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Taco Shells


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Lainie C. Newbie

If you are eating tacos the cheese may contain gluten. When shredded the cheese is then powdered with wheat to keep the cheese from sticking.


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Scott Adams Grand Master

Please provide specific examples of this because I’ve never heard of it. If you make such claims it is important to back it up with real examples.

kareng Grand Master
8 hours ago, Lainie C. said:

If you are eating tacos the cheese may contain gluten. When shredded the cheese is then powdered with wheat to keep the cheese from sticking.

That’s some strange thing that keeps getting passed around.  The purpose of the “ powder” is to keep the cheese from clumping.  Wheat flour would not do that.  When it is damp, it is glue like.  

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Amy R. Apprentice

I am very thankful this post was written. I too got sick eating Ortega taco shells. People have different tolerance to gluten intake. I cannot even have cross contamination. People who do well with most cross contaminated food are privileged. But for the rest of us God help us! 

Scott Adams Grand Master

I eat Ortega taco shells regularly had have never had issues. I buy them at Target, and they do say "Gluten-Free" on the box, and no other allergens, including wheat are listed in the ingredients.

DebJ14 Enthusiast
On 1/7/2019 at 6:35 PM, SilverLake said:

Thank you for the information. I wonder why I came down with Gluten symptoms and could not figure it out until I saw your post.

 

 

I went grain free on the advice of my doctor many years ago because I was having issues with rice and corn.  I love the Siete Grain Free Taco Shells.

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