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Additional Dietary Information
Our facility in Spirit Lake, Iowa manufactures all of our Chebe Dry Mixes and Chebe Frozen,
Oven-Ready Dough. It is 100% free of any wheat products.
It is also free of all products containing soy, corn, potato, rice, tree nuts, peanuts, and
yeast. There is no cross contamination of these ingredients within our facility.
All but one of our dry mixes are free of lactose and casein. However, all of our mixes are
processed on the same equipment. Our equipment is thoroughly cleaned after processing our
Original Chebe Mix, which contains dry milk, and we make an effort to make a limited number
of production runs with this item. |
Potasium Content
Chebe Dry Mixes:
Per package:
maximum: 29.7 mg
normal: 23.7 mg |
Per Serving
maximum: 2.97 mg
normal: 2.37 mg |
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Chebe Frozen Dough:
Per 12 oz. package:
maximum: 11.9. mg
normal: 9.5 mg |
Per Serving
maximum: 1 mg
normal: 0.79 mg |
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Oxalate Content
A Brief Introduction to Oxalates
Oxalates are naturally-occurring substances found in plants, animals, and in humans. In chemical terms, oxalates belong to a
group of molecules called organic acids. Our bodies always contain oxalates, and our cells routinely convert other
into oxalates. In addition to the oxalates that are made inside of our body, oxalates can arrive at our body from the outside,
from certain foods that contain them. When placed on a low oxalate diet, oxalate intake should be limited to 40 to 50 mg per day.
Why should people be concerned about their dietary oxalate intake? For one reason, 80% of all kidney stones formed by adults consist
of calcium oxalate. Also, research has shown that low-oxalate diets markedly reduced symptoms in children with autism. For more
information on oxalates and autism, please visit
The Great Plains Laboratory or www.lowoxalate.info.
We have recently had our Original Chebe Bread Mix tested for oxalates by the Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental
Technology at Western Kentucky University. We found that our Original Mix contains 84.4 parts per million oxalates. That calculates
to 1.7724 mg oxalates per serving. According to the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's definition of a low oxalte diet, our Original mix falls into the low oxalate group. This
site also lists foods in the high, moderate, and low oxalate groups.
Below is a copy of the report submitted to us by the Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology.
Analytical Report
Submitted to:
Chebe Bread Products
1840 Lundberg Drive
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Submitted by:
Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology
Western Kentucky University
2413 Nashville Road,
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
February 20, 2007
Experimental
One powder sample was received by ICSET for Oxalate analysis using Ion Chromatography (IC).
The method used was based upon a Dionex application method. The sample was vigorously mixed
with 100 ml of water and the resulting solution was analyzed (solution A). Since all of the
powder did not dissolve in water, the sample was also analyzed by first combusting the sample
using bomb combustion and then the resulting solution analyzed (solution B); this method is
described in EPA method 9056. The resulting solutions were analyzed using IC, a method that
first separates analytes in a given solution via an ion separatory column and then detects the
analytes using a conductivity detector.
Results
The oxalate concentration in solution A was 84.4 ppm Oxalate. The oxalate concentration in
solution B was undetectable. The oxalate concentration was very low and the small amount of
oxalate was probably lost in the bomb combustion step. The limit of quantitation for the IC
for this method was 0.5 ppm Oxalate.
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