Janet Wilder wrote:
> Miche wrote:
> > �Janet Wilder wrote:
> >> Miche wrote:
>
> >>> "Gluten free" when butter shouldn't contain gluten anyway? �Clever
> >>> marketing, if very very cynical.
> >> When we were in New Zealand, we visited a farmers market one Saturday. I
> >> took a picture of a stand selling bacon and ham that boasted a huge sign
> >> saying: "non-gluten". �When we show the pix it gets laughs.
>
> > That'll be the Otago Farmer's Market. �I've seen the sign.
>
> > It's not that big a laughing matter -- some cheap bacon and ham here
> > (stuff I wouldn't buy, I'm not that desperate for protein) is
> > "stretched" by having gluten added to it.
>
>
> I am curious as to how they could get gluten into ham and bacon.

The same way peanuts can get into foods with which you'd not associate
peanuts... many food processing plants prepare an array of foods under
the same roof using the same equipment... could very conceivably be
wheat flour products being prepared in close proximity to cured meats
and with the same machinery. Food companys are required to make known
on the label whether a product may contain a typical allergen, like
gluten and nuts.