kirkor Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 In the never-ending quest for compliant sausages, found these today at Safeway: Open Nature Uncured Beef Franks What do you think of this cherry powder stuff? Does it belong on the sneaky sugar list? Google was un-enlightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted September 5, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2015 I found this... Powder Flavourings are spray dried versions of intense liquid flavours. They are literally flavour drops in powder form and are used to enhance flavours where liquids may compromise the recipe. and this: Meat processors have the option of using ingredients such as sea salt, starter cultures, sodium lactate (from corn), lemon juice, and buffered equivalents and cherry powder to provide functionalities, when certain additives are shied away from in efforts to provide ingredients perceived to be more natural than their alternatives. I imagine it's a 'natural flavor'...It sounds to me from just the couple studies I just read that it's used as a natural substitute for adding nitrites to meat to cure them, just like celery powder is... and since celery powder is allowed and cherry powder is being used for the same purpose, it stands to reason that it's allowed... Also, if it was a 'sneaky sugar', I think your carb count on the nutrition panel would be a heck of a lot more than 1g per link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson77 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hello!! This is my first time posting, thank you to everyone for making the forum such a great resource, it truly is helpful and a great community. I was doing some shopping at Natural Grocer's the other day and found grass-fed beef frankfurters from Teton Waters Ranch with cherry powder listed as an ingredient and all other ingredients were compliant. I'm wondering if this is a SWYPO situation depending on what purpose the cherry powder serves in the product or if it's non-compliant all around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted January 11, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2016 No, this would be fine, it's likely for texture or flavouring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_juggles Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Or consistent color in all the franks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson77 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted January 12, 2016 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2016 http://forum.whole30.com/topic/33293-cherry-powder/ haha... did you mean to put the link to this thread on the other thread that they were talking on today? I'll merge the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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