients

Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter 29% (Milk), Sugar, Cornflour, Chocolate Chips 8% (Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya); Natural vanilla flavouring) Real Orange Fruit Pieces 3% (Concentrated apple puree, Concentrated orange juice, Glycerol, Fructose glucose syrup, Glucose syrup, Wheat fibre, Sugar, Palm fat, Rice starch, Pectin, Citric acid, Natural orange flavouring, Ascorbic acid, Colour: Curcumine) Natural flavouring 0.3%.

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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.

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