Ready Made Foods (was Ham)

[Guest guest]

Dear List Members,

I want to explain further why the links to some ready made foods were

removed on the new website.

Elaine warned us that methods and ingredients in ready made foods are

subject to change without notification so I contacted the companies

that were on our site for the past several years and here is what I

discovered.

Hunter's Honey Farm- They include all sorts of bee parts and pollen in

their honey and strain but do not filter it. Their method is a family

tradition that disdains filtering and unfiltered honey is not advised

for SCD although raw honey is quite all right.

Martha Ham- I could no longer even find it on her website

shopping link.

House of Hams: two out of their three advertised hams are sugar cured.

They offer a Country Ham and you may wish to contact them to check if

it still excludes sugar.

Applegate Farms.. always a source of interest to list members seeking

sugar free deli products. I could not determine what may or may not be

legal there as Applegate has changed their ingredients several times

from sugar free to including sugar and then some back again. It became

too difficult to sort out all their changes and get documentation.

Individuals will have to do this and we always advise getting a hand

written letter attesting ingredients and remind you that use of such

products is at your own risk.

Digestive Wellness- They are still on the approved list with the two

other bakeries but they sell a number of other prepared food products

that should have been qualified only for those who are advanced or

healed. We are optimistic that they will provide more details in the

future but meanwhile cannot take their list apart ourselves item by

item. We continue to list their nut flours and baked goods. All baked

goods should be chosen according to your state of progress and there is

a notation to that effect on the link.

Real Milk- This is a Weston-Price site inviting support for raw milk

and we are currently preparing comments on that.

My own thoughts are for all of you is to continue to stress the

importance of compliance over convenience.

Carol F.

Celiac, MCS, Latex Allergy, EMS

SCD 7 years