[loco_ladi]

My sister is visiting and she just got this in her email, her son has severe allergies and I am posting it here for obvious reasons........



**THE FOOD ALLERGY & ANAPHYLAXIS NETWORK SPECIAL FOOD ALLERGY ALERT NOTICE**

WHEAT ALLERGY ALERT
November 12, 2007

Kellogg Company is recalling a limited number of Kellogg’s® Crispix® cereal
12-oz. packages due to undeclared wheat.

The product was distributed in the Midwest and Southwest United States
through retail grocery stores.

The recalled cereal comes in a 12-oz. package with a Better If Used Before
date of SEP 22 2008 KLC printed on the top of the package and a UPC of
38000 03530 found on the bottom of the package.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled product can contact Kellogg
Consumer Affairs at (800) 962-1413 for further information.

[blueeyedmanda]

Thanks for posting

This cereal is not safe for celiacs it has malt in it. So it should be avoided anyway.

[tsummo]

malt flavoring is okay for celiacs as long as it is derived from corn, which most u.s. companies do, but to be certain you should call the company or go online.

[Lisa]

tsummo, on Jan 12 2008, 11:14 AM, said:

malt flavoring is okay for celiacs as long as it is derived from corn, which most u.s. companies do, but to be certain you should call the company or go online.

I think that you are confused between MALT and MALTODEXTRIN. Maltodextrin, which in the US is generally derived from corn. If it is not corn, it by law will be listed as "maltodextrin (wheat) on the ingredients disclosure or it will be listed in the allergen warning. It is not necessarily true for outside the US>

Malt is NOT gluten free. Malt is barley derived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt


loco, thanks for posting.

[JennyC]

tsummo, on Jan 12 2008, 08:14 AM, said:

malt flavoring is okay for celiacs as long as it is derived from corn, which most u.s. companies do, but to be certain you should call the company or go online.

What??! We've been avoiding any cereal with malt flavoring in it. I think I will start calling though. My son had a box of gluten free sour gummy bears and I casually read the second ingredient line and it said malt flavoring. I nearly had a heart attack , but it was corn malt flavoring (the corn part was on the first line).

[Sweetfudge]

blueeyedmanda, on Nov 13 2007, 06:09 AM, said:

Thanks for posting

This cereal is not safe for celiacs it has malt in it. So it should be avoided anyway.

Does anyone know if this is corn malt? I sure mix crispix cereal

[horsegirl]

Here's their ingredient list:

Ingredients
MILLED CORN, RICE, BROWN SUGAR, SALT, MALT FLAVORING, BAKING SODA, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), IRON, NIACINAMIDE, TURMERIC COLOR, ZINC OXIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12 AND VITAMIN D.
Allergen Information
CORN USED IN THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS TRACES OF SOYBEANS.

I would bet the "malt flavoring" is barley-derived, which we all know does NOT have to be labeled as an allergen. Contact the company to be sure, but I certainly wouldn't eat it because of the malt
(not to mention the allergen statement says the corn used contains traces of soybeans too).

[larry mac]

loco_ladi, on Nov 13 2007, 02:07 AM, said:

..... The recalled cereal comes in a 12-oz. package .....

That's a very odd size package. Most cereals come in at least a 20 oz box unless it's those tiny little individual serving boxes.

Plus, I agree with the others, it has malt in it.

best regards, lm

[lovegrov]

"malt flavoring is okay for celiacs as long as it is derived from corn, which most u.s. companies do, but to be certain you should call the company or go online."

This is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Virtually all malt in the U.S. food comes from barley.

[Sweetfudge]

lovegrov, on Jan 13 2008, 08:16 PM, said:

"malt flavoring is okay for celiacs as long as it is derived from corn, which most u.s. companies do, but to be certain you should call the company or go online."

This is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Virtually all malt in the U.S. food comes from barley.

that's what I thought too.

[blueeyedmanda]

Most all barley I have come across has been barley malt...