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Maltodextrin
Is it safe for celiacs?
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 04:54 PM
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Diagnosed with celiac disease by biopsy Aug 2005, wheat-free gluten-free ever since. Diagnosed with chrone's disease June 13, 2006. Chronic anemia, chronic rectal bleeding, chronic dehydration and chronic constipation. Had many hospital stays including one with a round of TPN.
GERD for 12 years
Ulcers for 2 years
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Have not gained any weight but continue to lose it. I am a Senior in college. I believe God has already healed me but my body just doesn't know it yet. I continually pray that God will help all those with food allergies.
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Diagnosed with celiac disease by biopsy Aug 2005, wheat-free gluten-free ever since. Diagnosed with chrone's disease June 13, 2006. Chronic anemia, chronic rectal bleeding, chronic dehydration and chronic constipation. Had many hospital stays including one with a round of TPN.
GERD for 12 years
Ulcers for 2 years
Fisherectamie March 2006
Have not gained any weight but continue to lose it. I am a Senior in college. I believe God has already healed me but my body just doesn't know it yet. I continually pray that God will help all those with food allergies.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 05:05 PM
Maltodextrin should be gluten free if it is produced in the United States, but in other places it might be questionable. I tend to make it a policy to call the company and check if the product is gluten free if I see things like maltodextrin, natural flavors, modified food starch, vinegar (if it doesn't specifiy whether or not it is distilled or a vinegar other than white) etc in the ingredients label. Usually the company will confirm that it's safe, but other times they might disclose the fact that even if the maltodextrin is ok, the product might be at risk for cross-contamination. People who have other ways of going about it might give you different advice. In my mind, it never hurts to check.
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 05:06 PM
Yes, Malto dextrin is made from corn starch in both the US and Canada. It is gluten free 
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 05:55 AM
Maltodextrin CAN contain wheat in the U.S., but it must be clearly listed as coming from wheat.
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Posted 11 May 2006 - 11:34 AM
Thanks everybody for the advice. I believe I will call the company's.
BETTY
Diagnosed with celiac disease by biopsy Aug 2005, wheat-free gluten-free ever since. Diagnosed with chrone's disease June 13, 2006. Chronic anemia, chronic rectal bleeding, chronic dehydration and chronic constipation. Had many hospital stays including one with a round of TPN.
GERD for 12 years
Ulcers for 2 years
Fisherectamie March 2006
Have not gained any weight but continue to lose it. I am a Senior in college. I believe God has already healed me but my body just doesn't know it yet. I continually pray that God will help all those with food allergies.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
Diagnosed with celiac disease by biopsy Aug 2005, wheat-free gluten-free ever since. Diagnosed with chrone's disease June 13, 2006. Chronic anemia, chronic rectal bleeding, chronic dehydration and chronic constipation. Had many hospital stays including one with a round of TPN.
GERD for 12 years
Ulcers for 2 years
Fisherectamie March 2006
Have not gained any weight but continue to lose it. I am a Senior in college. I believe God has already healed me but my body just doesn't know it yet. I continually pray that God will help all those with food allergies.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
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Posted 12 May 2006 - 08:40 AM
It can be rice or wheat, but if so must be labelled. Food sold in Canada and the US with the unqualified ingredient maltodextrin must be of corn-based maltodextrin. The product could still contain gluten from another ingredient, but the maltodextrin is gluten-free. This is true regardless of the country of origin of the food. To be sold in Canada or the US it must conform to Canadian or US labelling regulations respectively.
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Posted 12 May 2006 - 08:48 AM
Interesting.
I eat a vegan cheese that is maltodextrin derived, and was getting a little ill from it when I was rice sensitive, and noticed that the maltodextin in French was listed as 'riz' (rice in French), but in English, it wasn't labelled. I called the company (and it says on the website, too), that it is a combo of corn and rice.
I eat a vegan cheese that is maltodextrin derived, and was getting a little ill from it when I was rice sensitive, and noticed that the maltodextin in French was listed as 'riz' (rice in French), but in English, it wasn't labelled. I called the company (and it says on the website, too), that it is a combo of corn and rice.
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Posted 12 May 2006 - 05:20 PM
As said before, Maltodextrin can be in U.S products but it must say wheat right on the label by it. So if you see a label that says Maltodextrin and it just says that...if it is in the U.S it will be safe.
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Posted 13 May 2006 - 01:49 PM
My daughter was diagnosed in March as being celiac and my brain is reeling with the celiac "dos" and "don'ts" as I relearn how to cook and read labels. So...my understanding is that maltodextrin is fine if made in the U.S. or Canada. Dextrin, on the other hand...is not gluten-free...correct?
My daughter was diagnosed in March as being celiac and my brain is reeling with the celiac "dos" and "don'ts" as I relearn how to cook and read labels. So...my understanding is that maltodextrin is fine if made in the U.S. or Canada. Dextrin, on the other hand...is not gluten-free...correct?
My daughter was diagnosed in March as being celiac and my brain is reeling with the celiac "dos" and "don'ts" as I relearn how to cook and read labels. So...my understanding is that maltodextrin is fine if made in the U.S. or Canada. Dextrin, on the other hand...is not gluten-free...correct?
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