Mayonaise

[Squall]

well im almost 1 month into my gluten free diet but i had a tomato samwich ( i know its sandwich but i prefer samwich )

and there was mayonaise and margarine in it...i didnt see gluten on the label but i read somewhere that there might be gluten in both mayo and marga noooooo anyone knows for sure?

please oh nooo im so angry at myself right now argh

[Bonnie]

well im almost 1 month into my gluten free diet but i had a tomato samwich ( i know its sandwich but i prefer samwich )

and there was mayonaise and margarine in it...i didnt see gluten on the label but i read somewhere that there might be gluten in both mayo and marga noooooo anyone knows for sure?

please oh nooo im so angry at myself right now argh

Hi Squall,

Don't be too upset at yourself. It takes a long time to get this right. It will eventually become second nature, believe it or not!

Margarine can have gluten in it, you need to check the labels. I, personally, stay away from it altogether and use butter. As for mayonnaise - I have yet to find one that DOES have gluten in it.

Hope that helps!

Yvonne

[nettiebeads]

Hi Squall,

Don't be too upset at yourself. It takes a long time to get this right. It will eventually become second nature, believe it or not!

Margarine can have gluten in it, you need to check the labels. I, personally, stay away from it altogether and use butter. As for mayonnaise - I have yet to find one that DOES have gluten in it.

Hope that helps!

Yvonne

Where would be the wheat in margarine? I use stick to keep mine separate from my hubby's tub o margarine. Mayo is egg based and I've never had a problem.

[Canadian Karen]

Hi Squall!

Don't beat yourself up about it! It is a major diet change and takes a lot of time to really get it under control......

As for mayonnaise and margarine, yes, gluten may be in some brands..... For margarine, I use Fleishmann's and for mayonnaise, I use Hellman's......

Hugs

Karen

[lovegrov]

Never found a mayo with gluten in the U.S. And magarine is also almost universally gluten-free.

richard

[Squall]

ok thank you all.

i dont feel too good right now maybe there was gluten in my samwich or maybe im just

having a ' bad ' day... ..well i wil get better anyway ..

and special thank you to karen for giving me safe brand of margarine and mayonaise ill buy those from now on. i will feel safer

oh and i wish i could eat butter instead but im lactose intolerant ( maybe because of celiac too )

[Mango04]

ok thank you all.

i dont feel too good right now maybe there was gluten in my samwich or maybe im just

having a ' bad ' day... ..well i wil get better anyway ..

and special thank you to karen for giving me safe brand of margarine and mayonaise ill buy those from now on. i will feel safer

oh and i wish i could eat butter instead but im lactose intolerant ( maybe because of celiac too )

If you're lactose intolerant you might want to try Earth Balance as well. It's the most amazing alternative to real butter

[Squall]

Earth balance? i have never heard of that...

i will try to find it at my local store thank you.

hopefully they make it in canada .....

[GlutenFreeAl]

Sorry if I sound ignorant, but is all mayo really safe?

Mayo has vinegar, does it not?

How can we tell what kind of vinegar is in it and whether or not it is safe?

[happygirl]

you might only be temporarily lactose intolerant....once you have healed from the celiac damage, lactose might be fine again.

was the marg. and mayo you used "safe." .... i.e., nothing was ever dipped in it that had gluten remnants? (knife that was making a 'samwich' with non-gluten free bread, and then dipped back in?)

Like others have said, we have separate condiments like marg and mayo in our house for gluten-free/non gluten free.

if you are only 1 month in, you are probably still not completely healed. so everything you ate might have been fine, you just might be having trouble bc you haven't healed. I was like that and thought I was eating all this gluten-turned out I wasn't, I just wasn't healed. Didn't realize it though til I looked back and learned more about what was/wasn't safe.

Vinegars are generally safe, except for malt vinegar and certain flavored vinegars.

If it says vinegar, it means distilled vinegar, which is safe (FDA guidelines).

[Canadian Karen]

Hi Squall,

I use the Fleishmann's margarine that is also lactose free. It comes in a package of two containers.....

Karen

[Squall]

was the marg. and mayo you used "safe." .... i.e., nothing was ever dipped in it that had gluten remnants? (knife that was making a 'samwich' with non-gluten free bread, and then dipped back in?)

Well i live alone with my 6 cats so unless one of them made himself a samwich

i think i dont have to worry about that...( but then again they are pretty sneaky...hmmm i wonder...)

i bought new ustensil the day i knew i had problems. i was scared to even touch the one i had before hehe

Hi Squall,

I use the Fleishmann's margarine that is also lactose free. It comes in a package of two containers.....

Karen

cool i wrote that down.. i think ill look at every post ever made on this board and write down every food i can eat..he he

[StrongerToday]

If you're sensative to soy, you may want to try a different mayo. I just bought one made from Canola Oil, no soy - it's pretty good too.

[Squall]

If you're sensative to soy, you may want to try a different mayo. I just bought one made from Canola Oil, no soy - it's pretty good too.

no no im not allergic to soy.

but i try to eat less of it because i hear you can becaume allergic by eating too much.

and thats the last thing i need right now.

[lovegrov]

The vinegar in mayo is distilled, which means it's gluten-free.

richard

[mommida]

It took me a year on the gluten free diet before I could tolerate distilled vinegar among other thingsthat tend to show up on the controversial lists of safe foods. From what you stated you are pretty new to the diet and still need to heal. Keep a food diary to help keep your sanity, gluten may not be the cause of all your stomach upset.

Laura