Krusteaz gluten-free Blueberry Muffins?

[Luanrraee]

I recently purchased Krusteaz gluten-free Blueberry Muffin mix and I’ve been having lower intestinal complications since I started eating them, I thought it could be anything else in my diet but today I ate only chicken and rice and the muffins and now I’m in severe intestinal distress, has anyone else experienced any problems with their products? This is my first time buying their stuff usually I make everything from scratch.

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, @Luanrraee!

Many or most celiacs get digestive distress of one kind or another from prepackaged, processed gluten free food products. The reason is that the ingredient substitutes used to produce gluten free facsimile foods, to give them a texture like you would get if wheat flour were used, often are hard to digest. Xanthan gum is often the offender and it is used in many, many prepackaged, processed gluten-free foods. But it can be almost anything. Could you list the ingredients from the Blueberry Muffin mix package so we can help you pin point what might be the problem?

Edited December 10, 2023 by trents

[Scott Adams]

Welcome to the forum! Their products are certified gluten-free, but the doesn't mean that a batch could not have an issue. Do you have additional food intolerance issues? How long have you been gluten-free? 

As @trents mentioned, many people have issues with xanthan gum, which is very common in pre-packaged baking mixes and other gluten-free products.

 

[Luanrraee]

On 12/9/2023 at 10:20 PM, trents said:

Welcome to the forum, @Luanrraee!

Many or most celiacs get digestive distress of one kind or another from prepackaged, processed gluten free food products. The reason is that the ingredient substitutes used to produce gluten free facsimile foods, to give them a texture like you would get if wheat flour were used, often are hard to digest. Xanthan gum is often the offender and it is used in many, many prepackaged, processed gluten-free foods. But it can be almost anything. Could you list the ingredients from the Blueberry Muffin mix package so we can help you pin point what might be the problem?

Hello I’ve been gluten free for 7 years now, I have celiacs and IBS so I’m very careful with what I ingest, I usually make all my treats and food from scratch at home, since it’s the holidays I’ve been making dozens of gluten-free cookies to share and enjoy, non of my cookies I’ve made have given me issues, and I’ve only been consuming chicken and rice the past few days so the only odd factor is the Krusteaz muffins. 

[trents]

Here is a list of the ingredients in Krusteaz gluten free blueberry muffin mix. Note that it contains arabic gum, gar gum and xanthan gum. These are all potential GI offenders.

Edited December 12, 2023 by trents

[Scott Adams]

I agree, and this article has more info:

 

[Luanrraee]

1 hour ago, Scott Adams said:

I agree, and this article has more info:

 

Thank you but I make gluten free stuff all the time because I’m a baker and never had this issue before, but after my husband tried the muffins (non celiac) he said his stomach also hurt so I think something was wrong with the batch of muffins from Krusteaz

[trents]

35 minutes ago, Luanrraee said:

Thank you but I make gluten free stuff all the time because I’m a baker and never had this issue before, but after my husband tried the muffins (non celiac) he said his stomach also hurt so I think something was wrong with the batch of muffins from Krusteaz

But the question we are raising is, when you bake things from scratch, do you use gluten-free flours and ingredients that also contain these gums we have highlighted. If you do, then the gums in the Krusteaz mix are not likely the problem. If you don't we believe you need to consider one or more of these gum ingredients as the issue.

[Luanrraee]

48 minutes ago, trents said:

But the question we are raising is, when you bake things from scratch, do you use gluten-free flours and ingredients that also contain these gums we have highlighted. If you do, then the gums in the Krusteaz mix are not likely the problem. If you don't we believe you need to consider one or more of these gum ingredients as the issue.

I use flours that do contain these gums. We came to the realization something was wrong with this batch of muffins. Since we both got sick and he has no problem with any foods.