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annefood 8yr No, you don’t need to avoid lactic acid in the Avoid Added Sugar Challenge. It’s used in fermentation (yogurt, pickled veggies, sourdough...) and as a preservative or flavoring agent. -
annefood 8yr And lactose is an intrinsic sugar (not an added sugar) that is naturally occurring in dairy. So no need to worry about that either.
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ingalls 8yr Thanks! I kept looking it up. ;-) -
ingalls 8yr And speaking of fermentation - how does kombucha and kefir waters rank with the sugar challenge? I don’t make my own yet, so have been avoiding since I read those tend to have added sugar outside what’s needed for the fermentation itself.
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annefood 8yr Great question! It depends on the kombucha. GT’s lists only kombucha, sometimes tea, and fruit juice as ingredients. While sugar is needed for fermentation, they don’t add any for sweetness, so those are fine. GT’s CocoKefir seems to be in the same boat. Other kombuchas such as Kombucha Wonder Drink list sugar in addition to kombucha on the ingredients list, so those would not be allowed.
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ingalls 8yr Awesome! I’ll check out GT’s line! Thanks!
How do marinades weigh in regards to eating sugar? ie: a marinade for meat that uses Dijon mustard before cooking.
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DietID_TeamDietitians So there are marinades that have added sugar and those that don’t. Dijon mustard is oftentimes made with honey (which is added sugar) so you can try the same recipe with ground mustard instead. You...
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ingalls Thanks! Part of the question stemmed from picking up pre-made stuff. I noticed some things are awesome - like salad dressing listed ingredients. But marinades might just say “Dijon mustard” with no...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes!! this is a hard one. Once the new nutrition labels hit the market, they will list out the actual grams of added sugar vs naturally occuring sugar. That should make all the difference. Great...
Any healthy/no sugar added pizza alternatives/recipes?! This is the fifth pizza to tempt me in less than a week!
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DietID_TeamDietitians And if you want to venture to make your own pizza crust at home, the Roberta's pizza crust recipe is THE BEST https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016230-robertas-pizza-dough - no added sugar!
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XxlxX As a healthy pizza base you could use a wrap and add your own veg, meats and cheese to it on top