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Saying Goodbye to Udi's & Glutino Products

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I am pretty fed up with certified gluten free foods made it dedicated gluten free facilities that also use oats.

If you think you've had a reaction to Udi's bread or Glutino crackers you're not crazy. It's happened to me and it took me a long time to figure out the source via process of elimination.

I react to oats the same way that I do to gluten. I'm sensitive to cross contamination and fall into the category of people that can say "even 1 crumb is enough to make me sick." I know not everyone is this way and that we are all different but because of my sensitivities eating Udi's or Glutino products has become a risk. 

Glutino & Udi's products are both made in the same facility as oats with the possibility of cross contamination. I'm sure there are others but I call out these two brands specifically because they are pretty huge in the gluten free community, available everywhere in the United States and make many many products.You might eat their products daily, like I did for a while, and sometimes have a reaction and other times not. But that's the thing about cross contamination...such a small amount can end up in one loaf of bread and not in another, at the same facility, made minutes apart. Cross contamination is accidental. Certified gluten free oats test free from gluten but cause a similar reaction in ultra sensitive people. 

It's a really difficult thing to cut out two brands and all of their products that I have come to rely on over the last 10 years but it must be done if I want to continue to heal.

I encourage others to pay close attention while consuming anything made by these brands if you're hyper sensitive like myself.

I hope that the use of oats in gluten free products dies down a little in the near future, or at least that a label is placed on products declaring that they are made in the same facility as oats.

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On 5/19/2020 at 10:30 PM, anonymousplease said:

I am pretty fed up with certified gluten free foods made it dedicated gluten free facilities that also use oats.

If you think you've had a reaction to Udi's bread or Glutino crackers you're not crazy. It's happened to me and it took me a long time to figure out the source via process of elimination.

I react to oats the same way that I do to gluten. I'm sensitive to cross contamination and fall into the category of people that can say "even 1 crumb is enough to make me sick." I know not everyone is this way and that we are all different but because of my sensitivities eating Udi's or Glutino products has become a risk. 

Glutino & Udi's products are both made in the same facility as oats with the possibility of cross contamination. I'm sure there are others but I call out these two brands specifically because they are pretty huge in the gluten free community, available everywhere in the United States and make many many products.You might eat their products daily, like I did for a while, and sometimes have a reaction and other times not. But that's the thing about cross contamination...such a small amount can end up in one loaf of bread and not in another, at the same facility, made minutes apart. Cross contamination is accidental. Certified gluten free oats test free from gluten but cause a similar reaction in ultra sensitive people. 

It's a really difficult thing to cut out two brands and all of their products that I have come to rely on over the last 10 years but it must be done if I want to continue to heal.

I encourage others to pay close attention while consuming anything made by these brands if you're hyper sensitive like myself.

I hope that the use of oats in gluten free products dies down a little in the near future, or at least that a label is placed on products declaring that they are made in the same facility as oats.

I have also had reaction to Udi's products and couldn't figure out why, and as early as this morning. The only new food I introduced was Udi's hot dog buns and within 30 minutes of eating one, I got chapped lips and felt so drowsy I had to lie down, and then felt lethargic for several hours. I get this reaction with products that are cross-contaminated. Then I had exactly the same thing to eat later with another brand of gluten-free  bread and felt fine. I will be avoiding Udi's in the future. I have not correlated a similar reaction to Glutino products but I will be paying closer attention now. I have been super careful with my diet but still feeling like I have not eliminated gluten completely. I am a very sensitive celiac, I do well on products below 10ppm only, below 20 ppm is just to much gluten for me.

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Welcome to the forum @Glutenfreegurrrl! It is possible they could have a manufacturing issue due to a contaminated ingredient, but this is also unlikely as I believe they are made in a dedicated gluten-free facility, and do regular batch testing. Do you know if you have any issues with xanthan gum or other gums which are often used in gluten-free products? I ask this because some celiacs do have similar reactions to these, but they are gluten-free:

 

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try canyon bake house products and mission gluten free wraps both taste great and canyon house makes bagels and all different types of bread that are great and i’ve never had a reaction to either/ Target sells both 

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