Gluten-free Bread Made From Spelt

[mshaw]

I'm newly diagnosed with DH - and just this week I was looking for some gluten free bread at the local bread-shop. They said they make it special every other week. When I asked what kind of bread it was, they simply said "spelt". I replied that I was pretty sure spelt was on the no-no list for people with gluten intolerance. They simply replied that spelt is a grain but it is not wheat, and that it was the bread that all their gluten-free customers bought.

Am I being stupid or is spelt bread somehow gluten free? Assuming it's not, seems I should try to straighten them out on behalf of the others that ARE buying and consuming the bread. I just can't believe that a place that specialized is breads would be so off-base about spelt and gluten - or as I said, maybe it's me.

-m

[Mango04]

No they are the ones being stupid. I hate it when places like that advertise spelt as gluten-free.

[tarnalberry]

Some people with a wheat allergy can tolerate spelt, but it is no-no on the gluten free diet.

[kevsmom]

m -

PLEASE straighten them out. They don't realize how many people could be getting sick because of their misinformation.

Cindy

[Guest nini]

Spelt is absolutely Gluten. They are the stupid ones. That unfortunately is a common misnomer among, for example, health food store employees thinking that spelt is gluten-free. It is not. It is another form of wheat and is not safe. Please please please straighten these people out.

[psawyer]

Spelt is closely related to wheat, and is very high in gluten content. Most experts consider it to be a subspecies of the wheat commonly used in modern food. Open Original Shared Link. Celiacs must NOT eat spelt.

[VydorScope]

I bet alot of ppl that shop there are constantly sick and can not figure out why.