News: Celiac.com: A New Test To Make Sure Your Beer Is Gluten Free

[Scott Adams]

One thing that's good is beer. One thing that's bad is celiac disease. Unfortunately for people with the latter and others sensitive to gluten, they ...

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[Jmg]

A good article. Set out the issue nicely.

I hope European health officials are taking note. This is one area where I believe the US is taking the right approach and Europe is not.

The 20ppm limit is the only requirement over here for labelling something gluten free and companies are using the ELISA method to validate their claim.

the gluten free shelves at my local supermarket are now full of beers which list barley malt in their ingredients and are labelled gluten free. They look delicious, but I would be reluctant to have one until there was a credible test.  I reacted to daura damm, one of the last times I drank after going gluten-free. 

[Victoria1234]

5 hours ago, Jmg said:

beers which list barley malt in their ingredients and are labelled gluten free.

Yes, I would be wary of that as well. Are those the "gluten removed" beers?

[Jmg]

27 minutes ago, Victoria1234 said:

Yes, I would be wary of that as well. Are those the "gluten removed" beers?

Over on your side of the pond yes.

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Ingredients

Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Modified Hop Extract, Carbon Dioxide

Allergy Information

Free From: Gluten

 

 

Not so much...

 

 

[Victoria1234]

2 hours ago, Jmg said:

Over on your side of the pond yes.

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Not so much...

 

 

What? 100% malted barley doesn't have gluten in your country? 

[Jmg]

1 hour ago, Victoria1234 said:

What? 100% malted barley doesn't have gluten in your country? 

No that's my point! You're allowed to call it gluten free over here if it tests below 20ppm. This despite the concerns over the accuracy of the Elisa test. The beers with barley have been treated with enzymes etc but there's a big question mark over if they remove all the gluten.

I look at those beers on the shelf and they look delicious, the range has improved every year until now there's many of the kinds I used to love. It's very tempting, even for me who hasn't drank in a couple of years or more. 

It's also going to deter sorghum brewers which isn't a good thing for those that want a guaranteed gluten-free beer.

 

 

[Victoria1234]

13 minutes ago, Jmg said:

No that's my point! You're allowed to call it gluten free over here if it tests below 20ppm. This despite the concerns over the accuracy of the Elisa test. The beers with barley have been treated with enzymes etc but there's a big question mark over if they remove all the gluten.

I look at those beers on the shelf and they look delicious, the range has improved every year until now there's many of the kinds I used to love. It's very tempting, even for me who hasn't drank in a couple of years or more. 

It's also going to deter sorghum brewers which isn't a good thing for those that want a guaranteed gluten-free beer.

 

 

Luckily I was never a big beer lover, except for a short stint in college. Looking at all those beers would be hard to resist.

[Jmg]

11 hours ago, Victoria1234 said:

Luckily I was never a big beer lover, except for a short stint in college. Looking at all those beers would be hard to resist.

Oh I loved beer

Real ale's mainly but also the occasional Guinness or Murphy's stout. I guess you may call it cask ale or cask conditioned. Back when I was over there I used to love going to the microbreweries and sampling the US beer, has a different taste but there were some great ones.  

I mostly gave up lager due to bloating (little did I know)... 

Anyway I got quite excited after I drank the Daura Damm, it was a very drinkable beer with a bit of taste. So I was gutted when I found I was reacting to it subsequently. After that I stopped drinking, but when I see new beers in the Gluten free section I still check the labels for old times sake. 

[Mogran]

Thanks for this article, wish I would have read it last night before taking a sip of the Daura Damm beer. I saw "gluten removed" so I assumed and assumed wrong, immediately after taking a sip I luckily saw the disclaimer before drinking it again and then looked at the ingredients they read "barley malt".... I have to remember to double check before just taking something I think is gluten-free.