Penzey's spices: was, Yogourmet yogurt makers(Marilyn)

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At 03:36 PM 3/20/2009, you wrote:

Penzey’s do not use anti-caking

ingredients. I’ve asked about it.

The reason their onion powder doesn’t cake is because it’s not strictly

onion “powder”; it’s actually granulated onions, chopped minutely fine.

(You can see the difference between it and regular onion powder.) I don’t

have any of their garlic “powder” so I can’t speak to that, though they

say that it is just granulated garlic. I do have their garlic salt –

containing only coarse flake salt, garlic granules and minced parsley –

and it does tend to cake when its humid. A number of their spices blends

do cake (including the Fox Point seasoning I mentioned yesterday) –

because they don’t add anything to prevent them from caking.

n,

This is not, in any way, intended as a slap at you or Penzey's. I love

their products.

But until I have a physical letter on file from Penzey's stating that

nothing is added -- not even a processing aid -- during the granulation

process, I can't say that the onion and garlic " granules " are

SCD legal.

And yes, I know about the Fox Point blend, as well as Sunny Paris.

They're very good, but again, I can't recommend them because Elaine said,

" No spice mixtures! " (I did try them when visiting friends on

Milwaukee -- I think they were available before I started SCD, because I

have friends who love adding them to scrambled eggs.

So, I have to reiterate:

Penzey's individual spices are very fresh, and very good. A number of

their spice mixtures APPEAR to be legal, but I do not have a letter from

them stating so.

With regards to the onion and garlic, I make my own with the dehydrator.

I do have some of the Penzey's on hand for when I make some of my spice

mixtures for non-SCD family and friends.

My concern with the Penzey's onion and garlic is that my homemade stuff

clumps in our humid New Orleans climate. The Penzey's does not. This

leads me to believe that there may be an anti-caking agent in them.

(Their other spices do cake, so I believe they are pure.)

If you like, and choose to use their mixtures which don't have overt

sugar or starch, that's your choice. But to anyone else who chooses to

use these, I can only say that if you do not see the progress you hope

for on SCD, it's the pre-prepared items that I would yank first.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

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