rachieleah Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 After several communications with Frontier, I finally learned that the reason my vanilla bean powder is white is because the ground beans are spray dried. They wrote me that "The spray drying done in our vanilla bean powder contained gum arabic and GMO-Free dextrin. These are what caused the light color." Is this powder compliant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted August 12, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2014 Dextrin is made from starch. The question is starch from what. GMO-free might mean from corn or soybeans. Unless they can tell you they use dextrin made from potato starch, this would be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachieleah Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara D. Rodriguez Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Dextrins are a group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of starch. Dextrins are white, yellow, or brown powders that are partially or fully water-soluble, yielding optically active solutions of low viscosity. Most can be detected with iodine solution, giving a red coloration. I agree with what Tom has mentioned Unless they can tell you they use dextrin made from potato starch, this would be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachieleah Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 I just heard back from Frontier about where their dextrin comes from: "Per the supplier the dextrin was derived from GMO-free corn." I'm on my third W30 and because I started to question why the vanilla bean powder was white instead of black a couple of months ago, I haven't had any this go around, but I did on my first two. I had never seen vanilla bean powder before and didn't think anything of the color. The store owner told me it was dried vanilla beans that was good enough for me. Now I kind of feel like I short-changed myself on my first two. It's amazing how a product can be compliant in terms of ingredients, but the manufacturing of that product can make it non-compliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Don't beat yourself up about the first two rounds - you did your very best and no Whole30 is perfect! Plus, you're learning more every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachieleah Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thanks, Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lainey Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I am waiting on an order for vanilla bean powder from Beanilla ~ it has great reviews and it might be something to check out if you are looking for a compliant vanilla bean powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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