Gluten/wheat free in the UK.

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Wheat free and gluten free are not the same in the UK. Products

containing wheat starch are legally considered gluten free. In Europe

a special kind of wheat starch is permissable in the gluten free

products sold here. That is why I always tell parents on the UK list

that GFCF is in some ways a misnomer. The diet should be called the

entireley FREE from, wheat, rye, barley, oats, mammalian milks and

ALL their derivatives diet. Plus, to make sure the product is free

from the previous list.

Pamela Bray UK

> > Hi Deb, but these people are saying that even though something is

> gluten

> > free it still has to be wheat free. I thought if its gluten free

> then

> > its free of it all. I know if its wheat free it could still have

> gluten,

> > but they say if its gluten free it could still have wheat.