gluten-free Cereal ! (good News)

[Franceen]

I have DH. Tonight I looked at the ingredients of CAPT CRUNCH Cereal (Quaker Co.).

It USED to have Malt Flavoring, so it was probably not gluten-free.

I looked at a newer box tonight at the Giant Foods here in Fredericksburg, VA and it has the following ingredients: "Corn Flour, Sugar, Oat Flour, brown sugar, coconut oil, salt, niacinamide, yellow 5, reduced iron, zinc oxide, yellow 6, thiamin mononitrate, BHT (preservative), pyridoxine, hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid." gluten-free????

THERE IS NO ALLERGEN INFO AT ALL - which supposedly in the U.S. means the 8 common allergens don't exist (milk, eggs, seafood, soy, wheat, peanuts, etc).

So, I think (I'm relatively new to this) that CAPT CRUNCH is gluten-free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that in U.S. Oats are not "approved" because of potential cross-contamination, but in Europe Oats are allowed (as are several other things that have less than 200 PPM of gluten).

The USA is talking about a "Zero Tolerance" (which can't even be measured by today's methods) gluten-free requirement. So I sort of follow what the Europeans do, because when I was in Germany for 3 weeks (3 different times) I had spontaneous remission (DH) which was hard to explain at the time until I looked into ingredients there (very little Gluten).

This gluten-free is really a challenge for me. I'm starving all the time for want of food that I like!!! So having a cereal that I can eat will really help.

Franceen

[TCA]

Quaker states that all their stuff has gluten in it because of cross contaminations. I tried oats a couple times with baaaad results. I eat Cocoa Pebbles. Neopets Island Crunch and Cocoa Puffs (check box because newly gluten-free) are gluten free. There are also a lot of other expensive ones out there. I have a list of foods my son eats if that would be helpful to you. I'd be glad to e-mail it if you would just PM me. I know how hard it is, but it gets easier! What kinds of foods do you like. Maybe we can help you find them!

TCA

[Guest nini]

Quaker oats or anything with Quaker oats are a big big risk because of cross contamination. IF you are going to include Oats in your diet, please make sure they are from a supplier that guarantees that they are free from cross contamination. Like McCanns... Personally I wouldn't trust that cereal because of the oat cc issue

[VydorScope]

So, I think (I'm relatively new to this) that CAPT CRUNCH is gluten-free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No it is not. It states Oat Flour, and we know 2 things about oats

1) All oats, ESPLY FROM QUACKER (who is about the worst there is) , are contimanited with gluten. This is known gluten source ingredietn, might as well say wheat flour.

2) Even pure oats effect alot of ppl with celiac just like gluten does because the protients are so simular.