Barbara's gluten-free Puffins

[JoeB]

For those of you who have problems with Barbara's Honey Rice Puffins, I received the following from the company. It sounds like this is a product you may want to avoid.

Thank you for taking the time to contact Barbara's Bakery about your concern with gluten allergens and our Honey Rice Puffins Cereal. At Barbara's Bakery, we take life threatening allergies very seriously and we want to keep our consumers aware of every aspect of ingredients and production which could affect their health.

We follow the General Standards and Manufacturing Practises to decrease the chance of cross contamination in our facilities. However, this product is made in a facility and on the same line as products containing gluten so there is a chance that this product could become cross contaminated with gluten, although not probable.

We have attached our Master Product Allergen Chart for your reference. We hope this information will assist you with finding products appropriate for your dietary needs.

Regards,

Susan Emblen-Richtsmeier

Customer Relations Administrator

Barbara's Bakery, Inc.

[jerseyangel]

Thanks Joe--I did react to the Puffins--not the first or second time, but when I bought a new box. It actually caused stomach pain within minutes of eating it. I figured that this batch was probably made right after another product with gluten, and got contaminated. That kind of thing, I think, makes it hard to pin down the source of the reaction.

[Guest cassidy]

What about their other products? I saw that they had some chips and things that are listed on their website as gluten-free, any cc issues with them?