French Toast Crunch Cereal (General Mills)

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As we all know, the labels of all products must be read all of the

time to insure the ingredients do not contain any gluten or casein.

Manufacturers do change ingredients without warning and can do so the

day after the company has been called to verify that a product is

gluten and casein free. Certain unacceptable ingredients may be

hidden under other names, such as modified food starch which is a

vague term which does not indicate the source of the

starch (wheat or corn).

Keeping this information in mind, we now proceed to individual

concerns about possible cross contamination issues. This is

certainly a legitimate concern which may affect some children

adversely. This adverse reaction may occur from miniscule amounts of

gluten and casein which may occasionally be found in manufacturing

facilities that do not use dedicated lines for making gluten and

casein free products, (in spite of thorough sterilization of

manufacturing lines.)

Most manufacturers insist that their production lines are thoroughly

washed and sterilized in between batches. This cleaning process is

acceptable to the majority of GFCF individuals. However, if your

child is one that cannot tolerate gluten/casein even in the most

minuscule amounts, this type of manufacturing facility would not be

recommended. There are only two companies that I am personally aware

of that use dedicated lines for manufacturing their GFCF products.

(Miss Roben's and Kinnikinnick Foods) If there are other companies I

am unaware of, please post that information.

In order to expand the diet selection of the foods that are available

to our children, we must rely on each other for information about

products that we believe to be acceptable for our children's diet.

These foods encompass a great variety of foods from different

manufacturers. I have never found any large company who will 100%

guarantee that their products are totally GFCF (and this is mostly

due to cross contamination issues). The list of GFCF Foods would be

greatly reduced if our guidelines excluded these companies.

Therefore, we all remain vigilent, constantly reading and searching

for acceptable GFCF products to feed our children.

General Mills does state, at this time, if a product contains a known

allergen, such as wheat or dairy it will appear in BOLD black letters

on the box label. However, this product may still be unacceptable to

some of you, because they still will not 100% guarantee that any of

their products are GFCF. This may be a personal decision based on

cross contamination issues and a need for a 100% guarantee from the

company.

The label on French Toast Crunch Cereal does not state any known

allergen warning. The ingredients of the product follows:

CORN MEAL, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL,

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BROWN SUGAR

SYRUP, BAKING SODA, CINNAMON, COLOR ADDED, ZINC AND IRON (MINERAL

NUTRIENTS), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE), A B

VITAMIN(NIACINAMIDE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN

B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN A

(PALMITATE), A B VITAMIN (FOLIC ACID), VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D.

- Judy DeHart

www.gfcfdiet.com

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