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    Are Corn Pops Gluten-Free?

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    Are Corn Pops gluten-free and safe for people with celiac disease?

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    Celiac.com 01/13/2021 - We get a lot of questions about which breakfast cereals are gluten-free, and we recently created a list of nearly one hundred gluten-free breakfast cereals.

    We've also compiled a list of UNSAFE non-gluten-free breakfast cereals.

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    But, the questions keep coming, especially about some of the most popular cereals that are not gluten-free. The number of popular breakfast cereals that are not gluten-free is too long to count, but we get a lot of questions about Kellogg's Corn Pops. Specifically, is Corn Pops gluten-free and safe for people with celiac disease?

    The sad answer to that question is 'No.' Despite the fact that Corn Pops are made from milled corn, the ingredients include wheat flour. Since Corn Pops cereal is made with wheat flour, Corn Pops is not gluten-free and not safe for children (or adults) with celiac disease.

    Interestingly, in addition to being one of the most popular breakfast cereals, Kellogg's Corn Pops have seen more name changes than just about any other breakfast cereal. Introduced in 1950 as Corn Pops, the name was changed to Sugar Corn Pops, then to Sugar Pops, then to Sugar Corn Pops in 1978, then back to Corn Pops in 1984, then to Pops for a few months in 2006, and finally, the name was changed back to Corn Pops. Whew! After all those changes, Corn Pops are still not gluten-free, so avoid them if you have celiac disease.

    Check the company website for more information on Kellogg's Corn Pops, and other Kellogg's products.



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    Guest Celiac Mom

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    The Corn Pops cereal I just bought does not list wheat flour. It contains oat flour. Does this make it gluten free and celiac safe? I am in Canada so maybe the formulation is different here than U.S.

     

     

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    I wouldn't count on it because typically, oats get cross-contaminated with wheat/barley/rye during the growing, harvesting, storage as well as transport and processing phases before it gets in the final product. Now, whether or not there is enough gluten to cause a reaction in that cereal batch is another question. Celiacs vary tremendously in their sensitivity to trace amounts of gluten.

    The other thing to be aware of in breakfast cereals that are corn, rice or oat-based is the possibility of it containing malt flavoring, which is a source of gluten because it's made from barley or wheat.

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    My girlfriend loved Corn Pops, that is, before she was diagnosed with celiac disease.  We went to Mexico, saw Corn Pops on a grocery store shelf, and looked at the ingredients.  No wheat ingredients were listed. She cautiously ate a bowl, we waited a day, and she never got sick.  She devoured the rest of the box over the next few days and we brought another box home, which she promptly finished off.  Never got sick.  She was so happy to be able to have "normal" food once again.

    I don't know if we were just plain lucky or if any gluten-containing ingredients were in such a low concentration that it didn't affect her.  Anyway, it appears that Mexican Corn Pops (at least on this occasion) seemed to be OK.

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    Unfortunately, at least in the USA, Corn Pops contain wheat starch and are not considered gluten-free:
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    It's possible that the ingredients are different in Mexico.

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