Is Gluten-free Vodka a Gimmick?

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there as to whether distilled spirits are truly gluten free. I appreciate a label that tells me one way or another. I would also like to try the flavored vodkas and if they are labeled gluten-free then it saves me a lot of research. Usually I just skip buying any flavored vodka because the research is too much of a headache.

I have celiac and must avoid all gluten. I have had severe allergic reactions to plain vodka that is distilled from corn. So I will pass on drinking vodka distilled from wheat, too. When in doubt, err on the side of caution. It is my common sense approach.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there as to whether distilled spirits are truly gluten free. I appreciate a label that tells me one way or another. I would also like to try the flavored vodkas and if they are labeled gluten-free then it saves me a lot of research. Usually I just skip buying any flavored vodka because the research is too much of a headache.

That's sure not what my stomach tells me but I really wish it was true!

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there as to whether distilled spirits are truly gluten free. I appreciate a label that tells me one way or another. I would also like to try the flavored vodkas and if they are labeled gluten-free then it saves me a lot of research. Usually I just skip buying any flavored vodka because the research is too much of a headache.

That's not what my stomach says though I wish it were true.

Mind over matter can be a powerful thing. Distilled spirits are gluten free. Yet some convince themselves they are not. So, of course if you believe something, you should avoid it. Just don't pass on misinformation.

You didn't read the entire article posted on Scientific American before posting this article "sourced" from said resource.

The only time "ideal distillation" happens is in a laboratory.

Many suffering from celiac disease or GS cannot have any gluten protein period. Vodka still tests out at 5-7 PPM after distillation.

The proof for me is the effect it has on me, which is the only science I need to know.

You would think that a site dedicated to celiac disease would have the due diligence to at least read the entire article, which quite frankly ends as quite inconclusive despite the glamorous headline and random quote from a laboratory scientist.

You didn't read the entire article posted on Scientific American before posting this article "sourced" from said resource.

 

The only time "ideal distillation" happens is in a laboratory.

 

Many suffering from celiac disease or GS cannot have any gluten protein period. Vodka still tests out at 5-7 PPM after distillation.

 

The proof for me is the effect it has on me, which is the only science I need to know.

 

You would think that a site dedicated to celiac disease would have the due diligence to at least read the entire article, which quite frankly ends as quite inconclusive despite the glamorous headline and random quote from a laboratory scientist.

5-7 ppm is gluten-free, and such low levels have not been shown to harm celiacs. Your statement "Vodka still tests out at 5-7 PPM after distillation" is incorrect, as I've spoken to many commercial testing labs who have never detected any gluten in vodka. Last, many vodkas, including Smirnoff, is naturally gluten-free because it is made from corn.

I don't know what's funnier, the fact that I've worked for years in organic and non-go grocery and know for a fact that 99% of ALL brewing/distilling styles leave alcohol gluten-free naturally, or the people with such a so called debilitating digestion disorder still choose to somehow stick poison ethyl alcohol in their bodies. Got news for you guys, many companies have already admitted they do this to raise their sales in the demographic of people who choose to shop "organic."