Yes, Thicknthin NOT (sugar or starch, your choice) is expensive--but you use just a LITTLE (like 1 teaspoon or less) for each thing you make, so it lasts a long, long time. I used mine to make gravy for Christmas dinner; NO ONE could tell it was LC! My DH's only complaint? The turkey (free range) wasn't fatty enough to produce enough drippings to make enough gravy for the 9 of us plus leftovers! Oh, well...

Jude