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Date sent:              Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:23:18 -0600
Send reply to:          Barbara Hicks <[log in to unmask]>

Barbara wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have had several inquiries about my comment about citric acid being
> the culprit in my husband's problem with Jamba Juice smoothies.
>
> The reason that we determined that it was probably the citric acid was
> that it was the only ingredient in the smoothie that it could be.  The
> smoothie contained various fresh fruits and the bananas that were
> processed in another country using citric acid. <snip> Also, another
> listmember advised that the Jamba Juice in the Bread & Circus in
> Cambridge, Mass. uses soy milk sweetened with barley malt.  It was not
> mentioned which of their products include this ingredient.

Don't know what date the information was on the soymilk, but I've
had some rather extensive :-) e-versations with Rhonda Shigemura
at Jamba HQ, which ended with the last note that I got from her in
October of last year - reproduced here in its entirety...

Please folks, *don't* abuse the poor lady's e-mail. Rhonda is on
*our* side - it took a *lot* of effort to get the barley malt out of the
soymilk so that GFCF people could enjoy Jamba shakes too!

From: "Shigemura, Rhondi"  <[log in to unmask]>
To:     "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:    Jamba Juice - Gluten Free Soymilk
Date sent:  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:45:34 -0700

Hi Karen,

I don't know if you remember me, I'm Rhondi Shigemura, the
Director of Research and Development at Jamba Juice.  A while
back you inquired about our soymilk, and we had malted barley in
it, which did not make it gluten free.  Thank you for asking us to
reformulate this product for our "gluten free" customers.  We
reformulated the product by omitting the malted barley, and it
tastes just as good as our original formula.  The calories and
nutritional content have not changed.

This new product is in 100% of our Jamba Juice stores as of a
couple of months ago. Thanks for you assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,

Rhondi Shigemura
Director of R&D/Quality Assurance
JAMBA JUICE COMPANY


Karen Davis
Davis and Associates Consulting
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