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What's With Kraft?!?

JSmith

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JSmith Newbie
JSmith
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I'm not sure but I think I'm losing it! :o I could swear I was on the Kraft site last week and was looking at a pdf of gluten free products. I remember looking at the salad dressings and noticing that my favorite, sweet onion vinegarette was OK but Ceasar was not. Anyway, today I searched and searched on kraftcanada.com and kraft.com and could not get back to the same document. I kept getting a document that just generally explained how to read labels. I went to google and found a much shorter list of gluten free kraft products and then found a whole bunch of broken links to a document that doesn't exist anymore (presumably the one that I remember seeing before). Some of these broken links are even on this site.

I sent an email to Kraft to ask them what's going on. We'll see what they say. Has anyone else noticed this or looked into it? :(

Jodie

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tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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kraft usa won't put out a list of their products that are gluten free *because* they are clear in their ingredients. they don't to maintain a list (and have out of date lists out in distribution).

Lollie Enthusiast
Lollie
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They are really great if you call them! I had to call because I had bought some of the Jell-O pudding cups for my kids and they were extremely helpful! They were gluten-free! I recommend just giving them a call!

Lollie

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
Posted

Gack! The Canadian page isn't there either!

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
Posted

Yeah I was really disapointed

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Kraft has the same policy in Canada as it does in the US. Read the label; there will be a clear disclosure of any gluten in the ingredient list. This is much better than any list can ever be, since you don't have to worry if the list is out of date, or more up to date than the package you have. :)

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VegasCeliacBuckeye
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If there is gluten in Kraft, they will say it.

It will say either "wheat", "barley", "rye", "oats", or "gluten"

No reason to get in a fuss, Kraft is the leader (and unfortunately the exception) in food labeling.

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2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
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Oh, I know, but if it's salad dressing the label is destroyed immediately. Now you can't check w/o going to the store. Or unless you have the kinds of salad dressing memorized. Which I think is pretty much anything but Caesar.

ElovesFC Rookie
ElovesFC
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I save the list on my computer. Give me your e-mail and i can send it to you if you like.

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Oh, I know, but if it's salad dressing the label is destroyed immediately. Now you can't check w/o going to the store. Or unless you have the kinds of salad dressing memorized. Which I think is pretty much anything but Caesar.

Well, if it is in my fridge, it is gluten-free. That won't work for everybody, I know, but here if it makes it into the house it has already passed the label test. :o

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
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Well, if it is in my fridge, it is gluten-free. That won't work for everybody, I know, but here if it makes it into the house it has already passed the label test. :o

Same here. We do not even let guest bring food. :ph34r:

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Oh, I know, but if it's salad dressing the label is destroyed immediately. Now you can't check w/o going to the store. Or unless you have the kinds of salad dressing memorized. Which I think is pretty much anything but Caesar.

??? How does that work? I don't know that's ever been a problem when growing up or in my house now. Granted, I don't often buy salad dressing, and usually make my own, but when I do, I save the bottles and reuse them, and the labels are a bugger to get off!

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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??? How does that work? I don't know that's ever been a problem when growing up or in my house now. Granted, I don't often buy salad dressing, and usually make my own, but when I do, I save the bottles and reuse them, and the labels are a bugger to get off!

In Canada (don't know about the US) the ingredient list on the Kraft salad dressings is on the band around the neck of the bottle and the cap. It will be at least partially damaged when you break the seal. If you cut carefully, you might be able to read the list afterwards, but if you peel it off to get to the cap, well, its gone. :angry:

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
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Yes, yes, the label is the seal around the lid - easy to destroy. And not the dressing at my house. I'm talking about when we go to Gramma's house or cousin's houses or whatever and Ty gets it into his head to actually eat a salad.

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

Well thats a stupid place to put it! :blink:

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
Posted

On the front of the label is a picture of a salad with the word "Kraft" and the name of the salad dressing.

On the back are the Nutrition Facts per 1 tbsp (15mL), how many calories, how much cholesterol, breakdown of fats, percentage sodium, carbs, fibre, etc. Also on the back is the Kraft 800# and website, and a bunch of checkmarks next to phrases like Source of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fat (in English and French...takes up the whole other half of the label).

The only place left for ingredients is on the label around the neck of the bottle with the UPC code. (Yes, I know I'm redundant because the C in UPC means code.)

JSmith Newbie
JSmith
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OK so you've hit on exactly what put me in a cold sweat yesterday. DH was going to have a salad and I remember looking at the old list which said all the dressings were OK except Ceasar and a couple others that we don't use so I gave him the Sweet Onion Vinegarette (which the old list said was OK) then I went to print it later because I wanted to know about Cheese Whiz and some other things. It was gone. I did find another smaller list of Gluten Free products online and this one under Dressings lists Ceasar (Regular and Free), and then a bunch of others but not Sweet Onion Vinegarette so I ran to the fridge thinking I'd poisoned him and he's only been on the diet for 5 days! :o I didn't see anything on the label that look like a problem but what about the Ceasar? :(

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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If it doesn't say in plain English wheat, barley, rye, or oats on a Kraft label, it's gluten-free. Their modified food starch is corn, and the rule goes for both the US and Canada. If the label looks ok, the product is ok. I'd trust Kraft with my life :)

FrostyFriday Rookie
FrostyFriday
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I use olive oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice for my salad dressing. You can make it up ahead of time and carry it with you to friends, relatives or restaurants.

tanyad Rookie
tanyad
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I'm not sure but I think I'm losing it! :o I could swear I was on the Kraft site last week and was looking at a pdf of gluten free products. I remember looking at the salad dressings and noticing that my favorite, sweet onion vinegarette was OK but Ceasar was not. Anyway, today I searched and searched on kraftcanada.com and kraft.com and could not get back to the same document. I kept getting a document that just generally explained how to read labels. I went to google and found a much shorter list of gluten free kraft products and then found a whole bunch of broken links to a document that doesn't exist anymore (presumably the one that I remember seeing before). Some of these broken links are even on this site.

I sent an email to Kraft to ask them what's going on. We'll see what they say. Has anyone else noticed this or looked into it? :(

Jodie

If you type in "gluten free" in the Kraft search box- upper right corner... it comes back with an allergies link... and it takes you to the file I think that you are looking for. I am not sure why they don't have a link from the main page.

Hope that helps.

Tanya in Chicago

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