Re: Gluten Free verses Wheat Free

[Guest guest]

I'm pretty sure you didn't poison yourself! A food marked gluten free should be safe, though some that say they are gf on the box may have been processed in a facility that also processes gluten containing ingredients -- depending on your sensitivity and your comfort level with the possibility of cross contamination, you may or may not want to eat that food...

In a message dated 11/1/08 3:15:07 PM, brookescudder@... writes:

Dear Beautiful People,

Can you please advise? I recently went to Whole Foods and bought gluten free energy bars. There were sprouted things in them, but was assured they were not sprouted wheat. I ate the bar, and am wondering if I just poisoned myself.

Are some 'Gluten Free' foods, still be dangerous to someone with Celiac Disease?

Thank you!

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[Guest guest]

If a product is labeled as wheat free they may still contain other

gluten containing products. Barley (malt) being the primary additive.

Their are a lot of products that I have found that would be safe to eat

except for the addition of malt to the product. So you have to be

careful there.

The only thing I have found is that products labeled gluten free can

still have oats in them since oats have been taken off the national

requirements for the products being labeled gluten free. I am still

sensitive to oats and have been caught several times buy purchasing a

product labeled gluten free, eating them, getting sick, going back and

reading the label to see that they have oats in them. They are usually

from a certified gluten free source but I have seen it where they just

say oat fiber and do not give a source. So I now even read labels on

products labeled as gluten free.

Mark