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Anyone In Korea?


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clare Newbie

Is anyone else living in Korea? Please let me know I'm not alone! :unsure:

  • 1 month later...

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azza Apprentice

Hello,

I am not in Korea but in the Middle East... I was wondering if you have any difficulties finding gluten-free food??

:o

Azza,

  • 2 months later...
sizuku Newbie

Hello, I am new to this forum.

I live in Japan, but I have never seen this type of forum in Japan.

I don't know my symptom is applied to celiac disease for sure, but I am suffering from

such a symptom.

I am surfing sites looking for some information.

With kind regards

sizuku

azza Apprentice

Hi,

Welcome to this forum. Hope you're not finding hard difficulties in your gluten-free diet! :rolleyes:

BTW: Visit this website, it might help you alot!

www.celiac.com

Azza,

  • 2 months later...
sunflower Newbie

Hi sizuku,

I know how hard it must be for you to be celiac in Japan. I have spent 1.5 years in Japan and it was a challenge for me. 100% of people I met have never heard of this problem, and eating out was a real problem since all Japanese brands of soy sauce have wheat flour listed in ingredients... Also, as far as I researched on the Internet, there are no gluten-free bakeries within Japan, you would have to individually import products from abroad to have bread :(

However, I found one company that makes 100% rice bread that is really tasty :) They are in Hokkaido, but I know you can buy their bread in one shop in Tokyo, so maybe they sell in other places in Japan also. I don't know where do you live in Japan, but if you need an adress I can give you -or you can try browsing the web for BRICE (that is the name of the bread), as I'm afraid this site will not display Japanese characters correctly if I post them ;)

Ganbatte ne!

Anna

  • 2 weeks later...
sofiajp Newbie

Hi, I'm new here but not to Japan-I've been here for 6 years and have more or less been gluten free for that long. I buy gluten free products from 2 sources here...one is www.fbcusa.com and the other is Open Original Shared Link .Both are foreign owned businesses in Japan. At FBC (foreign buyers club) you can get gluten-free bread, cookies, pasta from famous companies in the states. Check under their "general store" and in the search area type in "gluten free" or "rice pasta" etc.They are super friendly so you can email them and ask as many questions as you want. At Tengu you can buy wheat free tamari sauce (like soy sauce) and they have a few other things too. If not for these 2 companies I would have been in trouble since eating any gluten used to give me asthma! At least the senbei (rice crackers) are good!

Sofia

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Oceanmama Newbie

Hi Clare,


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marylinda Newbie

hi clare are you still in korea. how did or is it going for you. i am going there for a week in march pg and am finding it difficult to get info on same. doesnt look too good so far for gluten-free diet. any info would be appreciated. thanks in advance.

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DownunderDave Newbie

I too am heading to Korea for 6 days in April. Any help with what not to eat and any handy hints would be appreciated.

:rolleyes:

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