Is Tim Tam Biscuits, Original Alpha-Gal Friendly?
Why it's not alpha-gal friendly
- milk cocoa butter cocoa mass whey powder cocoa salt ammonium bicarbonate soy lecithin colour
- baking soda polygycerol polyricinoleate sulphites natural and artificial flavours
milk cocoa butter cocoa mass whey powder cocoa salt ammonium bicarbonate soy lecithin colour
Dietitian noteMilk (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
Sugars (sugar, Golden Syrup) • Wheat Flour • Vegetable Oil (palm, Interestified Palm, Shea Nut And/or Sal) • Milk Ingredients • Cocoa Butter • Cocoa Mass • Whey Powder • Cocoa • Salt • Ammonium Bicarbonate • Soy Lecithin • Colour (caramel, Beet Red, Cochineal, Annatto) • Baking Soda • Polygycerol Polyricinoleate • Sulphites • Natural And Artificial Flavours.
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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.


