Mon, May-21-01, 20:46
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Plan: Atkins,PP - wgt in %
Stats: 100/96.8/69
BF:DWTK/DDare/JEnuf
Progress: 10%
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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Gums (Xanthan, Guar, etc) and some spicy greens too
Just my CA$0.25 worth.
all the vegetable gums are 100% soluble fiber, as is pectin (another vegetable gum, or should I say, fruit gum?)
they'll all have a 'slippery' texture to some degree and are all essentially tasteless (not everyone can taste the differences) though the xanthan is the preferred (most neutral taste and somewhat less slippery)
the not/Starch product is available by mail order from either US or Canadian sites (like mine). I don't think there is an Oz site that carries it yet though there are now Distributor and Broker sites here in NA [grin] as well as Retail, so who knows what's happening next?
the not/Starch product is a proprietal and spiffy blend (lumps a lot less) of xanthan, guar, acacia and carob gums, and is of course 100% soluble fibers.
the high soluble fibre content in ground flaxseed is what makes it an excellent egg replacer and vegan thickener/binder from way back ... so it would seem that soluble fiber = vegetable gum = soluble fiber, if ya know what I mean.
PS: the hot spicy green might well be mustard cress (looks like a parsley almost) or that purple/green japanese mustard with a broad leaf (I've found them in many a gourmet greens mix and they can be very startlingly spunky, more so than arugula or rocket in my opinion).
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