Hidden Sources Of Gluten

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HIDDEN SOURCES OF GLUTEN

You'll be surprised to find that gluten turns up in the most unlikely places. It's not simply a matter of avoiding bread, pastries and obvious sources of offending grains. Gluten is often disguised in seemingly "safe" food items.

It is important to read labels; however, labels will not spell "gluten" out for you. Instead, gluten hiding behind names such as: artificial colorings or flavorings, cereal, flour, modified food starch, food starch, emulsifiers, stabilizers, texturized vegetable protien (TVP), hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP), grain vinegar, malt, caramel flavor, vanilla and other extracts, and artificial/natural flavorings, etc. By law hydrolyzed vegetable protien (HVP) must state the source on the label

When these words are listed, you cannot be sure if they contain gluten or not. Always remember, when in doubt, don't buy it. If it's a product you really long to eat, see if another brand omits the offending ingredient; or again, write to the company for more information.

It is also important to know that when many foods are in production, the belts that transport the food through the factory may be coated with some kind of starch to keep the foods from sticking to the belt. Question the starch source.

I'm new, been gluten-free (or trying to be) for two months so i can't verfiy the above is true but, I thought I would post it to see if it helps anyone.

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