Centrum And Gluten

[ilovechocolate]

i dont know if this has been posted yet, I found it on another celiac website.

06/28/06

The new formulated Adult Centrum Chewables and Centrum Kids Complete have wheat in them, listed as “Mannitol”.

Regular Adult Centrum (not chewable), Centrum Silver (regular and chewables) and Centrum Performance don’t list Mannitol nor wheat in these products.

If you wish to voice a complaint about adding Mannitol to some of their vitamins, call 1-877-CENTRUM or www.centrum.com

[floridanative]

I was told on Sat. by a rep. from a Celiac Awareness website that Mannitol is sugar so it seems as though the makers of Centrum do not even know what is and is not gluten. She does not think the product in question actually contains gluten.

[CarlaB]

I was told on Sat. by a rep. from a Celiac Awareness website that Mannitol is sugar so it seems as though the makers of Centrum do not even know what is and is not gluten. She does not think the product in question actually contains gluten.

If they know so little about nutrition, how can they make vitamins? Glucose, gluten, I mean, what's the difference I get that all the time, "Oh, this doesn't have sugar!"

[ilovechocolate]

that is what i was thinking. I am going to call Centrum tomorrow and find out the niddy griddy on their gluten content!

[floridanative]

I don't take Centrum anymore but when I was dx'd I was taking the reg. multivitamin. When I called them to check on the gluten-free status of that item they made me read everything on the bottle and then told me I could not have it. Then they called back an hour later to say that I could have it and they were sorry for the confusion. I kept taking it until I had to start a bunch of other supplements. They sent me $5 in coupons which I still have not used.