Kraft products (was Your Comment/Question)

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I started wondering if Kraft considered barley, rye, and oats as potential "allergens" on their extensive questionnaire to their suppliers and on their labels. I am very pleased to confirm that they do. I'm surprised the person writing back to didn't include a link to their "choosing gluten-free foods" section on the Kraft website, which has extensive and accurate information about what celiac disease is, what foods are verboten, how to read Kraft labels, how to make good food choices on the gf diet, and where to go for information about the FDA's legislation regarding gluten-free labeling: http://www.kraftrecipes.com/healthy-living-ideas/articles/food-allergies/glutenfreefoods.aspx

Our policy for all Kraftproducts, including Mayer and Nabisco brands, is to list gluten-containing ingredients in the ingredient statement on the package label.

The ingredient information on labels of Kraft products is very specific to help you make accurate and informed choices. If a Kraft product has an ingredient that is a source of gluten, the specific grain will be listed in the ingredient statement, no matter how small the amount. For labeling purposes, Kraft products will always state the names ‘wheat, barley, rye and/or oats’ when they are added to a product either directly as an ingredient or as part of an ingredient.

Kraft products made with an ingredient that contains a source of gluten will list that grain source in parentheses after the ingredient in the ingredient line if that is the only source of gluten in the product. This method is used, as necessary, to identify sources of gluten in flavors, modified food starch and other ingredients.

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Great sleuthing, thanks!

From: "TrVerb@..." <TrVerb@...> Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 7:34:37 PMSubject: [ ] Kraft products (was Your Comment/Question)

I started wondering if Kraft considered barley, rye, and oats as potential "allergens" on their extensive questionnaire to their suppliers and on their labels. I am very pleased to confirm that they do. I'm surprised the person writing back to didn't include a link to their "choosing gluten-free foods" section on the Kraft website, which has extensive and accurate information about what celiac disease is, what foods are verboten, how to read Kraft labels, how to make good food choices on the gf diet, and where to go for information about the FDA's legislation regarding gluten-free labeling: http://www.kraftrec ipes.com/ healthy-living- ideas/articles/ food-allergies/ glutenfreefoods. aspx

Our policy for all Kraftproducts, including Mayer and Nabisco brands, is to list gluten-containing ingredients in the ingredient statement on the package label.

The ingredient information on labels of Kraft products is very specific to help you make accurate and informed choices. If a Kraft product has an ingredient that is a source of gluten, the specific grain will be listed in the ingredient statement, no matter how small the amount. For labeling purposes, Kraft products will always state the names ‘wheat, barley, rye and/or oats’ when they are added to a product either directly as an ingredient or as part of an ingredient.

Kraft products made with an ingredient that contains a source of gluten will list that grain source in parentheses after the ingredient in the ingredient line if that is the only source of gluten in the product. This method is used, as necessary, to identify sources of gluten in flavors, modified food starch and other ingredients.