I love the recipes you make and this one too — I have made it before but back when I could easily
find guar gum - free coconut milk then all of a sudden it seems all the coconut milk everywhere has it.
Not exact matches
The only one that I've
found that seems ok is the Waitrose Organic one which has organic
guar gum added as a stabiliser, is
guar gum bad?
You can add stuff like
guar gum to help things along, but I've
found this isn't necessary.
So experiment until you
find what you love and then you can stick with that I sometimes have better luck using flour blends that don't have xanthan or
guar gum added so I can play with amounts and
find what works best for each recipe.
Several studies have
found significant decreases in human serum cholesterol levels following
guar gum ingestion.
So if you are gluten intolerant, celiac or wheat allergic and you've run out of xanthan /
guar gum or you can't
find it, or if you have a friend who is gluten intolerant or allergic and want to entertain them, or if you just want to give your body a break from gluten (it's always a good idea to mix it up when you eat as much baked goods as I do), go ahead and try this recipe out, and see what you think.
I couldn't
find canned coconut milk at any store that didn't have
guar gum in it and there's no Trader Joe's around here so I went online and bought some of the Trader Joes brand — same picture as you show above.
That's because it's hard to
find coconut milk that's not only organic, but also free of
guar gum and other additives, and packaged in BPA - free containers.
In Germany,
guar gum is often available at health food stores whereas xanthan
gum is much harder to
find.
I know that shouldn't be a surprise, but it's the only coconut milk I have
found that is 100 % coconut milk, without the addition of
guar gum or other additives.
Do you
find this works with the can of coconut milk that contain
guar gums?
I would like to try this egg replacer, but so far I haven't
found any xanthan or
guar gum to use in it (at least not in smaller - than - industrial quantities.)
The thing I
find most freaky about it is the «film» it seems to leave behind on the kitchen counter if you drop a bit (and by a «bit», I mean the teensiest amount):\ I've been meaning to investigate some more good GF baking binders (such as
guar gum etc) Hopefully I
find one a little less intimidating:)
The ONLY canned version I've
found that does NOT contain
guar gum (or other additives) is GoldenStar from Walmart.
I've
found that xanthan
gum can be a problem for people with food sensitivities and lean towards
guar gum mostly for that reason.
If you're able to
find it,
guar gum is a suitable substitute for xanthan
gum.
I've
found that to get the same results, you should aim to add a little more than double the
guar gum.
I have tried
Guar Gum with mixed results, but others have commented that they love it... Hopefully you'll
find it works for you too!
Hi, Where I live I can not
find agar agar powder, could I sub with
guar gum?
It is not the same as
guar gum... I haven't
found any other ingredients that work the same.
This in turn caused the price of
guar gum to sky rocket and caused a substitution effect that forced a lot of food manufactures to
find another solution.
I use
guar gum as my binder in this recipe (as I have started using solely or in combination with xanthan
gum in most of my baking recipes) because I
find the cookies maintain a longer shelf life and stay true to their just - baked texture.
Many gluten - free bread and baking mixes have added sugar, and many recipes and mixes require the addition of xanthan or
guar -
gum to provide the structure
found in flours containing gluten.
I like to use a combo of xantham and
guar gum because I
find that xantham makes it thicker while
guar makes it creamier.
I like to keep the ingredient list to just two or three and most canned coconut milks only contain coconut, water and maybe
guar gum, but I just
found and purchased 12 cans from Amazon that I was really excited about.
If you can't
find Cha's Organic coconut milk, aim to get full fat coconut milk with no
guar gum.
Soluble fibres such as pectin,
guar gum, betaglucans (oat) reduce significantly blood cholesterol both in hypercholesterolemic and normocholesterolemic individuals, effects not
found when non-soluble fibres such as cellulose and wheat bran are tried.
Where it tends to get tricky is what I have to remove...... no legumes (beans), nightshades (think tomatoes, peppers), nuts, seeds, spices from seeds like cumin & black pepper, dairy, eggs, grains, alcohol (which I haven't had since November anyways), chocolate, and preservatives of any kind (holy moly is it hard to
find coconut milk without
guar gum).
A very large review study
found that psyllium and
guar gum (both soluble, viscous fibers) are ineffective as weight loss supplements (26).
I also
find that, with these ingenious recipes, there isn't the need to go out and buy weird ingredients (like castor sugar or
guar gum) that many gluten - free recipes call for.
I've never tried to exchange them, but I
found this at Cooking.stackexchange.com: «Glucomanan (konjac root) is suitable for making syrups, but it will have a different consistency than xanthan (some people use them completely interchangeably in puddings and sauces), though it is completely interchangeable with xanthan
gum /
guar gum in gluten free baking.»
Another study
found that
guar gum reduced serum cholesterol levels (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17457723).
I have always felt very ill after consuming any Xantham
gum or
guar gum, really not sure what the problem is so when everyone talked about the toxic nature of these items I
found it very interesting and I will keep all I learned here in mind.
We generally avoid
gums, but using coconut milk with
guar gum for pudding or ice cream can give it a consistency that's closer to what you
find in restaurants.
Hi Sandra, quick question, can you use
guar gum instead of agar - agar because it's so expensive and I noticed with soba noodles all the ones I
found have a little sugar in them, would it set me back if i ate some that contained less than 1 gram?
I'm using the organic Whole Foods 365 brand in a can for now since it's the only one I've
found that doesn't have additives, other than trace amounts of
guar gum.
Viscous Dietary and Functional Fibers, such as are
found in oat products, beans, isolated pectin, and isolated
guar gum, have been
found to produce significant reductions in glycemic response in 33 of 50 studies (66 per - cent) reviewed by Wolever and Jenkins (1993), which is in contrast to only 3 of 14 studies with nonviscous fiber (21 percent).
Since 1975 there have been a number of studies with
guar gum supplementation and
findings of an 11 to 16 percent reduction in serum cholesterol concentration (Anderson and Tietyen - Clark, 1986; Penagini et al., 1986).
We love the absence of any food additives (including natural thickeners such as
guar gum and gelling agents such as carrageenan that are commonly
found in all - natural super premium brands).
This wet canned food also contains
guar gum and carrageenan, which are inexpensive fillers
found in most wet pet foods.