Gluten-free baking - Guar gum

I've been wheat-free (mostly) since August when I discovered I have an allergic reaction to wheat. Not celiac... I can still stand other glutens, but wheat is not my friend.

I didn't do much in the way of baking for the Thanksgiving holiday, but I am itching to try some gluten-free baking for Christmas.

Now... Whole Foods has been a good place to find most of what I need (and what I can't find cheaper at NW suburban places like Eurofresh, Caputo's or Valli). The illusive thing for me currently is guar gum. If they have it at the Palatine Whole Foods, it was hiding the five times I have tried to find it. I was able to find the Xanthan gum (I think even the Palatine Target now carries it) but I was also looking for guar gum.

I will say I have been impressed at the ability to find a lot of gluten-free items, mixes and flours at pretty much every place I shop. It's not nearly as hard as I thought it was (and I think I have finally passed the point where I'd sell my husband for the ability to eat a crusty wheat-flour baguette).

Bob's Red Mill packages guar gum so I'd look for a place with a good selection of their product.

http://www.bobsredmill.com/guar-gum.html

The downside of their packaging is that you pretty much have to read every label (I guess that's part of their marketing). Whole Foods carries their products. Did you hunt through their selection?

spinynorman99 wrote:Bob's Red Mill packages guar gum so I'd look for a place with a good selection of their product.

http://www.bobsredmill.com/guar-gum.html

Woodman's carries an extensive selection of Bob's Red Mill products. In Illinois Woodman's can be found in North Aurora at the Orchard exit of I-88 and in Carpentersville off of Randall Road a few miles north of Rte 72. Woodman's also carries a number of gluten free products in the same aisle.

Check Fruitful Yield if there are any close to you. I'm pretty sure my wife has gotten it there before.

Was in Woodman's in North Aurora yesterday and they had Bob's Red Mill Guar Gum in stock. They have a very large section of all of Bob's Red Mill products.