Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 At 04:01 PM 10/28/2003 -0800, Kim Gilbert wrote: > ...For instance " agar " I have never heard of. Another one I've seen > quite a bit is " nutritional yeast flakes " . How readily available are > these and where would I find them? I usually shop at Whole Foods > Market. I don't know about Whole Foods (don't have one locally), but I've found nutritional yeast and gluten flour at health food stores, usually in bulk packaging. You can often find gluten flour at groceries, but it's usually packaged in one-pound lots, which makes it rather expensive (eg. Bob's Red Mill). For the vegan 'cheese', get plain Emes kosher gel, or agar, a.k.a. agar-agar. They'll be used in different proportions though (see previous message re: " Information on vegetable gelatins " ). Unfortunately, many HFS's carry only the fruit-flavored vegetarian gels. For the yeast, look for Red Star T-6335 formula, nutritional yeast, or " vegetarian support formula " yeast. Make sure it's the golden-yellow kind, also sometimes called " good tasting " or " flake " yeast. Some places carry it in bulk, which is the most economical way to buy it. For the gluten flour, look for Vital Wheat gluten or 75% protein gluten flour. Make sure it isn't something like " high gluten flour " (~20% protein) which is good for pasta and bread making. You could use it for making seitan, but would have to wash out the remaining starch first. If the sales folk are unsure, you can tell them it's for seitan (pronounced say-tahn), gluten or " wheat meat " . HFS's often bulk-package this too. Although I can get these things locally, I find it more convenient to order from the two places below. Country Life Natural Foods -- http://www.clnf.org/products.html -- shipping calculated by weight and UPS zone. Large selection of grains, beans, flours, (many organic) etc. They carry plain Emes Jel , 75% protein gluten flour and Red Star yeast flakes. They don't carry agar powder but are considering it, according to the lady with whom I last spoke. Great selection, prompt service and good people. Bulkfoods -- http://bulkfoods.com/ Flat $4.95 shipping / handling fee (UPS), but you'll pay more for the same items than at Country Life. Large selection of grains, beans, flours, etc. They carry agar powder, Red Star yeast flakes and Vital Wheat Gluten. Prompt delivery. Hope this helps. -- Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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