Trail Mix And Granola Bars

[JerryK]

I'm not astute enough...yet...to know just how much Gluten is in one of these puppies. They

contain the following ingredients:

Whole Grain Oats, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Crisp Rice(rice flour, sugar, malt extract, salt mixed tocpherols(Natural Preservative) Natural Raspberry and Strawberry flavored fruit pieces, Almonds, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Natural Blueberry Flavored fruit pieces, Honey, Fructose, Sugar, Sunflower Seed, Canola Oil, Rice Maltodextrin, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda..

So, I think I might be getting mild symptoms from these, but nothing near what a couple donuts will do.

How bad is something like this? Is there gluten in oats?

On a side note, after three days pretty much wheat free, I have produced my first solid poopy in God knows how long. Sorry to be graphic, but I'm proud.

[Guhlia]

Oats are generally not considered to be gluten free. I would stay as far away as possible. Even though they aren't giving you the major symptoms that you're accustomed to, they are likely still causing significant damage to your body. In order to be gluten free you need to avoid wheat, barley, rye, and oats.

Congratulations on the "poopy".

[tarnalberry]

I'm not astute enough...yet...to know just how much Gluten is in one of these puppies. They

contain the following ingredients:

Whole Grain Oats, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Crisp Rice(rice flour, sugar, malt extract, salt mixed tocpherols(Natural Preservative) Natural Raspberry and Strawberry flavored fruit pieces, Almonds, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Natural Blueberry Flavored fruit pieces, Honey, Fructose, Sugar, Sunflower Seed, Canola Oil, Rice Maltodextrin, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda..

1) the question is NOT "how much" gluten - ANY gluten you can identify is too much

2) oats are questionable, and all popular commercial oats have been tested at contamination levels above the accepted standards; at the least, this is a very risky item, and if you choose to eat it, and experience symptoms, it should be removed from your diet immediately

3) this item also has "malt extract" which is a barley derived ingredient, which has gluten; even without the oat ingredients, these would not be gluten free

[loraleena]

Also stay away from malt!!

[BRUMI1968]

The gluten is bad (oat potential and definite malt)-- look at all that sugar, though, too. Amazing. The only reason it is not listed first is because they use different kinds - and that's probably why - to keep any one sugar ingredient from being the main ingredient. But if you add them up, my word, that's a lot of sugar.

I make my own trail mix out of (raw) walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, raisins, prunes, figs...I think that's it. I love it.

As to "granola" bars, I stick with Lara Bars which are vegan, dairy, and gluten free...they are really sweet, but don't have ANY processed sugar. They are spendy, though.

-Sherri