Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 "Our new gluten-free laws in the US are actually going to be stricter than the UK laws." Must barley be listed on UK labels? H.**************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Barley, gluten and oat are listed as allergens in the UK, but the law allows for 200ppm, where the US law allows for only 20ppm. So something in the UK can say " suitable for Celiacs " but have a small amount of gluten, which is what I am referring to. > > " Our new gluten-free laws in the US are actually going to be stricter than > the UK laws. " > > Must barley be listed on UK labels? > > H. > > > ************** > Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live > music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 The labels I saw listed "barley gluten", "wheat gluten", etc.From: flatcat9@... <flatcat9@...>Subject: Re: [ ] UK labels - GF Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 11:15 AM "Our new gluten-free laws in the US are actually going to be stricter than the UK laws." Must barley be listed on UK labels? H.************ **Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker. com! (http://www. tourtracker. com?NCID= aolmus0005000000 0112) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 So based on this difference in standards – Can anyone speak to any of the UK products that they have tried and whether or not there were any noticed reactions? Do you think this could account for the UK products being ‘better’ tasting? Just curious if the products overseas are better tasting due to a difference in allowable ingredients? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Elonwy Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Barley, gluten and oat are listed as allergens in the UK, but the law allows for 200ppm, where the US law allows for only 20ppm. So something in the UK can say " suitable for Celiacs " but have a small amount of gluten, which is what I am referring to. > > " Our new gluten-free laws in the US are actually going to be stricter than > the UK laws. " > > Must barley be listed on UK labels? > > H. > > > ************** > Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live > music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 My son ate Sainsbury-brand French bread, nan, sandwich bread (without toasting), and cake with no problems. He was in heaven.From: Groff <megroff01@...>Subject: RE: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 11:40 AM So based on this difference in standards – Can anyone speak to any of the UK products that they have tried and whether or not there were any noticed reactions? Do you think this could account for the UK products being ‘better’ tasting? Just curious if the products overseas are better tasting due to a difference in allowable ingredients? From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Elonwy Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Barley, gluten and oat are listed as allergens in the UK , but the law allows for 200ppm, where the US law allows for only 20ppm. So something in the UK can say "suitable for Celiacs" but have a small amount of gluten, which is what I am referring to. > > "Our new gluten-free laws in the US are actually going to be stricter than > the UK laws." > > Must barley be listed on UK labels? > > H. > > > ************ ** > Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live > music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker. com! > > (http://www.tourtrac ker.com?NCID= aolmus0005000000 0112) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I eat british food all the time. I'm British but live in the US now - but visit family etc over there regularly and bring back lots of food to last me when I come back here - as it is tasty. I have never had a reaction to any of it - not even a slight one. But just because the gluten content limits are higher - doesn't mean the contents are actually higher........ I love the Tesco pita breads best of all....Yummy. Feel like another UK food parcel is going to be needed soon...... Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Do you have friends ship it, or is there a site you can order from? The Sainsbury pita and nan are really good, too.I wish I had a freezer! If so, I would have purchased a suitcase just for baked goods before returning to the US!From: Ruth Baillie <ruthebaillie@...>Subject: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 8:20 AM I eat british food all the time. I'm British but live in the US now - but visit family etc over there regularly and bring back lots of food to last me when I come back here - as it is tasty. I have never had a reaction to any of it - not even a slight one. But just because the gluten content limits are higher - doesn't mean the contents are actually higher...... .. I love the Tesco pita breads best of all....Yummy. Feel like another UK food parcel is going to be needed soon...... Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 There are some super online shops. www.britishfooddirect.com www.britsuperstore.com They do English manufactured goods and they stock from the supermarkets (Tescos, Marks and Spencers). I've pinged Brit Superstore to see if they could expand their gf buys from Tesco - especially the Pita bread - which was mentioned before and is really yummy. I'll keep you posted. bron From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of DeanSent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Do you have friends ship it, or is there a site you can order from? The Sainsbury pita and nan are really good, too.I wish I had a freezer! If so, I would have purchased a suitcase just for baked goods before returning to the US! From: Ruth Baillie <ruthebaillie@...>Subject: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 8:20 AM I eat british food all the time. I'm British but live in the US now - but visit family etc over there regularly and bring back lots of food to last me when I come back here - as it is tasty. I have never had a reaction to any of it - not even a slight one. But just because the gluten content limits are higher - doesn't mean the contents are actually higher...... ..I love the Tesco pita breads best of all....Yummy. Feel like another UK food parcel is going to be needed soon......Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 The " britishfooddirect " website does have the Tesco pita breads that you can order. They have a reasonable shelf life. You can warm them in a toaster or microwave. Yummm. I get a food parcel from my family in England - always a happy day. Haven't tried the website but it was good to refresh my memory of the other items available. Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Just seen that they have my favorite " no wheat chocolate and orange bars " on the britishfooddirect website. Great chocolate " biscuits " as we would call them - wafer type things wrapped in chocolate - in the " snacks " section. Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Cool - thanks for looking around it Ruth. Look at the other website too. The owner of the Brit Superstore is more than happy to get stuff he doesn't stock - he does it all the time for my ish friend. -----Original Message----- From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Ruth Baillie Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:31 AM Subject: [ ] Re: UK labels - GF Just seen that they have my favorite " no wheat chocolate and orange bars " on the britishfooddirect website. Great chocolate " biscuits " as we would call them - wafer type things wrapped in chocolate - in the " snacks " section. Ruth ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 are they really hard, like a biscotti?On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Ruth Baillie <ruthebaillie@...> wrote: Just seen that they have my favorite " no wheat chocolate and orange bars " on the britishfooddirect website. Great chocolate " biscuits " as we would call them - wafer type things wrapped in chocolate - in the " snacks " section. Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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