Hunts and Rosarita

[Fbmb]

Hey guys! So, I am Spanish, and we make a lot of Mexican food in my family. I use Rosarita vegetarian refried beans and I also use Hunts tomato sauce. I like both because I really trust Conagra, as they’ll call out all sources of gluten (including barley and rye) in their labels if anything contains them. However, they don’t label their Hunts tomato sauce or Rosarita Refried Beans “gluten free” on the can. If you go to their website they say that those ingredients shouldn’t have gluten in them but since they’re not tested for gluten they don’t label them “gluten free”.

do you guys have thoughts on this? Typically I only use products that say that they’re gluten free, because I know they have to test them in order to say that. But I think ConAgra does a great job with labeling. Sometimes my tummy is funny after I eat the beans or tomato sauce but I imagine that a huge plate of nachos with a half a can of refried beans, chips, Spanish rice, cheese, and sour cream would make even the toughest bellies a little bit “iffy” lol! 

Just wanted your opinions.

[kareng]

40 minutes ago, Fbmb said:

Hey guys! So, I am Spanish, and we make a lot of Mexican food in my family. I use Rosarita vegetarian refried beans and I also use Hunts tomato sauce. I like both because I really trust Conagra, as they’ll call out all sources of gluten (including barley and rye) in their labels if anything contains them. However, they don’t label their Hunts tomato sauce or Rosarita Refried Beans “gluten free” on the can. If you go to their website they say that those ingredients shouldn’t have gluten in them but since they’re not tested for gluten they don’t label them “gluten free”.

do you guys have thoughts on this? Typically I only use products that say that they’re gluten free, because I know they have to test them in order to say that. But I think ConAgra does a great job with labeling. Sometimes my tummy is funny after I eat the beans or tomato sauce but I imagine that a huge plate of nachos with a half a can of refried beans, chips, Spanish rice, cheese, and sour cream would make even the toughest bellies a little bit “iffy” lol! 

Just wanted your opinions.

I use both of those products. 

 

Many companies do not want to list "gluten free" unless they test for gluten.  But why increase the cost of a product for the small percentage of people that want it to say gluten-free on it?  Also, there are laws in some countries that things that are naturally gluten-free, should not be labelled gluten-free.  

 

[cyclinglady]

I serve those items to my family.  I avoid the retried beans because I can not tolerate onions and garlic.   I usually make my retried beans from scratch, but use Rosarita’s when camping or when I go out and my family makes tacos.  Just served them last night!