Hi Hawkssr,
I had heard of this also. Good for you for reading labels! I am constantly reading labels. My husband sometimes gets tired of me reading them in the grocery store but we only eat foods with natural ingredients in them. This leaves out a lot of prepared foods, TV dinners, lunch meats etc. We are a lot healthier because of it. We try and eat fresh vegetables when we can and our meat always comes from a reputable place that feeds their animals no preservatives! Also we make a lot of things from scratch such as our own muffins, cookies, pies, stew, soups, gravies etc. We feel better because of it.

@ hawkssr .. We learned for our dog. Oh my what a horrible afternoon and night we had after he ate some pouch food that contained carrageenan. Ziggy growled constantly and was snapping at us. He was just miserable. He had diarrhea … threw up and felt better. We sure gave him lots of love to try and make up for the mistake.

I cannot drink dairy milk. I have tried soy, rice, and almond milks .. my stomach hates them as much as the dairy milk. I have not tried oat milk in a carton. I did make my own and did fine with it. It does not keep well and you have to be careful not to make it slimy. Out of a dozen times I only got it slimy twice. Just not worth it for me to make it though. I don't eat much cereal to put it on .. I usually just splash it with water or get a cereal that can be eaten dry.

I have not found a protein drink I can tolerate either . I get so nauseated with them and bloated if I can get them down. I was on feeding tube for over a year and I was nauseous all the time and had belly pain. Had to take pills for the nausea and sometimes they did not help.

I think it is the carrageenan or perhaps other ingredients that make me miserable with the milks.