"safeway" Email About Gluten Free Products

[loco-ladi]

Dear {snip}:

We received your request for information on Safeway private label

products for those troubled with gluten-induced enteropathy or celiac-sprue.

While we are somewhat familiar with the malabsorption syndrome, we do

not presume to prescribe any of our products for any specific diet(s).

On the other hand, we are happy to provide what information we have

which might be useful to you.

For your information, we have over 5,000 different products in our

Safeway private label product line and we do not have a listing of

ingredients available for the general public on each of these items, so we are

not able to comply with all requests. We do suggest that you read

carefully all ingredients labeling information on products that you

purchase.

We can tell you that our frozen vegetables and fruits should be okay

since they do not contain any other ingredients but the vegetables or

fruits themselves. The exception to this would be our frozen vegetables in

sauce.

Another group of items that would be acceptable are non-breaded seafood

items, poultry that has not been breaded or stuffed, and our

Lucerne/Select eggs. In other words, all fresh meats, seafood’s and eggs.

Acceptable dairy items would be all fluid milks, except chocolate milk

when starch is added and the source is not listed, cottage cheese and

natural cheeses. Most bakery items we believe would not be acceptable

for use in this diet.

We have taken the initiative to solicit all of our suppliers for lists

of their products that are gluten free. This list is attached for your

easy reference.

As near as we can determine, the information we have provided is

correct; however, we cannot guarantee that changes will not occur from time

to time in our ingredient listings, or vendor changes that would affect

processing methods or raw ingredients therefore we do recommend that

you verify ingredients with us from time to time. We do appreciate your

interest in our Safeway Brand products and hope that we have been of

some help to you.

A list of Celiac Sprue/gluten-free food products

SELECT Brand

Balsamic Verdi Vinegar of Modena

BBQ Sauce (all Carriage House Foods, Hickory Smoke, Honey Smoke, Honey

Mustard,

Original)

Carbonated Beverage, Clear Sparkling Water (all varieties)

Chocolate Chips

Cocoa Mix (European)

Coffee Beverage, Instant Flavored (maltodextrin corn based)

Dressings (Basil Ranch, Roasted Red Pepper & Garlic

Vinaigrette, Raspberry Vinaigrette, Blue Cheese, Cranberry/Orange, and Harvest

Vegetable, Tuscan Basil Herb, Olive Oil Balsamic)

Enchilada Sauce (vinegar distilled w/wood, pulp)

Gourmet Dipping Sauces (Cook’n Grill Plum and Honey Mustard)

Jams/Jellies

Mashed Potato Cups (Sour Cream Chive, 3 Cheese Brocolli, Roasted Garlic

(not run on dedicated line)

Mayonnaise (Regular, Reduced Fat and Fat Free distilled w/wood)

Mustard (Classic/Country Dijon)

Refrigerated Pasta Sauces (Classic Pesto, Creamy Parmesan Basil, Garden

Vegetable & Herb, Light Alfredo, and Roasted Garlic &

Mushroom)

Rice (Basmati – All; except Mushroom)

Salad Dressing (like Miracle Whip)

Sausage, Chicken (Apple, Andouille, Parmesan Basil, and Sun Dried

Tomato)

Sausage, Turkey (Italian)

Sausage, Beef Smoked, Beef Hot Link, Cajun Link and Polish

Steak Sauce

Southwest Salsa (all varieties)

Truffles (Chocolate/Raspberry, Mocha, Butterscotch, and Milk Chocolate)

Tuna (Tongol)

Verdi Pasta/Marinara Sauce (all)

Vinegar (Seasoned Rice)

Whole Bean Coffees, flavored

Winners Thirst Quencher (Lemon Lime, Lemon Ice, Orange, Lemon,

Tropical, Fruit Punch, Glacier Wave, Tangerine Freeze, and Amazon Freeze)

Yogurt, Organic (Banana Vanilla, Cherry, Maple, Peach, Raspberry,

Strawberry)

