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Orange Julius?

skoki-mom

By skoki-mom
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skoki-mom Explorer
skoki-mom
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I took my kids for an OJ, and just out of curiosity, I asked the lady working there if the original OJ is gluten-free. She gave me an ingredients list, which basically stated they are made out of whole milk and whole egg powder with orange juice etc. Just then another employee comes out from the back and asks what I am asking about and I tell her gluten. She tells me that the Orange Julius is gluten-free, that her daughter has Celiac Disease, and she drinks them all the time. So, thinking it's somewhat reliable, I go ahead and have one. Of course, I don't know if it's gluten-free or not because I have no symptoms, but my sister just about flips her lid and tells me that it's got gluten in it! DAMN! I've tried looking it up online but can't seem to find any info. BTW, I'm in Canada, and I know OJ is different here than in the States because the drinks don't taste the same. Thanks!

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I took my kids for an OJ, and just out of curiosity, I asked the lady working there if the original OJ is gluten-free.  She gave me an ingredients list, which basically stated they are made out of whole milk and whole egg powder with orange juice etc.  Just then another employee comes out from the back and asks what I am asking about and I tell her gluten.  She tells me that the Orange Julius is gluten-free, that her daughter has Celiac Disease, and she drinks them all the time.  So, thinking it's somewhat reliable, I go ahead and have one.  Of course, I don't know if it's gluten-free or not because I have no symptoms, but my sister just about flips her lid and tells me that it's got gluten in it!  DAMN!  I've tried looking it up online but can't seem to find any info.  BTW, I'm in Canada, and I know OJ is different here than in the States because the drinks don't taste the same.  Thanks!

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I loved ot know the answer to this myself. All the recipes I find to "recreate" one are completly gluten-free, so I do not see why the "real" thing would not be gluten-free. My son cant have them because df the egg... but that should nto stop me! :D

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Foudn this...

Because we want to do our very best in assisting you with your special requests, always tell the restaurant manager you have a food allergy and ask to see the ingredient listings for the product you would like to purchase.

Our Orange Julius® Flavor Enhancer and Smoothy Booster contain milk and egg ingredients.  Most OJ® drinks contain the Flavor Enhancer and/or Smoothy Booster and they can inadvertently find their way into other OJ® products.

    * Julius® Flavor Enhancer contains whole milk powder, egg white solids, sugar, karaya gum, corn syrup solids, artificial flavor.

    * Julius® Smoothy Booster contains hydrogenated coconut oil, sugar, corn syrup solids, whey solids, sodium caseinate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, nonfat milk, coconut solids (with maltodextrin and modified food starch), natural cream flavor, dipotassium phosphate, mono & diglycerides, egg white solids, silicon dioxide, lecithin, artificial coconut flavor, almond bitters.

If you have a special order or request to have an ingredient be left out of a product, please repeat your request a second time to the employee to help assure an accurate understanding of the special request.

Orange Julius® stores are very busy and cross contamination may occur between ingredients. Thus a 100% confidence level cannot be guaranteed. It is important that you ask your local Orange Julius® store for an ingredient listing of the specific item in question and let them know of your special needs.

For more detailed questions about food ingredients, we suggest you go to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition website at Open Original Shared Link. For more detailed questions about food allergies, we suggest you go to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network website at Open Original Shared Link.

HTH

skoki-mom Explorer
skoki-mom
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OK, so I am thinking that it looks like it is okay?? I don't get smoothies, I only really like the regular OJ. Artificial flavours are ok, right??

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Rusla
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OK, so I am thinking that it looks like it is okay??  I don't get smoothies, I only really like the regular OJ.  Artificial flavours are ok, right??

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I know the owner of the one in Market Mall I am going to ask her about the other flavors. I can't drink the Orange, orange julius it makes me sick but I can drink the strawberry one. I wonder if they put something different into the strawberry one.

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VydorScope
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OK, so I am thinking that it looks like it is okay??  I don't get smoothies, I only really like the regular OJ.  Artificial flavours are ok, right??

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It lists Modified Food Starch. Without knowing the source, that could be wheat. I emailed them, but no reply yet.

skoki-mom Explorer
skoki-mom
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It lists Modified Food Starch. Without knowing the source, that could be wheat. I emailed them, but no reply yet.

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I saw that, but the way I read it, it looks like that is just the smootie??? I guess there is a risk of contamination in the blenders, CRAP! Guess I could beg for a clean blender, though............. I go to Market Mall all the time, I'll tell them "I know Rusla", lol.

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I saw that, but the way I read it, it looks like that is just the smootie???  I guess there is a risk of contamination in the blenders, CRAP!  Guess I could beg for a clean blender, though.............  I go to Market Mall all the time, I'll tell them "I know Rusla", lol.

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I'll let you know IF they reply to my email. I have not heard anything yet.

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Got an asnwer! :D

Eicher, Allison 

<Allison.Eicher@idq.com> to me

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Dear Mr. Trigili:

Thank you for contacting International Dairy Queen, Inc. (IDQ) with your request for Orange Julius® gluten-free nutritional information. Unfortunately, we have not yet put together a formal list of our OJ products that do not contain gluten, however the following are items are those that we have investigated and found to be gluten free:

Julius® Originals

·        Orange Julius®

·        Strawberry Julius®

·        Lemon Julius®

·        Mango Julius®

·        Peach Julius®

·        Pineapple Julius®

·        Raspberry Julius®

·        Bananarilla

·        Blackberry

·        Raspberry

·        Piña Colada

·        Strawberry Banana

·        Tripleberry

·        Tropical

Premium Fruit Smoothies

·        Blueberrathon

·        Raspberry Crush

Orange Julius restaurants are very busy and cross contamination may occur between ingredients. Thus a 100% confidence level cannot be guaranteed. It is important that you ask your local Orange Julius restaurant for an ingredient listing of the specific item in question and let them know of your special needs.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact us. We sincerely regret not being able to provide you with a complete listing of all our gluten-free products at this time, but we hope the information we have supplied will be helpful to you and your son.

Best Regards,

Allison

Allison Eicher

Consumer Relations Assistant

International Dairy Queen, Inc.

www.orangejulius.com

Heather22 Rookie
Heather22
Posted

Hi,

I am also from Canada, and have asked about the ingredients on OJ drinks. One of the ingredients is icing sugar (some health drink). So, just for this reason, I would stay away. Just knowing that they use icing sugar in some of their drinks makes me question about just HOW clean their machines are. Also remember that there are often teenagers working there, who don't know/care about cleanliness and the effects of cross contamination....if you have ever had a friend who has worked in a fast food booth, then you are probably full aware of the gross stories.

I'd opt for Booster Juice......

Felidae Enthusiast
Felidae
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Does Booster Juice have some gluten-free drinks? I used to go there all the time before I went gluten-free. I would actually be able to have something to eat (drink) on campus if they were gluten-free.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Put a couple peeled oranges in a blender and add a bit of vanilla (I like to use the powdered for this, or scrape out a real vanilla bean), and you've got something that hints of the taste, while being awfully healthy. Add a milk if you want...

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

There are tons of recipes out ther to "dupilcate" the OJ drink, and all that I have seen are gluten-free. So its easy enough to do. I would post them here, but way to many came up in the google search and I with out personal experence I hate to recomed one. :)

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