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Hamburger Helper Mix?


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mamatide Enthusiast

We often eat Kraft Dinner (we throw out the noodles in the box and substitute our own) and I was wondering whether anyone had ever determined whether the sauce mix in Hamburger Helper is also gluten-free?

The list of ingredients on the side of the box lumps the noodle ingredients with the mix ingredients.

Just wondering...

mamatide


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confused Community Regular
We often eat Kraft Dinner (we throw out the noodles in the box and substitute our own) and I was wondering whether anyone had ever determined whether the sauce mix in Hamburger Helper is also gluten-free?

The list of ingredients on the side of the box lumps the noodle ingredients with the mix ingredients.

Just wondering...

mamatide

I think it would be best to call and find out, and to find out on all the different kinds that you eat. What i would do for an kraft dinner, im casein intolerant also so i cant have it,

paula

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larry mac Enthusiast
.....I was wondering whether anyone had ever determined whether the sauce mix in Hamburger Helper is also gluten-free?

The list of ingredients on the side of the box lumps the noodle ingredients with the mix ingredients.

mamatide

mt,

I'm looking at a box of Cheesy Jambalya, and the noodle (pasta) ingredients are not with the mix ingredients. They are separated with parenthesis. I.e., when listing ingredients, it's common practice to use parenthesis when an item (in this case "pasta") contains more than one ingredient.

In this case:

INGREDIENTS:

Enriched Pasta (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin momonitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Corn Starch, .... continues with the rest of the ingredients.

So you see, the noodle ingredients are not lumped with the mix ingredients. The corn starch is the beginning of the "mix" ingredients. It's actually neccessary to list this way because ingredients are listed by weight. This lets you know (very approximately) how much of each ingredient (in relation to all the others) is in the product. In this product, pasta is the main ingredient, so it's listed first.

Makers of some products circumvent this requirement by using multiple similar ingredients. Sweet breakfast cereals are notorious for this. To give the appearance of less sugar, they use 4, 5, or even 6 sugar derivatives. Sugar, corn syrup, High fructose corn syrup, sorbital, polydextrose, honey, fruit juice extract, cane juice, theres others I can't recall at the moment.

best regards, lm

Guhlia Rising Star

I don't know about hamburger helper, but Mrs. Leepers makes a great hamburger helper alternative. It's not expensive either. They're on sale today at shopbydiet.com.

VegasCeliacBuckeye Collaborator

i love Mrs. Leepers Beef Strognoff and Chicken Alfredo helpers.

i make them on Sunday so I can have an easy lunch all week at work.

BB

Guhlia Rising Star

We really like the chicken alfredo, cheeseburger macaroni, and the beef lasagna flavors. They're great when you have major time restraints, plus kid friendly too.


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i love Mrs. Leepers Beef Strognoff and Chicken Alfredo helpers.

i make them on Sunday so I can have an easy lunch all week at work.

BB

I also am a big fan of the Beef Stroganoff!! MMMmmmm It also freezes well for easy leftover dinners later.

-Jessica :rolleyes:

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LOVE MRS. LEEPERS! I do what BroncoBux does...I prefer it reheated, actually!

confused Community Regular
i love Mrs. Leepers Beef Strognoff and Chicken Alfredo helpers.

i make them on Sunday so I can have an easy lunch all week at work.

BB

Are any of them dairy free also, if so i would be so happy

paula

confused Community Regular
Are any of them dairy free also, if so i would be so happy

paula

I checked they are only gluten free, im sad now, they are even on sale lol

paula

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