Re: question for or anyone else

[Guest guest]

yes it is true.....rye contain gluten also....I try and explain it

like this...

someone may have a wheat allergy, so therefore they can have barley

or rye or the like, someone who is GLUTEN free such as the diet or

Celiacs cannot have anything that contains

GLUTEN..tyr,oats,wheat,barley etc. so, some products may say " wheat

free " but they still may contain one of the other gluten containing

grains, did that make sense???

I hope so, maybe someone else could explain it better than I.

Debbie

> OK, the following was posted on another GFCF site I am on:

> " No, I am afraid not. Gluten free means exactly that. Gluten is

only

> one part of the grain. It must be wheat free too. This is why I

keep

> banging on that GFCF is a misnomer. It misleads people as to the

> exclusions on the diet. It is the entirely FREE from wheat, rye,

oats,

> barley, mammalian milks and all their derivatives diet. Including

wheat

> starch. "

> Is this true? I have been GFCF for over 16 months and I knew it

as if

> it says gluten free then it is, but now I went and looked at some

of my

> products and it says " gluten free- wheat free- etc.free " . So then

why

> would they mention both? LISA LEWIS are you out there? Please

answer

> this one!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

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.

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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 03:45:32 -0000 debbiejusi@... writes:

> yes it is true.....rye contain gluten also....I try and explain it

> like this...

>

> someone may have a wheat allergy, so therefore they can have barley

>

> or rye or the like, someone who is GLUTEN free such as the diet or

> Celiacs cannot have anything that contains

> GLUTEN..tyr,oats,wheat,barley etc. so, some products may say " wheat

>

> free " but they still may contain one of the other gluten containing

>

> grains, did that make sense???

> I hope so, maybe someone else could explain it better than I.

>

> Debbie

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > OK, the following was posted on another GFCF site I am on:

> > " No, I am afraid not. Gluten free means exactly that. Gluten is

>

> only

> > one part of the grain. It must be wheat free too. This is why I

>

> keep

> > banging on that GFCF is a misnomer. It misleads people as to the

> > exclusions on the diet. It is the entirely FREE from wheat, rye,

>

> oats,

> > barley, mammalian milks and all their derivatives diet. Including

>

> wheat

> > starch. "

> > Is this true? I have been GFCF for over 16 months and I knew it

>

> as if

> > it says gluten free then it is, but now I went and looked at some

>

> of my

> > products and it says " gluten free- wheat free- etc.free " . So then

>

> why

> > would they mention both? LISA LEWIS are you out there? Please

> answer

> > this one!!

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

In Europe, food can be labelled gluten-free if the gluten content is

below a certain percentage. In those cases, gluten-free wouldn't

necessarily mean wheat-free.

In Australia, I saw a spelt bread labelled gluten-free, which of

course it isn't. It isn't even wheat-free since spelt is a form

wheat. Go figure that one?!?

And just to complicate this more, a U.S. manufacturer of an oat-based

dairy-free cheese was claiming that the product was gluten-free, as

he didn't consider oat gluten to be gluten, while also acknowledging

that the oats were contaminated with wheat.

Phew! Can't let down your guard with label reading & quizzing the

manufacturers.

> 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.