[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Mystery I'm trying to figure out

[Steve Isenberg]

The fiber is "Optifiber compare to Benefiber(r)" "Prebiotic Fiber
Supplement" (yes, prebiotic, not probiotic)
Ingredient: Wheat Dextrin.  Contains wheat ingredients. Gluten-free,
contains less than 20ppm gluten.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:45 AM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:

> And no probiotics in the fiber? (I would think none.)
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 08:43:58 AM EST, Steve Isenberg <
> smisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Nothing listed as probiotic.
> almonds, calcium carbonate, sea salt, sunflower lecithin, locust bean gum,
> gellan gum, vit E, zinc gluconate, vit A, vit D2, B2, B12.
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:31 AM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Steve --
>
> Does your almond milk contain probiotics?
>
> Probiotics are by definition live cultures. They will consume
> polysaccharides like soluble fiber.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 07:37:28 AM EST, arnold peterson <
> alp4982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I wonder if heat is produced by this reaction, then I could understand a
> weight loss.
>
> There is another possibility. I have a food scale that I weigh my ground
> coffee. Sometimes it seems like the scale takes time for the reading to
> settle down.
>
> I find that when I use a larger amount of coffee this is less of a
> problem.  le: If using 20-25 g this is less likely to happen than when I
> use 10g, which happens almost all the time.
>
> The scale I use is a weight watchers scale.
>
> I think a balance scale might be a way for another more reliable method.
>
> I think this is a physics problem, of the scale. My scale likes to move in
> 2 g increments.  -arnie
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:00 PM Larry Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can you try it again in a jar with a screw-on top that was included when
> you weighed the jar and milk.  Right after you add the power screw the top
> on tight.
>
> Why did you do this in the first place -- did you read that this might
> happen?
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 6:42 PM Steve Isenberg <smisenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Gentlepeople, especially any chemistry or physics experts:
>
> When I add 5 grams powdered fiber to almond milk, the added weight starts
> dropping immediately from 5 grams.
>
> Materials are powdered fiber supplement (Optifiber from Costco, wheat
> dextrin) and unsweetened almond milk (also from Costco).
>
> Procedure.  I take a small shot glass container and put it on the scale,
> and zero the scale.  Add 5 grams of powdered fiber to the glass container,
> and it stays at 5g.  I set the glass container aside.
> Then I take a container of about 8 oz of cold almond milk and put it on
> the scale, zero the scale, and add the 5g powder into the almond milk.  I
> don't stir.
> At first the scale reads 5g, then immediately starts to drop in weight, to
> 4.5, 4.0, 3.8, etc within the first minute.
>
> Does anyone know what's happening, why is the weight dropping?
>
> This is not a joke, I am asking a serious question.  I can do this live
> over zoom sometime, and in person. Any thoughts?
> -steve
>
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