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Carnation Instant Breakfast

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holdthegluten Rising Star
holdthegluten
Posted

What carnation instant breakfast are gluten free. I am trying to add some calories into my diet and someone said this would help. Thanks!

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

All are gluten free except Chocolate Malt. But a good rule of thumb is to always read the label.

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
Posted

For sure powdered Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry, but somewhere in the back of my mind I think you should double check on the already prepared ones.

I'm in Canada, though, I don't know if they are different than in the U.S.

larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
Posted
  Momma Goose said:
All are gluten free except Chocolate Malt. But a good rule of thumb is to always read the label.

mg,

Read the label? Why didn't I think of that?

best regards, lm

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

.....read the label as ingrediencs may change.

larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
Posted
  Momma Goose said:
.....read the label as ingredients may change.

mg,

I wasn't being facetious with you. I was being facetious with htg.

best regards, lm

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted

The powdered mixes mentioned are all okay with, as stated, the exception being the Malt. The last time I checked the Ready to drink were NOT safe, you could check with them though to see if they got smart and changed it.

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

I just confirmed this by Carnations website:

All powdered Carnation Instant Breakfast are gluten free (other than Chocolate Malt)

All PRE-MIXED Carnation Instant Breakfast drinks contain BARLY and therefore NOT Gluten Free.

  • 3 years later...
MartialArtist Apprentice
MartialArtist
Posted

I realize this thread is old, but I'm ticked at Carnation right now b/c as I pulled out an IB packet this morning, I read on the package that it's made on equipment that also processes wheat. So if it was fine 3 years ago, why did they have to go and mess it up??!!! That used to be one of my favorite breakfasts and SO convenient!!! (At least I didn't buy it new after my diagnosis thinking it was clean -- this was left over from earlier this year.)

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted
  On 6/1/2010 at 11:43 AM, MartialArtist said:

I realize this thread is old, but I'm ticked at Carnation right now b/c as I pulled out an IB packet this morning, I read on the package that it's made on equipment that also processes wheat. So if it was fine 3 years ago, why did they have to go and mess it up??!!! That used to be one of my favorite breakfasts and SO convenient!!! (At least I didn't buy it new after my diagnosis thinking it was clean -- this was left over from earlier this year.)

It may still be okay for you. Not everyone is so sensitive that they worry about shared lines. If your supersensitive then do avoid it but if not then it may be okay. It has likely always been made on shared equipment but now they are letting us know.

  • 10 months later...
lrc273 Newbie
lrc273
Posted

I went to buy the powder carnation instant breakfast (chocolate) and the last ingredient listed is wheat starch. So I'm assuming its not safe to drink, right?

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted
  On 4/20/2011 at 5:19 PM, lrc273 said:

I went to buy the powder carnation instant breakfast (chocolate) and the last ingredient listed is wheat starch. So I'm assuming its not safe to drink, right?

Correct, it is not safe for us to use.

  • 8 months later...
grayangel Newbie
grayangel
Posted

I wrote to Nestle encouraging them to remove wheat starch as an ingredient in the Carnation Instant Breakfast powders (as they now ALL contain it according to the labels). I'm not really sure what to make of their reply. It sounds as if they are listing wheat starch as an ingredient but that ingredient is no longer present(?), which is baffling, not to mention confusing and/or misleading. Anyway, I thought I'd share their response with everyone. Maybe you can make sense of it.

"Thank you for contacting CARNATION

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

I didn't find it confusing at all. Verbose, but clear:

The ready-to-drink ones all contain barley malt, albeit at a very low level (<1 ppm).

The Chocolate Malt powder contains both wheat and barley.

The other powders no longer contain wheat starch, but are made on shared equipment.

CAUTION: Many of the posts in this topic are probably out-of-date.

  • 2 years later...
Mid-Thirties-GlutenFree Newbie
Mid-Thirties-GlutenFree
Posted

Man this stinks... I love the chocolate flavored one but the last ingredient listed was "wheat starch."  The other flavors may offer cross-machine contamination equipment processing.  Anyone know of any other good chocolate instant breakfast gluten-free brands?  Thanks,

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