Allergic to Judy's Brown Ale?

[system]

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

[skatz (Stevie)]

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

Same here. Maybe an email to the manufacture explaining your situation is in order.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

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[morticaixavier]

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

+2

they do. I would suspect, if it’s that at all, that the ingredient causing the reaction is a binder or a surfactant that add to the whirlfloc to make it into a tablet or to make it dissolve more quickly.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

@morticaixavier

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

+2

they do. I would suspect, if it’s that at all, that the ingredient causing the reaction is a binder or a surfactant that add to the whirlfloc to make it into a tablet or to make it dissolve more quickly.

Makes sense. Seems like a long list of possible suspects, though.

[denny]

@morticaixavier

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

+2

they do. I would suspect, if it’s that at all, that the ingredient causing the reaction is a binder or a surfactant that add to the whirlfloc to make it into a tablet or to make it dissolve more quickly.

I have found ione reference to the binder being baking soda and another to it being wax.  The former seems more likely.

[erockrph]

@morticaixavier

@narvin

I thought Whirlfloc and Irish Moss had the same active ingredient, carageenan.

+2

they do. I would suspect, if it’s that at all, that the ingredient causing the reaction is a binder or a surfactant that add to the whirlfloc to make it into a tablet or to make it dissolve more quickly.

I’ve heard that its just bicarb, although I can’t find an MSDS to confirm this. In which case it’s unlikely to be an allergy to that. As a matter of fact, carrageenan is much more likely to be the cause for an allergy than most of the ingredients that would be used in a tablet in general. Not to say that it’s not possible - just not likely.