So Whats The Gluten In This List?

[GeneC]

I know Campbells only has ~2 gluten-free soups on their official list , but while reading labels in the soup aisle recently, I noticed Campbells, Ready To Serve, Low Sodium, Chicken Broth Soup. Ingredients: Chicken Broth, Chicken Fat, Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Flavoring.

So I called to find out if gluten-free and the person only had the 2 soup list to refer to although they did tell me about Swansons, also a Campbell product. They guessed maybe the Dextrose, but didn't know nor had any resources to have it checked. I found this a bit strange since other Campbell soups seem pretty good about explicitly listing wheat. Does anything jump out as gluten laden in the ingredient list above?

Thanks

[bmzob]

i pretty sure that dextrose is an ify ingredient and the flavoring is too...gluten could be hidden in either of those

[TimSpfd]

Flavorings can mean absolutely anything unless it is otherwise illegal. So it can certainly be a wheat product but unlikely to be heroin.

From Wikipedia (not a guaranteed acurate source for info, but better than most stuff out there)

"Two isomers of the aldohexose sugars are known as glucose, only one of which (D-glucose) is biologically active. This form (D-glucose) is often referred to as dextrose, especially in the food industry. "

So dextrose is actually a type of sugar.

"Glucose is produced commercially via the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. Many crops can be used as the source of starch. Maize, rice, wheat, potato, cassava, arrowroot, and sago are all used in various parts of the world. In the United States, cornstarch (from maize) is used almost exclusively."

So dextrose is potentially made from wheat (especially in countries other than the US) but unlikely in the US. The 2006 food labeling law regarding wheat products may be a help on this. From this I wonder if this also must apply to any product labeled with glucose as well?

[Guest Viola]

Flavorings can mean absolutely anything unless it is otherwise illegal. So it can certainly be a wheat product but unlikely to be heroin. ]

Check that they are not active hemp Just kidding, but my daughter brought me some gluten free cookies (chocolate) and she didn't read either the name or the ingredients. Turned out they are called "Cookie Trip" and the first ingredient is hemp. Don't think you can get high on them though. In fact they really aren't very good, very dry and not sweet. I think I'm going to have to break them up and microwave them with ice cream on top.

[CarlaB]

I bought some hemp tortillas once -- very disgusting.

I don't see anything on the soup that has gluten. If it had wheat in the flavoring, it would say so. If it had barley, it would probably be listed separately. I bet they just haven't updated their list lately or that they're worried about contamination. Personally, I'd just buy another soup. I usually use Pacific Brand chicken broth. It's also ready to use and clearly labeled gluten-free -- careful though, some kinds of their chicken broth are not gluten-free, and clearly labeled.

[LKelly8]

Cluecke just posted the Campbells gluten-free list - I bumped it up for you.

[lorka150]

It's different in Canada and US - just so you know.