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MurrayM

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MurrayM
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I got this answer when I inquired if a product was gluten free;

"xxx products are classified as "gluten-free" and this statement is

based on the international guidance Codex Alimentarius we name products

with a gluten content less 200ppm (20mg/100g) as "Gluten Free".

"xxx xxx and xxx are all classified as "Gluten Free". The

origin of the gluten are ingredients like glucose syrup,

glucose-fructose-syrup, sorbitol or dextrose which are made from wheat".

Sounds like it contains gluten, doesn't it?????

Murray

P.S. They added a blurb to the bottom of their e-mail to me stating it was private, no re-publishing allowed, yadda, yadda, yadda.....

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debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
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what type of product is this? food, beverage or medication, etc.?

MurrayM Rookie
MurrayM
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what type of product is this? food, beverage or medication, etc.?

It was a hard butterscotch candy.

Murray

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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I'll be real honest and throw this out there: This doesn't make sense to me.

Couple things:

those products listed are rarely made from wheat. Not that they can't be, but they are rarely made from wheat.

if they contained wheat, they would be required to list wheat as an ingredient on the labels.

I don't know, I just don't get it. I've found that the occassional companies often know less about what gluten is than Celiacs.

Now, I wouldn't risk it, nor am I advocating that anyone risk it, but, these are just my opinions.

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
Posted

sometimes hard candies have barley in them and the problem is that manufacturers do not as yet have to list barley as the allergen, only grain they have to identify is wheat (right?).

aikiducky Apprentice
aikiducky
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I got this answer when I inquired if a product was gluten free;

"xxx products are classified as "gluten-free" and this statement is

based on the international guidance Codex Alimentarius we name products

with a gluten content less 200ppm (20mg/100g) as "Gluten Free".

"xxx xxx and xxx are all classified as "Gluten Free". The

origin of the gluten are ingredients like glucose syrup,

glucose-fructose-syrup, sorbitol or dextrose which are made from wheat".

Sounds like it contains gluten, doesn't it?????

Murray

P.S. They added a blurb to the bottom of their e-mail to me stating it was private, no re-publishing allowed, yadda, yadda, yadda.....

It sounds like this company is following European rules about what is gluten free, which say that a product that has under 20mg of gluten per 100g of product may be called gluten free. They're also saying that if there is gluten in this product, the source of it is in the glucose syrup etc. In Europe, glucose syrup made from wheat is an exception in the labelling laws, they don't need to say what it is made from.

I know some people who do eat the under 200ppm stuff with no symptoms and have had follow up testing and are fine, so apparently some people really do tolerate that amount. Personally though I wouldn't eat it (or drink it).

Pauliina

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