Barbara's Puffin Cereal?

[nikki8]

I got this cereal today and it is so good. But I realized that it has oat flour in it. Do I need to avoid this product?

[jmengert]

There's a lot of controversy over oats, but the consensus seems to be that celiacs should avoid oats. Most oats (if not all oats) in the US are contaminated with wheat. Unless you're buying pure oats (there are a couple of brands out there that some celiacs eat), then oat flour or any product with oats as an ingredient is pretty much guaranteed to be contaminated. Also, some people who eat the pure oats still react to the avenin in oats due to its very similar nature to gluten.

So, that's my long-winded way of saying, you should avoid those oats!

[JenKuz]

I got this cereal today and it is so good. But I realized that it has oat flour in it. Do I need to avoid this product?

I had really bad problems after eating that cereal, as well as a similar one by Nature's Path. I suspect that my problems were related to the peanut butter but you might be careful with it, anyhow. I was *really* unwell after eating it....

[killernj13]

The Hoeny Rice is gluten-free. I eat it all the time. It is very good.