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Vegetable Shortening


jaimek

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Does anyone know if the ingredient "Vegetable Shortening" is gluten-free???

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jaimek Enthusiast

So, I take it that noone knows the answer to this question or to my question about the duck sauce/hot mustard packets in chinese restaurants???? <_< Since noone knows those answers, does anyone know who I could ask/call that would be able to help us out???? :blink:

crc0622 Apprentice

I have sworn off eating anything out of fast food "packets" unless it has a brand name that I have checked out. A lot of places have Heinz ketchup in packets and I'll use that because it's gluten-free. But I wouldn't use it if I wasn't familiar with the brand.

As for vegetable shortening as an ingredient in a manufactured item, I think it would depend on the manufacturer. If it's Kraft or one of the other "gluten-free friendly" companies, it would be labeled "from wheat" or such. What is the item that it is in? Maybe it's something someone has already checked out.

So, long story short - - it depends!

lovegrov Collaborator

I have never heard of a vegetable shortening with gluten. This is not an ingredient I worry about but others might feel differently.

No one can give you a blanket answer on hot mustard/duck sauce. Neither one SHOULD have gluten but the only way to know is find out the manufacturer and call them. No other way to do it.

richard

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Vegetable shortening alone should be gluten-free, and as an ingredient in other foods it should be fine, but I agree that you should check anything that you think is questionable.

And I only use the Heinz ketchup packets and the French's Mustard packets. Any others just are not worth getting sick over.

God bless,

Mariann

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