Nice Response From Nestle...

[AmandaD]

Dear Ms. Kramer,

Thank you for contacting Nestlé. We welcome questions and comments from our consumers.

For several years now Nestlé has been following a strict labeling policy with regard to any of the "Big Eight" allergens in our foods and incoming ingredients. We have insisted that our suppliers notify us if gluten is used in any of their ingredients and yet is not declared on their labeling. Thus, we believe that we have uncovered any potential uses of gluten containing ingredients.

Therefore, any Nestlé products will be fully labeled for any presence of gluten or gluten containing ingredients. We find that this message is much easier that our trying to maintain a positive list of products free of gluten containing ingredients.

We have also attached our gluten free Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, which we hope you will enjoy.

We appreciate your interest in our products and hope you'll visit our website often for latest information on Nestlé products and promotions.

Sincerely,

Mae Houston

Consumer Response Representative

Ref: N13836856

Wheat-Free Toll House Cookies (Gluten-Free)

(Makes 50 two-inch cookies)

Ingredients:

1 c plus 2 Tbsp. potato starch

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

10 Tbsp. butter, softened

6 Tbsp. sugar

6 Tbsp. firmly-packed dark brown sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 egg

6-oz pkg. (1 c) semi-sweet chocolate morsels

1/2 c chopped nuts

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 F. In small bowl, combine potato starch, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, dark brown sugar and vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually add potato starch mixture. Stir in Nestlé Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 F. for 8 to 10 minutes.

[Guest nini]

VERY COOL!!!!

[Guest Viola]

wow Amanda, that's wonderful ... and I'm going to keep the recipe too

Thank you for posting that!

[angielackner]

how wonderful!!!! i'll have to try out the recipe too...thanx for posting it...i wonder how it compares to the real deal?

angie

[VydorScope]

hey cool!!

[elonwy]

Nestle has also started voluntarily labeling things like thier Cocoa and their Coffee creamers Gluten free. I never thought I would say this, but I'm really liking them as a company. (the hippy in me cringes)

Elonwy

[Becky6]

Wow!! That is great!

[AmandaD]

You know what else stunned me about another company the other day...Hormel...right on their original pepperoni it actually says "gluten free". I about passed out.

And then I put them on top of my Amy's pizza ....

[VydorScope]

You know what else stunned me about another company the other day...Hormel...right on their original pepperoni it actually says "gluten free". I about passed out.

And then I put them on top of my Amy's pizza ....

YEP! My sons favorite food appears to be thier turkey peperoni. It is the only food in the 2 1/2 years he has been alive that he has not tired off. I am sure it bad for him, but man he gotta have some kind of treats! He been through a lot in his little life!

[Guest nini]

I love Hormel Pepperoni! I love it that more companies are starting to voluntarily label their products gluten-free... I also saw a bunch of Boars Head pre packaged deli meats and sausages and hot dogs that were all labeled gluten-free, I was STUNNED!

[penguin]

Wow, nestle! Forgive me for tossing out baking chocolate because I thought the ingredients looked funny...

I <3 Nestle!

I'm going to have to try those cookies! I'm famous for my cookies... Let's hope it rings true for gluten-free, too!

[jerseyangel]

When I called Nestle, the woman I spoke to was very nice and seemed to know her stuff. I was asking about the pure, unsweetened cocoa powder. She said that they clearly mark the packages for the presense of gluten. She also said that they label for cross contamination, too.

[AmandaD]

Hey - If anybody tries the nestle recipe let me know - I'm going to get some of the stuff today and see if it's better than my normal potato flour choc chip cookies I make (that my husband says have "this weird taste...") ERG!