FOB said:Okay, here's what CarbQuick contains:
Carbalose Flour (Enzyme-Enriched Wheat & Wheat Protein, Wheat Gluten, Wheat
and Vegetable Fiber, High-Protein Wheat Flour, Canola Oil, Salt,
Emulsifiers, Enzymes, Ascorbic Acid, Sucralose, Calcium Propionate), Palm
Oil, Buttermilk Powder, Baking Powder, Egg White Solids, Lecithin, Salt,
Natural & Artificial Flavors.
Quoted message said:I don't see where the transfats you claim come from.
Interesting. The box I have in front of me says:
Ingredients: Carbalose flour (enzyme-modified wheat, vital wheat
gluten, wheat fiber, high-protein wheat flour, vegetable fiber, soy
oil, salt, dextrose, emulsifiers, enzymes, ascorbic acid, sucralose,
calcium propionate), *partially hydrogenated soy oil*, buttermilk
powder, baking powder, egg white powder, lecithin, salt, natural and
artificial flavors.
We got this box a few weeks ago from Netrition, but I don't know how old
it actually is. Could they have changed the recipe recently?
Quoted message said:But that said, you will need to add some baking powder to the recipe,
and salt. Depends what you are making what else you need to add. I
would just start with plain old recipes and use the Carbalose instead
of regular flour and some artificial sweetener instead of any sugar.
That's what I gathered, sort of. The bag says to use it in place of
ordinary flour, but I've seen suggestions online that say to increase
the baking powder/soda, because it doesn't rise as much as ordinary
flour. Guess some experimentation is in order.
Quoted message said:I use CarbQuick in my muffins but the Carbalose flour would probably
do me just as well since I add milk (or yogurt), butter, eggs, baking
powder and salt. The CarbQuick is only a small part of the total
muffin recipe so these items that it contains wouldn't be enough. I
don't think the flour was available when I started making the muffins,
will have to order some and try it.
Aside from the trans-fat concerns, it's also about a dollar/pound
cheaper than CarbQuik.
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