Is Waitrose Time to Celebrate Millionaire's Layer Cake Alpha-Gal Friendly?

Ingredients

Sugar, unsalted butter (milk), wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), pasteurised free range egg, rapeseed oil, Belgian dark chocolate (4%) (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithins), vanilla extract, flavouring), golden syrup (partially inverted refiners syrup), water, humectant (vegetable glycerol), dried glucose syrup, salted butter (butter (milk), salt), sweetened condensed skimmed milk (skimmed milk, sugar), single cream (milk), glucose syrup, fat reduced cocoa powder, tapioca starch, cornflour, milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithins)), muscovado sugar, marbled chocolate shards (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, milk whey powder, emulsifier (lecithins), flavouring), colour (plain caramel), raising agents (diphosphates, sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonate), skimmed milk powder, flavouring, wheat flour, white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, lactose (milk), milk whey powder, emulsifier (soya lecithins), flavouring), acidity regulators (sodium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, citric acid), emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate), sea salt, palm oil (certified sustainable), preservative (potassium sorbate), pasteurised free range egg white powder, salt, wheat gluten, glazing agent (acacia gum)

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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