Low-FODMAP bone broth for IBS
For IBS, the recipe matters.
Standard stock and many broths contain onion and garlic. Those are high-FODMAP ingredients and can aggravate a sensitive gut. If your gut reacts after a broth, the issue is usually not bone broth itself. It is the ingredients your gut already struggles to handle.
A low-FODMAP-friendly bone broth leaves out onion, garlic and added flavourings, which keeps it gentle on a sensitive gut and takes those triggers out of the equation.
The Pure Bone Broth range is made for this: simple bone broth with no onion, no garlic and no flavourings. It gives you the protein, collagen, gelatine and amino acids of bone broth without the usual additions that make standard stock harder for sensitive digestion.
Stock cubes are the wrong comparison. They are built for flavour, often using salt, starches, yeast extracts, flavourings and additives. An IBS-friendly kitchen needs a cleaner base than that.
As with any food on an IBS plan, begin with a small amount and note how you respond. IBS is individual, so the right form of bone broth is the one that sits well for you and that you can keep in the diet. When you are ready, you can shop bone broth in the format that suits you best.
How to use bone broth with IBS
Start with a small amount.
Half a mug of warm bone broth is enough to judge how it sits. Sip it slowly rather than drinking it quickly. If it agrees with you, build up from there.
Use bone broth between meals when you want something warm and savoury without adding bulk. It is also useful when your appetite is low, when food feels repetitive, or when you want a more useful option than another coffee or snack.
Bone broth is just as useful in cooking. Use it in place of onion-and-garlic stock in soups, rice, stews, sauces, noodles or soft vegetables. That gives normal meals more protein, collagen and savoury depth while keeping the recipe gentler for digestion.
Regular, modest amounts suit a sensitive gut better than an occasional large serving. Keep it simple: warm, plain, onion-free, garlic-free and easy to repeat.
If your symptoms lean more towards bone broth for bloating or bone broth for acid reflux, those go into more detail.
