Artificial Flavours, Additives, Preservatives Etc

[Victoria.K]

Hello all!

I would like to know whether any food additives and preservatives ( all those indicated in packages by letter E-three digits) contain glutene and should be avoided. I normally try to avoid all those artificial flavours and colors because they are not much healthy, but presently I wonder if they are glutene-positive as well.

[draeko]

I am also wondering and confused...Let me know if you get any post.

[hez]

My understanding is that colors are safe but artificial and natural flavors could be gluten. By law in the US if it has wheat it will be stated. Unfortunatly that does not include barley, rye and oats. Bottom line is you need to be careful and check with the manufacturers. Unless it is a company that has a clear labeling policy (I am thinking of Kraft but I know there are others).

Hez

[psawyer]

I've never seen a problem with artificial flavor. When natural flavor is barley-derived, it is almost always listed as "malt flavor"or "barley malt flavor"--since malt is a relatively expensive flavor nobody wants to hide it.

Respected dietician Shelley Case says of flavor:

It would be rare to find a "natural or artificial flavoring" containing gluten because: ( a ) hydrolyzed wheat protein cannot be hidden under the term "flavor," and ( b ) barley malt extract or barley malt flavoring is almost always declared as "barley malt extract" or "barley malt flavoring." For this reason, most experts do not restrict natural and artificial falvorins in th4e gluten-free diet.

Gluten-Free Diet, 2006 edition.

The list of trusted brands/companies that I have developed over time is:

Arrowhead Mills, Aunt Nelly's, Balance, Baskin Robbins, Ben & Jerry, Bertoli, Betty Crocker, Blue Bunny, Breyers, Campbells, Cascadian Farms, Celestial Seasonings, ConAgra, Country Crock, Edy's, General Mills, Good Humor, Green Giant, Haagen Daz, Hellman's, Hershey, Hormel, Hungry Jack, Jiffy, Knorr, Kozy Shack, Kraft, Lawry's, Libby's, Lipton, Martha White, Maxwell House, McCormick, Nabisco, Nestle, Old El Paso, Ortega, Pillsbury, Popsicle, Post, Progresso, Ragu, Russell Stover, Seneca Foods, Skippy, Smucker, Stokely's, Sunny Delight, T Marzetti, Tyson, Unilever, Wishbone, Yoplait, Zatarain's.

Not all brands owned by these companies are inluded in the list.

[Viola 1]

I agree with Peter, I've never found an artificial flavour that contained gluten, and in my early days of gluten free I phoned a lot of companies.

However, I always check the 'natural' flavour.