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Is coffee mate powdered "creamer" okay on a low iodine diet ?
Joined: Apr 2010
Ingredients GLUCOSE SYRUP,
Ingredients
GLUCOSE SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN COCONUT, PALM KERNEL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE), DIPOSTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, ACETYLATED TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO- AND DYGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, COLOUR
http://www.thyca.org/Cookbook.pdf is normally where i go to find things
when they list things like
(MAY CONTAIN COCONUT, PALM KERNEL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL) assume it has all of them as the main one
and then they have ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, COLOUR who knows if any of these has iodine and
SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)<--- well is this the bad part or an ok part of milk...
i dont know the answer unfortunatly
Joined: Aug 2011
Might be okay
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Thyroid-Disorders/Low-Iodine-Diet/show/573082
http://thyroidcancersurvivor.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/low-iodine-diet/
Joined: May 2011
store brand
I didn't use Coffeemate, but I found a store brand (maybe kroger?) that had 0 sodium and no weird ingredients in it. I won't lie, it wasn't as tasty as the nicer brands, but it gave my coffee a little bit of flavor - during the LID, I needed all the help I could get!
Joined: Aug 2011
Do you have the specific
Do you have the specific name and brand ?
Joined: May 2011
not sure
I can't remember, and I have since gladly tossed it out - I remember going all over trying to find something that would work, since the name brands seemed like they were not going to fit the diet. I'd try Kroger or Target or Wal Mart.
Joined: Aug 2011
I called Nestle's. They
My friend called Nestle's. They claim the classical coffee mate powder has no iodine and no carrageenan. If true, does this mean I can have brewed coffee with Coffee mate and Equal sweetener ?
Joined: Aug 2010
LID
Hi Mark,
I love and need my coffee with cream. I did a lot of research and called many local organic dairys. I talked to the folks there and asked about what is used to wash the cows teets. Most dairys use iodine, which is why the LID says no dairy.
The folks at Clover Organic Dairy do not wash the cows with iodine. So I felt fine with using their half and half in my coffee. I also had a bowl of rice krispies with their 1% organic milk. Organic Yogurt too. Whole Foods carries this dairy brand, just be sure to get the Clover Organics, since they also carry other Clover dairy brands. BTW, Whole Foods has the most items without iodine. Including frozen waffels and many other items. Helpful if you don't do much cooking.
I am sure that there are Whole Foods stores in Marin and the surrounding areas.
Good luck with the diet.
Joined: Apr 2010
;)
thank you Forme... that is good information.
another reason they say no for milk is cows get salt licks and some of them have iodine in them or are sea salt.
I have also found if you call the makers of products a lot of times they have no clue why you would need to know so it may not be the correct answer either cause they just don't know that some process has iodine.
this info might also be something to mention to the people at thyca.org for there LID it might give them another way to modify the diet to make it easier on us.
Joined: Aug 2011
Thank you Forme and Nasher.
Thank you Forme and Nasher. So should it be concluded that the Original Coffee Mate has iodine even if the company says "none" ?
Joined: Oct 2009
beware though
One source of iodine in milk may be the udder wash, but the diet fed to milk producing cows also factors into the iodine content. A dab in coffee is probably not too bad since it is a low-not-no iodine diet. Just wouldn't advocate using much dairy while on the LID regardless of the feed and caring of the cows.
From thyca.org: "Dairy products (milk, cheese, cream, yogurt, butter, ice cream, powdered dairy creamers, whey, casein, other dairy products). Note: Nondairy creamers often have iodine-containing ingredients, too. A study published in 2004 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism reported on tests of 18 brands of milk in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It reported that 250 ml of milk (about 8 ounces, or 1 cup, or 16 Tablespoons) contained from 88 to 168 micrograms of iodine and averaged 115 mcg. It noted that sources of iodine in milk include iodine in cattle feed, the products containing iodine used to clean teats and udders, and a small amount from equipment cleaning products."
Joined: Aug 2011
What about the sodium
What about the sodium caseinate in coffee mate ? Is that forbidden ?
Joined: Apr 2010
sodium caseinate chemical
sodium caseinate
chemical formula C2Na3H2O4
no iodine in it so it should be ok
Joined: Aug 2011
So why do lists show avoid caseinate ?
Thanks, Nasher. So many products have caseinate, and so some lists show to avoid caseinate. Very frustrating.
Joined: Jul 2015
Coffee mate
Hi, crazy as it sounds with everything more serious going on, that was the first question I asked my endo! I'm not able to function without my morning coffee. Lol. My endo said that powdered creamer was fine. My big tip??? I put a Baggie in my purse with some creamer so if I'm out and need a cup of coffee (like all the time). I order it black and put my own stuff in it. Weirdly enough for someone who likes her coffee pretty white, the other day I forgot my Baggie and got a cup of black coffee with 2 sugars. Darned if it wasn't pretty good!!! I'm on day 3 of this diet. So far so good although I did snarf a crouton from the hubby's salad by habit but spit it out when he yelled at me to drop it. Now I know what the puppy feels like! Lol. Good luck to you.
Namaste,
Carol
Joined: Aug 2011
Any new information?
There are still a few websites which indicate that the original Coffeemate powder, not liquid, is acceptable on the LID. Have no idea. Anyone know? Is there a home test kit for iodine?