At 08:48 AM 7/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Would this apply to Lactic Acid Starter Culture also? I picked up some
>cured meats hoping that my duaghter could tolerate them and she reacted
>terribly to them. I could find no other suspicious ingredients. The
>aren't Kosher since they contain pork. I was assuming it was dairy
>because she reacted with her dairy symptoms and not her corn symptoms :-)
I'd be very suspicious of anything labelled starter culture. These are
typically lactic acid bacteria grown in a milk powder slurry. Its the
cheapest easiest way to culture these bugs and then the whole mixture is
added to sausages, cheese, buttermilk whatever...
It is possible to get cultures produced in soy but its generally more
difficult and more expensive.