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Modified Corn Starch

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Cheryl-C Enthusiast
Cheryl-C
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I've been reading some conflicting information regarding modified corn starch... I was going to eat some activia yogurt, but I see it has both corn starch and modified corn starch on the label. Is this ok? Here is the whole ingredient list:

Skim milk

Concentrated skim milk,

Strawberries,

Sugar

Fructose,

Corn starch,

Milk protein concentrate,

Cream,

Modified corn starch,

Gelatin

Natural flavour,

Active bacterial cultures,

Sodium citrate,

Natural colour (carmine),

Malic acid,

Potassium sorbate,

Vitamin A Palmitate,

Vitamin D

"Made with Vitamin A & D, fortified skim milk."

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ravenwoodglass
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Modified corn starch is gluten free however you can get just as much benefit from the probiotic action of a yogurt with many less added ingredients. Yoplait yogurt is for sure gluten free and will give you the same benefits. In general I tend to go for stuff with less 'iffy' ingredients and ingredient lists with the least amount of additives.

Skylark Collaborator
Skylark
Posted

The corn starch is OK but Dannon won't guarantee their natural flavors are gluten-free. As Ravenwoodglass said, Yoplait is marking their yogurts gluten-free and is a better brand to buy.

GlutenFreeManna Rising Star
GlutenFreeManna
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The last time I picked up some Activia to look at the package said "may contain wheat". No way would I take that chance. There are lots of good yogurt brands that are gluten free. I like to make my own yogurt at home, but I also like Stonyfield which is certified gluten free as well as organic so you don't need to worry about modified corn starch: Open Original Shared Link

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

Modified corn starch is gluten-free without question. Whether modified starch is good for you is a whole 'nuther question beyond the mission of this board.

cassP Contributor
cassP
Posted

i really like this kind- that i buy at whole foods:

Open Original Shared Link

i love the blueberry

Cheryl-C Enthusiast
Cheryl-C
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Thanks everyone for the input. I've never seen Stonyfield brand yogurt (maybe it's an American product?) but I've seen Yoplait. I know I had trouble in the past with the mueslix ones before going gluten-free, but I was curious about the peach and strawberry flavours.

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cassP Contributor
cassP
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Thanks everyone for the input. I've never seen Stonyfield brand yogurt (maybe it's an American product?) but I've seen Yoplait. I know I had trouble in the past with the mueslix ones before going gluten-free, but I was curious about the peach and strawberry flavours.

oh- you're not in America?? cause Stonyfield is at all the normal grocery stores here- you dont have to go to a "health" food store to get it. hmmm... it's a great organic product- maybe you can find it online??

Cheryl-C Enthusiast
Cheryl-C
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oh- you're not in America?? cause Stonyfield is at all the normal grocery stores here- you dont have to go to a "health" food store to get it. hmmm... it's a great organic product- maybe you can find it online??

No, I live in Canada. I wonder if I check a larger grocery store if they would have it. There are also some health food stores in my neighbourhood as well.

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Travisevian
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I've been reading some conflicting information regarding modified corn starch... I was going to eat some activia yogurt, but I see it has both corn starch and modified corn starch on the label. Is this ok? Here is the whole ingredient list:

Skim milk

Concentrated skim milk,

Strawberries,

Sugar

Fructose,

Corn starch,

Milk protein concentrate,

Cream,

Modified corn starch,

Gelatin

Natural flavour,

Active bacterial cultures,

Sodium citrate,

Natural colour (carmine),

Malic acid,

Potassium sorbate,

Vitamin A Palmitate,

Vitamin D

"Made with Vitamin A & D, fortified skim milk."

Those are a lot of ingredients. Why don't you just get some real yogurt, like plain yogurt and add honey or fruit to sweeten?

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