Do You Eat Gluten-Free?

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:46 am

Uhhh - Pg Not Found... never mind full text.

Janknitz · Post by **Janknitz** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:56 am

Ugh, I think it's because I'm on my smartphone. Try following it from this article which has a link to the actual journal: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 132918.htm

The full article also has a link to a video in "supplemental online materials"

Denial Dave · Post by **Denial Dave** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:57 am

Are Hot Dogs Gluten free?

archangle · Post by **archangle** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:31 pm

Denial Dave wrote:Are Hot Dogs Gluten free?

Generally, yes. Snoots* and other "biproducts" of mammals are gluten free.

Look at the ingredients. It should list wheat or other grains, and various wheat byproducts like "wheat starch" if it has them.

In general, packages will contain something like "contains xxx" where "xxx" is wheat, milk, soy, nuts, etc. for things that there are common food reactions to.

There are some laws about labeling common allergens in food. Basically, it should say contains "xxx" or list it on the ingredients, if it has some ingredient derived from wheat, etc. I don't think you have to list the allergen in the "contains" list if it's a common food listed in the ingredients. For instance, if it says "cheese" in the ingredients, you don't have to say "Contains: milk."

However, most labels list everything in the "Contains" list. I find it a little funny when the "whole wheat bread" says "Warning, Contains wheat" or the jug of milk warns you it contains milk.

*Snoot - What's just above the lips on a hog.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:55 pm

Denial Dave wrote:Are Hot Dogs Gluten free?

The free range ones are.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:48 pm

Denial Dave wrote:Are Hot Dogs Gluten free?

depends on what the fillers are.

DeadlySleep · Post by **DeadlySleep** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:00 pm

Denial Dave wrote:Are Hot Dogs Gluten free?

Yes, but you can buy a jug of gluten to pour on them.

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:35 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oht9AEq1798

tee-hee

Sir NoddinOff · Post by **Sir NoddinOff** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:25 pm

ChicagoGranny wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oht9AEq1798

tee-hee

Ha. Ha. cracking me up. Being from Callie it's easy for me to relate to that funny skit.

jacobsbd · Post by **jacobsbd** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:37 am

I am allergic to wheat. (it makes my feet itch and I have been tested positive) My understanding of the FDA rules are basically as follows:

If it says gluten free or equivalent: it must have less than 20 PPM of gluten. Generally this means no wheat ingredients and no contamination allowed. Some companies interpret this to mean they must test samples to confirm no gluten is in the product. If someone finds gluten above that level there can be a recall and perhaps a lawsuit. It is possible to use wheat as an ingredient in some foods but remove gluten in processing, Other wheat proteins may still be there and make me itch.

If the food has wheat, shell fish, dairy or one of about 5 other ingredients deliberately* added to it they must be listed on the ingredients. They must be listed in the ingredients in normal language. If there is a "contains statement" it must itemize all the ingredients in the 8? most common allergens. so you may see casein and later in the list CONTAINS MILK.

However, they are allowed to accidentally allow contamination of some types. Normally oats are contaminated with wheat in the farm and while being shipped from the farm. If you buy normal oats they will contain some wheat and therefore gluten. The labels that state processed in a facility that handles wheat, etc are generally voluntary.

Gluten free oats are grown on farms where special care is taken to make sure no wheat was grown on the farm last year, no neighbors are growing wheat, is shipped in clean containers and some other steps.

I can order hamburgers with no buns and still itch because they toasted a bun on the grill, then cooked my burger without cleaning it between.

This is over simplified. there are a few other foods that are not called wheat (like rye) which have gluten in them. foods with the word gluten in the name (like glutenous rice) which do not have gluten.

I am not a food scientist. do your own research. your mileage may vary, void where prohibited, keep out of the reach of children (they have sticky fingers they have not washed)

Hang Fire · Post by **Hang Fire** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:09 am

jacobsbd wrote:I am allergic to wheat.

According to Mayo Clinic, this is the eighth most common food allergy in the U.S. But it is quite different and not nearly as severe as celiac disease. Nonetheless, it must make life very inconvenient for you.

Sorry, no beer.

jacobsbd · Post by **jacobsbd** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:17 pm

yes, I know about no beer. By legal definition if something is sold as beer in the US, without disclaimers and without a list of ingredients, it must have a least one of the things that contain gluten in it. these rules were set down before they really knew what gluten was but its in the regulations.

Fortunately when I am exposed to wheat, for me it is just unpleasant. I don't know if I need to stay away from rye and barley. Buckwheat is not wheat at all so I can have that.

I do know people who stay away from gluten but don't avoid beer. I have also met people who are vegetarians who do not avoid jello.

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