Warning About Toro Gluten Free Products.

[Guest guest]

The latest newsletter form Glutenfree.com includes a recipe that uses a

product called Toro Sponge Cake Flour. Which they sell at their site.

The problem is if you look at the ingredients of the products it

contains wheat starch. It has a notation that it is specially formulated

to be below the governments standard of 20 ppm gluten. I do not know

about any one else but if it contains wheat starch in any form I would

avoid it like the plague. I get ill if I eat products just manufactured

in a facility that uses wheat. There is no way I would eat something

that actually contains wheat. I think in this case they are using the

government codecs an an excuse to make Celiacs buy their products and

think they are safe. They do, on the front of the package, say that they

have less then 20 ppm gluten and are therefore gluten free. I advise all

to be very cautious with Toro Products.

Mark

[Guest guest]

>

> The latest newsletter form Glutenfree.com includes a recipe that uses a

> product called Toro Sponge Cake Flour. Which they sell at their site.

> The problem is if you look at the ingredients of the products it

> contains wheat starch. It has a notation that it is specially formulated

> to be below the governments standard of 20 ppm gluten. I do not know

> about any one else but if it contains wheat starch in any form I would

> avoid it like the plague. I get ill if I eat products just manufactured

> in a facility that uses wheat. There is no way I would eat something

> that actually contains wheat. I think in this case they are using the

> government codecs an an excuse to make Celiacs buy their products and

> think they are safe. They do, on the front of the package, say that they

> have less then 20 ppm gluten and are therefore gluten free. I advise all

> to be very cautious with Toro Products.

>

> Mark

>

The products follow the European government standards for what is considered

" gluten free "

Codex Alimentarus. There are literally millions of Europeans eating this food

with no apparent ill effects. Of course, your mileage may vary.