ENLIGHTEN Brand

Dressings (Honey Mustard, Roasted Sweet Pepper & Garlic

Vinaigrette, Garden Italian, and Balsamic & Red Wine Vinaigrette)

HEALTHY ADVANTAGE Brand

Vegetarian Chili

SAFEWAY Brand

Apple Sauce (Cups, Natural and Sweetened)

Aspartame Sweetener

Bacon Bits (supplied by Taber)

Black Olives

Butterscotch Chips

Canned Beans (Pork & Beans, Light & Dark Red Kidney,

Pinto, Blackeye, and Chick)

Cashews, Halves & Pieces and Whole

Cereal* (Fruity Nuggets, Puffed Corn, Golden Corn Nuggets, Cocoa

Nuggets)

Cheese Curls & Cheese Puffs

Cheese Spread, Aerosol (American, Cheddar and Sharp)

Chicken Broth

Chocolate Chips (Semi Sweet, Real Chocolate)

Coconut (Sweetened)

Corned Beef Hash

Corn Starch

Cranberry Sauce (Whole and Jellied – US and Canada)

Cream Style Corn

Deluxe Mixed Nuts

Dried Beans (Pink, Great Northern, Lentils, Black, Blackeye, Small

White, Large Lima, Small Red, Green Split, Light Red Kidney, Pinto, Baby

Lima, and Navy)

Dried Fruit (Prunes, Raisins, Apricots, Peach, Apple, and Cherry)

Drink Mixes, Regular & Lite (Peach, Strawberry, Cherry, Pink

Lemonade, Iced Tea, Lemonade, Raspberry, Fruit Punch)

Extracts & Pure Spices** (if gluten, ingredient statement will

declare)

Fruit Snacks (all)

Grated Parmesan Cheese (3, 8 & 16oz.)

Instant Rice

Hot Cocoa Mix (with and w/o Marshmallows and Fat Free)

Honey (Pure and Creamed)

Instant Gelatin

Instant Breakfast

Instant Mashed Potatoes (Herb/Butter and Roasted Garlic)

Iced Tea Mix

Jams/Jellies

Juices (Tomato, Lemonade, Pineapple, Apple, Orange, Prune, White/Pink

Grapefruit, Rudy Red, Grape, Cranberry, Cranberry/Raspberry,

Cranberry/Apple, and Cranberry/Grape)

Ketchup

Lemon Juice

Limeade

Maraschino Cherries

Marshmallows

Microwave Popcorn (all varieties)

Milk (Sweetened, Condensed)

Mixed Nuts w/Peanuts

Mustard

Oils, edible

Onion Soup Mix

Peanuts, Dry Roasted and Roasted/Salted Spanish

Pudding Snack Cups (Banana, Butterscotch, Chocolate Fudge, Tapioca,

Chocolate, and Vanilla)

Peanut Butter (Reg. & Reduced Fat Smooth and Crunchy)

Popcorn Cakes**

Refried Beans

Salad Dressing (Light & Regular Zesty Italian, Creamy Italian,

Light & Regular Ranch, Ranch w/Bacon, FatFree & Regular

1000 Island, and California)

Salsa Con Queso

Sauerkraut

Soup (Cond. Chicken w/Rice all other soups are NOT gluten free, US

only)

Splash (Tropical, Strawberry/Kiwi, and Berry)

Sprinkles (Holiday, Halloween, Valentines, Christmas, and Easter)

Sugar (Granulated, Powdered, and Brown)

Sugar Free Mixes (Iced Tea, Lemonade, and Raspberry)

Syrup (Old Fashioned, Light, and Butter Light)

Tomato Juice and Clamato (Canada)

Tomato products (all canned)

Tortilla Strips, Nacho Cheese, and Golden Chips (Casa del Pueblo)

Tuna, Chunk Light

Vinegar, White Distilled

Worcestershire Sauce

CAPTAIN’S CHOICE

Cocktail Sauce

SAFEWAY Brand Refrigerated

Aerosol Whipping Cream (Light and Non Dairy)

