Red wine vinegar

[Coleen79 0]

I have been very cautious with reading labels/ingredients. I’ve also done this cleanse once before.  I use red wine vinegar often and was under the impression that all vinegars except malt were okay, so I didn’t look at label of it.  I’m now on day nine and see where the brand I was using had sulfites. I really don’t want to start over. Is it imperative that I do? 

[Lorna from Canada 239]

Oh boy @Coleen79 - what an absolute bummer! I've been there - I assumed all baba ganoush was made with just compliant ingredients and was on my 2nd tub of a particularly delicious brand (  ) when I discovered sour cream in the ingredients. GAAAAH!

I think you can find the official stance here:  https://whole30.com/start-over/

For me, it comes down to what your goals for the program are. With the great cream incidence (day 9), my goal for the program was to be hyper-compliant and do a proper W30 reset so, it got turned into a W39 and I felt great.

Today, if I were to discover sulfites in my vinegar, I would ignore it and carry on because, after 4 W30s, I know sulfites aren't problematic for me and it's not as important that I do a strict W30. I'd be pissed off mind you, but I wouldn't start over.

Whtever you decide, I'm cheering you on!

 

 

[laura_juggles 529]

17 hours ago, Coleen79 said:

I have been very cautious with reading labels/ingredients. I’ve also done this cleanse once before.  I use red wine vinegar often and was under the impression that all vinegars except malt were okay, so I didn’t look at label of it.  I’m now on day nine and see where the brand I was using had sulfites. I really don’t want to start over. Is it imperative that I do? 

Can you post a picture of the ingredients? Because "contains suflites" doesn't automatically make the vinegar a no-go since sulfites occur naturally in vinegars (like naturally occurring glutamate in tomatoes is OK but added MSG is not). 

So, a vinegar that's ok may say something like "Ingredients: red wine vinegar reduced with water to 5% acidity (contains sulfites)" and that's ok. But if it says something like "Ingredients: red wine vinegar, sulfur dioxide" that's not okay because it's a separate ingredient. 

[JRBILW30 0]

21 hours ago, laura_juggles said:

Can you post a picture of the ingredients? Because "contains suflites" doesn't automatically make the vinegar a no-go since sulfites occur naturally in vinegars (like naturally occurring glutamate in tomatoes is OK but added MSG is not). 

So, a vinegar that's ok may say something like "Ingredients: red wine vinegar reduced with water to 5% acidity (contains sulfites)" and that's ok. But if it says something like "Ingredients: red wine vinegar, sulfur dioxide" that's not okay because it's a separate ingredient. 

Thank you so much for clarifying this as red wine vinegar is something that I buy a lot and the particular brand I used to buy isn't available anymore and I've found that what I can find says exactly this "contains sulfites" which made me think it wasn't allowed.