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I'll try to post the name of the company tomorrow afternoon cause i'm at my mom's and my computer is still broken.
I was surprised myself that I even found the powder cause I live in such a small community on Vancouver Island. Only one place sold it here (the health food stores didn't even have it!) I know it's in a giant white container. Though I agree myself that it didn't cause me any skin irritation. I wonder if it has to be labled that way in Canada???? I find that Canada labels somethings different that the US.
I did some research on Acacia powder and of course found out it is in the same family as slippery elm but I also found out it is also used for lowering cholestrol.
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Hi!
I've been doing some looking around on the internet and can't find out if slippery elm is soulble fiber. However lot's of brands of fiber put slippery elm in it. So I bet it is. Sounds like good stuff..from all that I have read on it.
Good luck!
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Hi - I think you're probably right about the Canadian labeling. There's often a lot of differences between how the exact same product has to be labeled in the US and Canada. And I've found that for dietary and herbal supplements, the FDA sometimes has labeling requirements that don't even really match the product itself. The best example of this is the soluble fiber supplements that market themselves as laxatives (like Citrucel or Metamucil) that are required to put all sorts of warning and cautions on their label that don't even apply to soluble fiber - they're only applicable to stimulant laxatives. But the FDA doesn't distinguish between the two. Canada may have some guidlines comparable to this.
Oddly, I had heard from a Canadian manufacturer that the only two products Canada allows to be labeled as fiber are psyllium and inulin, and this is why products like Citrucel and Benefiber aren't sold in Canada. I don't know if this is true but it's interesting. Was your Canadian Acacia labeled as a soluble fiber?
- Heather
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Hi
I think that I got the info right. It was a very confusing label!!!! It's in a 500 mg bottle.
PCCA
Willow-PCCA
London, Ontario
N5W 5N5
pccanada.com
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Hi Robyn!
Is that web address correct? I tried it and got a computer place.  Somehow I have a feeling that's not related to acacia! 
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Hi
It is exactly the address that I pulled off the bottle of acacia!
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Nope it wasn't labeled as a soluable fiber or even a laxative or anything which is really weird. Maybe the pharmacy that brought it in had more info with the box.
It's just a 500 mg bottle that has the name lot, an address, it also says CAS: 9001-015, AC500 500, a picture of a warning and the warning about skin and eye contact and says refer ti M.S.D.S. It didn't even say if anything else was in their or how strong it is. I didn't even see a din number which should be on the bottle though it does have a sku bar on it.
You know for being bottled in Canada that is really weak! I find that Canada is usually more strict about the labeling.
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I take it, but haven't a clue as to if it's soluble fiber or not. As far as I know it's just the bark off a particular tree, ground up. Sooo, you decide......
What do you wanna bet the manufactures don't even know. Let's face it, most people don't know the difference between soluble and insoluble fiber.
I discovered, the hard way, you DON'T mix it into hot water (I take the powdered stuff). If you do it gels up and gets soooo thick, RIGHT now. That alone may tell you what it is doing inside your gut. If you take in tepid water it doesn't do that. Of course you have to stir like crazy to get it to disolve. This is an ancient old herb used to calm the digestive tract. Makes me feel good!
(Thanks for researching Steph........that was really sweet of you.)
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It is more on the soluble side;Please read full article:
http://www.medmelon.gr/slippery-elm-bark/ Also,NOT for pregnant or nursing women.
Edited by sgcray (07/03/15 10:30 AM)
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