On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 06:41:24 -0700, "Dusty"
> wrote:

>I've been unsuccessfully traversing my local stores in an effort to find
>this mysterious "Diastatic Malt." Whole Foods is usually my ace-in-the-hole
>when it comes to esoteric, hard to find "things"... But I've been
>completely stymied.
>
>Is there a trade or manufacturers name that I should be asking for? The
>folks that worked there were absolutely (helpful but) clueless--at least by
>the name I gave them. Also, where in the store would I find it? Baking
>"stuff?" Beverages? Cereals? Hemorrhoid remedies? Since they have an
>in-store bakery that makes absolutely wonderful breads of all kinds
>(including French & SD), I went and asked the "head baker". She also didn't
>have a clue...
>
>Any clues or other help would be most appreciated.
>
>Dusty
>San Jose, Ca.

Dusty,

Whole Foods sells malted barley syrup in the baking section near the
flours. The brand is Eden. It's organic. Of course, this is very
sweet, like molasses. I have no idea whether this is diastatic or
not...the jar doesn't say. BTW, I think this is the same stuff that
KA sells as "Organic Barley Malt Syrup," see pg 34 of April catalog.
(WF price is slightly less than KA.)

HTH!