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Title: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: thermie crew on October 04, 2010, 05:49:34 am

I'm beginning to notice that lots of the dips and sauces in the recipe book use white wine vinegar. All of the bottles found in the supermarket had sulphar dioxide in (as of course so does wine which it's made from). My daughter is intolerant to additives, including this one, which is why I want to make my own dips and sauces in the first place!

Does anyone have a good suggestion for me to try, which will hopefully make these recipes taste similar?

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: achookwoman on October 04, 2010, 06:59:41 am

thermie crew,  I have the same problem.  I use fresh lemon juice or lime juice, even though it tastes a bit different.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: cookie1 on October 04, 2010, 10:22:49 am

I thought verjuice, but it has sulphur dioxide too.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: thermie crew on October 04, 2010, 11:06:28 am

Thanks for your quick replies. I've already made the mistake of buying verjuice-recommended as a good wine substitute in the risotto recipe but yes, did discover it too has sulphar dioxide! That was a waste of $10. I have an unopened bottle if anyone wants it!

I'll give the lemon juice a go. Or just gobble up all of the dips by myself  :D

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: judydawn on October 04, 2010, 12:17:34 pm

Give someone a basket of goodies for Christmas thermie crew and add your bottle of verjuice to it.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: zebraa on October 04, 2010, 01:20:39 pm

I use organic apple cider vinegar for most of mine for the very reason that it doesn't have any 220 in it.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: Tebasile on October 05, 2010, 12:13:16 am

Quote from: zebraa on October 04, 2010, 01:20:39 pm

I use organic apple cider vinegar for most of mine for the very reason that it doesn't have any 220 in it.

Mee too.  Organic ACV, that states on the label it contains the mother .... or ume vinegar , which comes from natural fermination juices when pickling ume plums with sea salt .....or lemon juice.

White vinegar is made from the by-products of the petroleum industry.
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-13-ask-umbra-on-avoiding-crude-oil-in-vinegar/

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: thermie crew on October 05, 2010, 11:12:48 pm

Great idea on the gift Judydawn.

And apple cide vinegar sounds like a great substitute to try. Thanks zebraa and Tebasile. May be worth a try for you too achookwoman.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: andiesenji on October 05, 2010, 11:21:17 pm

I don't know how it is in Australia but here we can buy white and other wines that are free of sulfur dioxide.  My local health food store carried four different brands.
I've used that wine to make my own vinegar, with a purchased vinegar "mother" from a brewing supply shop. 

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: achookwoman on October 06, 2010, 10:12:21 am

Thanks everyone,  I'll try that.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: zebraa on October 06, 2010, 02:56:39 pm

good idea andj. I know you can get 'mother' from milewa mustards in Aus and just source and non-preserv wine.

I had a recipe younks ago that was basically 3/4 wine and 1/4 vinegar with live mother (so the organic apple cider stuff) and mix and let sit for a month and you end up with red wine vinegar. I must do that actually.

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: andiesenji on October 06, 2010, 08:14:22 pm

A local wine "super store"  BevMo, carries several organic wines, and two are from Australia.

Here's a link from their newsletter:
Real Australian Wines (http://realaustralianwines.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-no-sulphur.html)

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: achookwoman on October 08, 2010, 12:38:51 am

Thanks for all that info, I bought a bottle of organic apple vinegar,   Most of the Australian organic wines we have tried have been pretty awful to drink. Someone suggested the wine with a little sugar ;D

Title: Re: Suitable substitution for white wine vinegar? Intolerance to sulphar dioxide!
Post by: thermie crew on October 09, 2010, 07:31:26 am

I've stuck to the apple cider vinegar too. It's lovely to know I can make my own wine vinegar but it sounds like too much work when I only need a tablespoon here and a tablespoon there. Good on all of those of you who do ;D