Formula on Hold
The original chicory, banana-flour and flax drink is on hold. Its preparation, tasting, consumption and make-ahead directions, including all variants, are withdrawn until the actual banana-flour and flax products and their suitability for uncooked use are identified and reviewed. A label assumption alone does not resolve this audit hold. No preparation instructions are provided.
Historical Ingredient Record
The former formula used 2 cups water, 2 tablespoons roasted chicory root or 2 tea bags, 1 tablespoon grated ginger, 1 tablespoon green banana flour, 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, optional 1 to 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. These are historical audit quantities, not directions to prepare or consume the held drink. Tea bags are not proven equivalent to two tablespoons of loose root. Initial water volume does not establish the strained yield.
Historical Options on Hold
The cinnamon/vanilla, orange/zest, lemon-balm/tulsi and reduced-flax versions inherit the unresolved ingredient requirement. The suggested inulin and extra-chicory replacements also have no established equivalent fiber amount or medicinal dose. No operative variation instructions remain.
Source and Process Limits
FDA flour guidance warns against uncooked flour. Michigan State University notes that flour risk is not limited to wheat; its evidence access in this audit was an indexed excerpt. Neither source assesses an identified banana-flour product. The former warm-tea mixing stage does not establish a cooking step. Do not guess a home heat-treatment schedule.
The former 25-minute total omitted part of the listed preparation and cooling: those stages alone sum to roughly 28 to 30 minutes before additional heating. This is a historical consistency finding, not an active preparation schedule. Fiber content, clinical prebiotic benefit, daily tolerance and shelf life have not been established for this exact mixture.
For handling, CDC guidance calls for prompt refrigeration at 40°F (4°C) or below, within two hours (one hour above 90°F). This does not establish a shelf life for this formula. General handling advice does not release the formula hold. Source review is not kitchen testing.
