Hi - Are the almonds used in your almond flour pasteurized, fumigated with propylene oxide or heat steamed
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Hello. I am on a migraine free diet and if the almond flour I purchased was pasteurized or fumigated with propylene it would have triggered my migraine, in which it did not. Hope that helps. M
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Organic is very important because almonds are pasteurized. There are 2 methods to pasteurize them: heat and chemical. The chemical process uses a toxic chemical (PPO, I believe). If they are organic they cannot use the chemical process to pasteurize them.
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I'm not sure if they are sprayed. I do know they use non-gmo almonds with no additives. They blanch them in a hot water bath to remove the skins in this particular one.
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There is NO indication on the packaging or on the Amazon site that these are non-GMO almonds or organic. They are raw (i.e. not cooked or roasted) - not sure if that answers your question about pasteurization.
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Yes. It will work much better than putting whole almonds through a blender or food processor. Just make sure you get the BLANCHED almond meal flour.
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It is almond flour. The almonds used are blanched. The consistency is much better than the meal.
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No. You make almond milk with raw almonds and a good food processor. The leftovers after you filter the almond milk is almond flour.
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About these particular nuts, I cannot comment. But for your general information and in answer to the comment by Leann McCamey: I am sorry to have to inform you that the FDA specifically allows steam-heat pasteurized almonds to be labeled "RAW" Yes, even though they are "cooked" by being pasteurized, the FDA allows (and perhaps encourages) the industry to continue to label them raw. The other method of "pasteurization" is fumigation by toxic gas (my memory is not screening up the chemical right now, just google for it) and those also are "raw", I am not sure how "organic" they are according to the USDA's definition of "organic". Of course none of this fits MY definition of safe, wholesome, raw or organic. About these particular nuts, I cannot comment. But for your general information and in answer to the comment by Leann McCamey: I am sorry to have to inform you that the FDA specifically allows steam-heat pasteurized almonds to be labeled "RAW" Yes, even though they are "cooked" by being pasteurized, the FDA allows (and perhaps encourages) the industry to continue to label them raw. The other method of "pasteurization" is fumigation by toxic gas (my memory is not screening up the chemical right now, just google for it) and those also are "raw", I am... » Read More About these particular nuts, I cannot comment. But for your general information and in answer to the comment by Leann McCamey: I am sorry to have to inform you that the FDA specifically allows steam-heat pasteurized almonds to be labeled "RAW" Yes, even though they are "cooked" by being pasteurized, the FDA allows (and perhaps encourages) the industry to continue to label them raw. The other method of "pasteurization" is fumigation by toxic gas (my memory is not screening up the chemical right now, just google for it) and those also are "raw", I am not sure how "organic" they are according to the USDA's definition of "organic". Of course none of this fits MY definition of safe, wholesome, raw or organic. « Show Less
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It all depends on your recipe. I usually find a recipe that calls for almond flour rather than just substitute it myself as a direct replacement for flour.
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Yes, they are pasteurized! We are eating clean and healthy and made sure that these were raw and pasteurized before buying them! I'll be buying them from this company from now on! www.good4u.isagenix.com
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It can make coarse almond flour, but it's not going to be fine like the stuff you would buy. I have used it for that and the coarse flour works fine for me.
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Unfortunately, the problem is caused by the nature of the product. Almond Flour has a higher protein and fat content than wheat flour. As a result, it tends to gunk up the zipper. I've found the best way to clean the zipper is to shake the flour loose by flicking the zipper with my fingers, but it's an imperfect science. We're always on the lookout for packaging innovations, but the nature of the Almond Flour itself tends to be the culprit.
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The flour says almonds ground to a fine flour. I would bet it came in contac with peanuts in the factory if they also deal with other nuts. i would contac the company itself to make sure, to be on safe side.
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by law, California almonds have to be flash pasteurized. this means they are technically not raw, but the inside of the nut supposedly does not get "cooked" in this process.
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I asked the company (California Almonds LLC) via email and this is the response I received: "It is a federal law that almonds grown in California and sold in the US must be pasteurized. We have a company that does a 'dry steam' treatment to the skin of the almonds. The almonds are not cooked and most of them will sprout when you soak them in water for 24 hours. You will see a small tip begin to grown and the almonds will be bigger in size."I ordered these almonds, soaked six of them for 24 hours and they all sprouted as promised!
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Not almonds, cashews are fine. The motor burned out after several weeks of moderate to light use.
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I do not believe so. When I am doing more paleo I make my bread with almond flour....