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Inulin is a sugar that is not metabolized.  Not gluten at all.  It
comes from roots of plants, none of which are in the grass family.

Stephen Holland, M.D.

> Date:    Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:39:14 -0400
> From:    Lynn Robbins <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: ? Inulin
>
> Hi all.  this week while grocery shopping I came across an ingredient
> i've
> never heard of before:  Inulin.  The package described it as "dietary
> fiber
> from natural sources" (wood chips?  hee, hee).  My food ingredients
> dictionary doesn't list it; neither does any of my celiac books.
> Anybody
> out there know what it is?  (it was listed in yogurt, by the way).
> Many
> thanks, Lynn

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