Guest guest Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 For the hypertensive like me. Kathy http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/406948_4 Few co's reported definitively - their products were gluten free. Gluten, when present in drug and nutritional products, is a component of inactive ingredients added during manufacturing. Inactive ingredients derived from whole grains, grain flour, or grain starch are the most common sources of gluten. Excipients, such as unspecified starch 18-20 or pregelatinized starch,[18,20] dusting powder, flour, and gluten,[3,21] may be derived from wheat. These inactive ingredients have the highest potential to be sources of gluten in drug and nutritional products. Dextri-Maltose and caramel coloring may be sources of gluten when barley malt is used in manufacturing.[20,22] Other starch derivatives, such as sodium starch glycolate, [20,23] dextrin,[24] and maltodextrin,[20] are processed almost exclusively from potato starch or cornstarch but may rarely be derived from other starches. The botanical source of each of these ingredients must be determined before the product can be considered safe for the celiac disease patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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