Butter

Cheese, Processed Sliced and Brick

Cooked Ham, 95% Fat Free

Cottage Cheese (except fruit added)

Cream Cheese (soft, bars, onion/chive, strawberry, garden vegetable,

light, Neufchatel, fatfree, whipped spread)

Dips (French Onion, Clam, Bacon Onion, Green Onion, Ranch, Avacado,

Guacamole)

Egg Substitute (Best of the Egg)

Margarine

Milk Drinks (Mocha Cappuccino, Chill’n Chocolate, Very Berry

Strawberry, Marvelous, and Vanilla Shake)

Orange Juice

Soups (Potato Leak, Fire Roasted Tomato, Hearty Vegetable Beef, New

England Clam Chowder, and Minestroni)

Vegetable Oil Spreads, 70%, 37% Light, and 70% ¼ lb sticks (Homestyle)

Whipped Topping (Regular/Light and Lactose Free)

Turkey, MH

Chicken, MH all varieties in 4 lb. Resealable bags, frozen

Corned Beef, BC (Mohawk vendor, Phoenix Div.)

LUCERNE Brand

Buttermilk

Cream Cheese, Regular/Fat Free Neuchatel

Coffee Creamer, flavored

Egg Nog

Half & Half

Sour Cream, Regular, Low-Fat/Non-Fat

String Cheese

Whipping Cream (Regular/Light/Heavy)

Yogurt, Pre-Stirred Low-Fat/Non-Fat, Yo on the Go and Yo Cups

SAFEWAY Brand frozen

Hash Browns (Shredded and Southern Style)

Potatoes (Crinkle Cut, French Fried, O’Brien, Restaurant style

Crinkle Cut, Shoestring, Steak Cut, Twice Baked)

Orange Juice Concentrate

SELECT/Safeway/Lucerne Brand

Frozen Desserts – Ice Cream (w/o inclusions i.e. candy pieces,

chocolate chips etc.)

Sorbet and Sherbet

OMNI BRANDS

Tampico Juice

DELI

Primo Taglio Turkey (all varieties)

Primo Taglio Lunch Meats:

Pastrami, Roast Beef, Salame, Mortadella, Beef Strip Loin and Corned

Beef

Primo Taglio Ham (all varieties)

Primo Taglio Cheeses:

Ceasar Jack Yes

Regular Jack Yes

Imported Swiss No

Lacy Swiss No

Smoke Fontina No

Imported Aged White Cheddar Yes

American Cheddar Yes

Danish Havarti Yes

Crumbled Danish Blue Yes

Provolone Yes

Shredded Asiago Yes

Muenster Yes

Hot Pepper Jack Yes

Salsas

St. Louis BBQ Ribs

SAFEWAY/SELECT Non-Food

Antacid Tablets (Peppermint, Fruit, Wintergreen)

Calcium Tablets (500mg corn starch; 600mg potato starch)

Central-Vite w/Lutein

Children’s Chewable Vitamins (All)

Maximum Strength Suphedrine

Micro Coated Aspirin

Night Time Cold Medicine (Nyquil)

Nutritional Supplement

Orange Flavored Natural Vegetable Powder

If you would like to discuss this further, please reply to this email

or call our toll free number at 1-877-723-3929 and reference contact

I.D. 11345210. One of our associates will be happy to assist you.

We appreciate your business and look forward to seeing you soon. Thank

you for shopping at Safeway.

Sincerely,

Vince Marvin

Customer Service Center

[JennyC]

Don't you just love Safeway! I wish that Fred Meyer/Kroger would do the same thing. My only question is that I got my own email list from Safeway a month ago and Cocoa Astro cereal (like Coco Puffs) was on my list, but I have not seen it on other people's lists. Hmm. I bought them for my 3.5 year old son who was so happy to have them, but now he won't touch them. Maybe I should just throw them away.