"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:18:09 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> You can never merely go by a label that says gluten free and assume that
>> the
>> product is. Some of this depends on what country you live in. In some
>> countries, the product is tested and if it has less and some certain
>> number,
>> then it can be said to be GF. In this country, we have things like Rice
>> Dream, rice milk. They use barely to polish the rice. Barley contains
>> gluten. So while the rice is gluten free and it will say gluten free on
>> the
>> box, there might actually be gluten in the milk and people have reacted
>> to
>> it. Then there are things that places like Walmart and Trader Joe's
>> sell.
>> Things like tomato sauce and canned beans. Should be gluten free but
>> made
>> on shared lines so can contain gluten. Even some gluten free baked goods
>> are baked in a facility shared with wheat to subject to cross
>> contamination.
>> And the famous gluten free pizza. I want to say Dominos but not entirely
>> sure which chain it is. Has a disclaimer that it is not to be eaten by
>> people with celiac. Because while they are using GF ingredients, they
>> can't
>> guarantee that the end result is GF.
>
> People who *need* to eat gluten free ensure that they do it by not
> buying processed food and cooking from scratch. Why is this such a
> hard concept to understand?
Hardly! I was a poster on the celiac forum for many years and I still read
posts there from time to time. Many of the newly diagnosed are college
students, or young mothers who perhaps have a newly diagnosed child. Many
are looking for things like canned chicken soup or Goldfish type crackers.
Some do make everything from scratch. Particularly those with multiple food
issues or who only eat organic or perhaps even vegan. But the vast majority
want prepared stuff. Ever been to a gluten free fair? I have. Angela once
won a wonderful overnight bag full of Bob's Red Mill and other products.
The bag has the Bob's logo stitched on it.
The gluten free market is HUGE! But many of the companies that make gluten
free stuff just don't get it.
There actually have been quite a few gluten free bakeries that have been
sued and shut down. The worst of which was some guy who knowingly purchased
breads somewhere that were regular wheat breads and put his own gluten free
packaging on them. I will continue to try to find the name of that person
or company but meanwhile here is something on a similar vein...
http://jennifersway.org/gluten-free-...ke-extra-cash/
And here it is!
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/...ke-gluten.html
There has also been much discussion over the years about the tortillas made
by these people.
http://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/...ree-difference
I can't remember the exact specifics now and they may have changed the way
they are made but at some point in time some years ago they were not really
gluten free. I do remember Angela eating them and getting stomach pains
afterwards. I can't see anything now that shouts out to me of a problem.
But I do see that they are no longer claiming the corn ones to be GF. That
may have been it.