Frequently Asked Questions...
Q. How can I use DandyBlend to get off coffee?
A. Many of our customers report that they have gone seamlessly from coffee to DandyBlend with no headaches or other withdrawal symptoms. However, if you wish, you can mix DandyBlend half and half with coffee at first, gradually increasing the DandyBlend until the coffee is eliminated. Other people drink coffee in the morning and DandyBlend the rest of the day.
Q. How can DandyBlend be so sweet if the ingredients
do not include sugar?
A. Food produced by dandelion leaves is stored in the
roots as the starch inulin, which is just a bunch of
fructose molecules tied together by fragile bonds. Roasting
breaks these bonds and releases the fructose. The
fructose masks the bitterness, making the beverage more
palatable.
Q. DandyBlend contains barley and rye. So, how can
it contain no detectable gluten?
A. DandyBlend is made from extracts of barley and rye,
not from barley and rye themselves. The roasted grains are
mixed with the roasted roots, are ground, and then the
water-soluble components (nutrients, minerals, biologically
active substances) are leached out of the mash by hot water,
just like you do when making tea. The liquid extract which
is collected at the bottom is then spray dried to make the
powder which we then call DandyBlend. Why no gluten?
Gluten is not water soluble; it only dissolves in alcohol.
Therefore, since no alcohol is used in the extracting
process, all the gluten stays back in the mash. Tests done
by Eliza-Tek Laboratories confirm the absence of detectable gluten in
Dandy Blend.
Q. I
have allergies to dandelion flowers. Is it OK to drink Dandy
Blend?
A. Yes, there should be no problem. Dandy Blend is made from water soluble extracts of the roots of Dandelion. You are not even getting all the dandelion root--just that part that dissolves in water. That is why Dandy Blend it is totally free of gluten, pesticide residues, and other non-water soluble components that occur even in "organic" products.
Q. How do you make DandyBlend water-soluble?
A. DandyBlend is made only of extracts created by
running hot water through the DandyBlend ingredients, and
then spray drying the result and making it into powder. Add
the water back (either hot or cold), and those extracts
instantly rehydrate, just like freeze-dried vegetables or
dried, powdered herbs.
Q. Is Dandy Blend organic?
A. The barley, rye and beets are commercially
grown. The dandelion and chicory root, however, are grown on
farms in Poland that produce medicinal herbs for the Eastern
European market, where allopathic medicines are used far
less than herbal ones. The fact that Dandy Blend is made
only of water-soluble extracts of these five ingredients,
with nothing else added in either the product or processing
except water, means that only the goodness of these
ingredients gets to you. You get none of the bad stuff. And,
since dandelions are such effective "miners" of trace
minerals from the undepleted subsoils into which the roots
extend, you are getting more nutrients than you would get
from commercially grown vegetables, probably as many as you
would get from crops grown in "organic" soils.
Q. Are there calories in Dandy Blend?
A. A cup of Dandy
Blend is like water to Weight Watchers point counters - 0
points! There are only 5 calories in a cup.
Q. Doesn’t roasting destroy some of the essential goodness
of dandelion?
A. While some enzymes and vitamins might be affected,
roasting at low temperatures has been the way herbalists
have prepared dandelion root for centuries. Roasting
releases beneficial aromatic products, converts inulin to
fructose, and makes trace and major
minerals more available.
Q. What is the shelf life of DandyBlend?
A. While DandyBlend officially has a shelf life of two
years, in actuality, the compounds in the dandelion,
chicory, the grains and the beetroot are so stable when kept
in airtight containers that the shelf life is almost
indefinite. It is just as invigorating after long storage as
it is fresh.
Q. What minerals are in DandyBlend?
A. According to tests done by Chemical Solutions Ltd., DandyBlend
contains the following minerals on a per cup basis.
| Major Minerals: | |
| Potassium | 22.2 mg |
| Sodium | 3.2 mg |
| Phosphorus | 2.8 mg |
| Magnesium | 2.0 mg |
| Calcium | 2.1 mg |
| Iron | 0.9 mg |
| Aluminum | 0.05 mg |
| Manganese | 0.03 mg |
| Trace Minerals: | |
| Rubidium | 12.0 mcg |
| Zinc | 8.6 mcg |
| Barium | 6.0 mcg |
| Boron | 4.0 mcg |
| Copper | 1.6 mcg |
| Strontium | 2.0 mcg |
| Chromium | 2.0 mcg |
| Titanium | 2.0 mcg |
Trace Minerals that are present but below measurable
levels are: Lithium, Nickel, Germanium, Selenium,
Zirconium, Molybdenum, Rhodium, Silver, Indium, Antimony,
Cesium, Lanthanium, Prascodymium, Promethium, Europium,
Beryllium, Scandium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Gailium, Arsenic,
Strontium, Yitrium, Niobium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Cadmium,
Tin, Tellurium, Cerium, Neodymium, Samarium, Gadolinium,
Terbium, Holmium, Thulium, Lutetium, Tantalium, Iridium,
Gold, Rhenium, Thallium, Bismuth, Uranium, Dysprosium,
Erbium, Ytterbium, Hafnium, Tungsten, Osmium, Platinum,
Mercury, Lead, and Thorium.
Source: Chemical Solutions, Ltd. Ian Milnes,
President. 273 Mulberry Drive, Suite 9, Mechanicsburg, PA.
17050 phone 717.697.7536