Benefiber Alert

[trents]

Benefiber used to be made from guar gum but the company has recently switched to wheat dextrin. Not sure if that would present a problem for celiacs or not. I guess it would depend on how pure the wheat dextrin is, i.e. contamination.

Steve

[trents]

Here's an update from the company's website:

"What is Wheat Dextrin?

Wheat Dextrin is a natural soluble fiber. Wheat Dextrin is considered "Gluten-Free" which means it contains only a trace amount of gluten ( i.e., less than 10 ppm gluten). Unlike some fiber supplements, Benefiber

[plantime]

Here's an update from the company's website:

"What is Wheat Dextrin?

Wheat Dextrin is a natural soluble fiber. Wheat Dextrin is considered "Gluten-Free" which means it contains only a trace amount of gluten ( i.e., less than 10 ppm gluten). Unlike some fiber supplements, Benefiber

[debmidge]

And yes, they have a big "Gluten Free" label on their bottle! We've written to them (Novartis Consumer Division) to express our displeasure and we told them that many celiacs who use this product will probably change to another gluten-free fiber manufacturer now that wheat, as small it it is, is in this product.

We can't figure out why they had to change this product as it was good to begin with.....