Pectin?

[elilly]

Graham has celiac and autism in addition to HFI. He cannot tolerate cow dairy..... whether it's related to his autism or an allergy, I don't know. So, I've been toying with the idea of trying goat milk products. Well, imagine my joy when I was at Whole Foods and found goat milk yogurt!! Here are the ingredients:
Pasteurized whole goat milk, tapioca, pectin and live, active yogurt cultures-l. bulgaricus, s. thermophilus, l. acidophilus and bifidus.
What is the consensus on pectin?
Thanks!
Erica

[elilly]

Hmmm... everyone else sumped too? I guess I'll call and see how much pectin is contained in each cup and go from there. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

[CK]

Hi,
If you find he can eat it, I'll be interested how it goes. I also have Celiac disease and haven't been able to introduce cow dairy in. I have been doing ok with goat cheese every once in awhile on my pizza. If goat milk yogurt works, that will be great. I also found goat milk kefir at Whole Foods. I haven't tried it yet.
Good luck!

[colormist]

Did some research on the nutritional database:
www.nutritiondata.com/facts/sweets/5575/2 (liquid pectin)
www.nutritiondata.com/facts/sweets/6213/2 (dry pectin)

The liquid has no sugars. The dry version has no sugars even listed (so that one's unsure).

[charlie]

I always find wiklipedia useful for research, this is a link to the pectin page.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin
My concern would be how is it produced and from how pure a source. If you are very reactive could it be risky if not pure? As it is a derivative of fruit or veg stems it could have some fructose element to it or poss convert to fructose element as broken down. Sorry not a chemist but have some basic knowledge and I would err on side of caution.

[charlie]

Sorry that link didn't some out well, try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin

[charlie]

Here's another one, makes me think even more be cautious:
www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/pectin