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these chemically made substances.
You might be happy to know that not all of the thickeners you'll see as ingredients are lab-made. Gum arabic (acacia), corn starch, potato starch, guar gum and agar agar are natural thickeners. There's nothing inherently bad for you in any of them, unless you happen to be allergic to one of them or unless you find that any of them is an IBS trigger for you personally. These thickeners have a long history in natural vegetarian recipes and products (often as an alternative to milk products or gelatins). They also offer a lot of SF, so I'm thinking that would be a bonus. 
BTW, even at her lowest point, my daughter was able to eat Stonyfield Farms O'Soy Organic Chocolate yogurt with no trouble. (She's never had trouble w/soy, luckily.) It's got a nice taste and texture and the thickener is pectin. I swear that stuff was keeping her alive for a while there! If you can handle soy, I can't recommend it highly enough. You can even mix your acacia fiber supplement right into it. (There are lots of other flavors which are also tasty, but my daughter can't handle the IF of the fruit flavors.)
hope this helps,
kem (daughter w/ibs-d)
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