Finishing Agent

NYeric · Apr 13, 2007

Here is a surprise...

I just noticed that my latest Wine Kit has a "Finishing Agent" to be used shortly before bottling.

It says that it is derived from SHELLS of shellfish. Would that be a problem for someone that is allergic to shellfish???? I wouldn't think so, but it is still a thought

Kayos · Apr 13, 2007

NYeric said:
It says that it is derived from SHELLS of shellfish. Would that be a problem for someone that is allergic to shellfish???? I wouldn't think so, but it is still a thought

I actually would think so. Shellfish is a huge allergy that doesn't take much to potentiate. I am not sure, though

NYeric · Apr 13, 2007

Funny though there is not any warnings for it though...which seems kind of odd

Yooper · Apr 13, 2007

I don't know which "agent" you have- I think isinglass is derived from fish. If you are concerned about an allergy, I would not use it. I would think that the shell from shellfish is "iffy". My first husband was allergic to shellfish, and couldn't have hospital tests with iodine. I probably wouldn't chance it.

:off:

I should have given him scallops for dinner one night. Would have been cheaper than the divorce.
I"M KIDDING.

the_bird · Apr 13, 2007

There are enough other clarifying agents out there where there's no reason to chance it, IMO.

NYeric · Apr 16, 2007

I just got off the phone with Winexperts people up in Canada..eh

They tell me it is perfectly safe. It goes through so many refinements and there is zero proteins left in the product, and that is what causes the allergies.

In fact they tell me that many places are using it in municipal water treatment systems these days..

....So no worries

Denny's Evil Concoctions · Apr 16, 2007

otherwise known as chitosan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitosan

NYeric · Apr 16, 2007

Dennys Fine Consumptibles said:
otherwise known as chitosan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitosan

Thats the stuff

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