Doritos

[Corkdarrr]

Oooooooooh, I was so hungry this morning at school. I just needed a little snacky snack. I would've sworn on my life that Doritos are gluten-free. Just the regular ol' cheese ones. So I got a bag from the vending machine- one of those little tiny ones. As I was finishing it up, I turned the bag over out of habit. The problem was that I turned the bag over AFTER I'd eaten them.

Apparently there is wheat in the cheese flavoring.

An hour later I was trying my damndest to telepathically will my teacher to stop talking so I could go home to my bathroom where I belonged.

Three hours later, I was feeling okay. Not too bad. And it started to become reasonable to think that it really IS all in my head. Hey, great!

Four hours later...well I've been running between the couch and the bathroom for a few hours now.

The lesson is that when the company tells you to always check the product ingredients...well, you should probably always do just that.

The worst part is that the last three days I've been doing really well. I haven't had any blatantly noticable gut pain like I normally do. Only mild cramping/bloating/gas. No D for a few weeks, even! Oh! And I my first celiac support group meeting is tonite. What an ironic reason to miss it. (I was so excited, too...)

I am such a moron.

-Courtney (the moron)

[jerseyangel]

Hi Courtney,

You're not a moron--you're human like the rest of us. We've all made mistakes, and we learn from them!

At least the worst of it waited until you got home... Hope it passes quickly!

[ravenwoodglass]

This happens to all of us at one time or another. I hope you start feeling better soon. I used to get so frustrated when I just wanted a snack but wasn't sure what was safe or just nothing around that I could eat. Now I try to always keep a baggie with nuts, dried fruit, and gluten free pretzels and chocolate chips with me. It helps keep me happy when others have their little poison filled goodies or I can't get home to my nice safe gluten-free kitchen.

[2Boys4Me]

Most of the cheese flavoured Doritos are gluteny. Nacho cheese and spicy (nacho) cheese or whatever being two of them. HOWEVER...for those cheese loving Dorito folks, the Doritos Zesty Cheese is gluten-free according to the CANADIAN list from Frito-Lay dated May 5/06.

Also, if you can find them (and I can't anymore) Superstore's PC Rebellos Spicy Nacho are gluten-free. They are a Doritos knockoff. I can only find some other kind of PC cheesy flavoured Rebellos that DO contain gluten.

Please note that the Zesty Cheese Doritos are gluten-free on the Canadian list. I have NO idea if they are gluten-free in the states, but it's worth a call to Frito-Lay.

[miles2go]

Oooooooooh, I was so hungry this morning at school. I just needed a little snacky snack. I would've sworn on my life that Doritos are gluten-free. Just the regular ol' cheese ones. So I got a bag from the vending machine- one of those little tiny ones. As I was finishing it up, I turned the bag over out of habit. The problem was that I turned the bag over AFTER I'd eaten them.

Apparently there is wheat in the cheese flavoring.

An hour later I was trying my damndest to telepathically will my teacher to stop talking so I could go home to my bathroom where I belonged.

Three hours later, I was feeling okay. Not too bad. And it started to become reasonable to think that it really IS all in my head. Hey, great!

Four hours later...well I've been running between the couch and the bathroom for a few hours now.

The lesson is that when the company tells you to always check the product ingredients...well, you should probably always do just that.

The worst part is that the last three days I've been doing really well. I haven't had any blatantly noticable gut pain like I normally do. Only mild cramping/bloating/gas. No D for a few weeks, even! Oh! And I my first celiac support group meeting is tonite. What an ironic reason to miss it. (I was so excited, too...)

I am such a moron.

-Courtney (the moron)

Oh Courtney, you are so not a moron. I've been ranting to the coworkers about the cheese-flavored Doritos for months (?) now. Who'd a thunk it? I'll bet you won't forget next time. Hope you're feeling better soon!

Insidious big box bidnesses...

[Guest ~jules~]

Oh Courtney, you are so not a moron. I've been ranting to the coworkers about the cheese-flavored Doritos for months (?) now. Who'd a thunk it? I'll bet you won't forget next time. Hope you're feeling better soon!

Insidious big box bidnesses...

Aren't the cool ranch safe also? I thought I heard that here once....

[brizzo]

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[Rikki Tikki]

Cool Ranch is gluten-free.

[Corkdarrr]

Yeah. What I really wanted was Cheetos. I've had those several times with no problems.

Still sick...guess it's not all in my head!

[NoGluGirl]

Yeah. What I really wanted was Cheetos. I've had those several times with no problems.

Still sick...guess it's not all in my head!

Dear cluecke,

You are not stupid. It was an honest mistake any of us could have made. I am extremely paranoid about it, but it is better to be safe than sorry. It is certainly not in your head! You need to do anything you can to prevent poisoning yourself. I have already planned some things for when I go out so I do not have to worry constantly about being hungry. I get low blood sugar, so I always need to have something with me! The Gluten-Free Market has some great stuff you can take with you. The bars are $1.99 a peice, and according to Amanda's Mommy's blog, a few Genisoy bars are gluten-free. Go find it on the blogs. She has a list.

Sincerely,

NoGluGirl

[gfp]

No.. what is REALLY STUPID is what I did once... getting back to the UK and wanting my fav flavoured chips (crisps for UK readers) which meant I opened the bag and took a bit THEN started reading the labels while still chewing!