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I Need Help On What I Can And Cant Eat

kayti

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kayti Newbie
kayti
Posted

hi, im 14 and i am on a strict gluten free milk free diet. :( i was wondering if anyone new if modified food starch was sfe to eat or not

Thanks

KAYTI :P

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tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Until 2006, when companies have to start labeling allergens, you have to call the company if "modified food starch" appears in the ingredients. (This doesn't hold true for the companies that have a policy of listing gluten containing ingredients, like Kraft.)

MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
Posted

Like tarnalberry said call the company and that is always a good policy!

  • 2 months later...
Guest Bsecen
Guest Bsecen
Posted

Well if you need help on anything just E-mail me. I am always willing to help a fellow newbie. I needed help the first years I got diginosed but I did not know of this web site and now that I know of it I am willing to give out any information.

Tiffany :)

celiac3270 Collaborator
celiac3270
Posted

Hi, welcome! I'm also fourteen...on the gluten-free diet for 11 months...

Yes, modified food starch CAN contain gluten, but doesn't always. You should call the company if you find that on a label except for with some celiac-friendly companies, such as Kraft (as tarnalberry said). Kraft will label any source of gluten or other common allergens (soy, etc.) on the lables in parentheses if they are hidden in another ingredient (such as natural flavors, artifical flavors, modified food starch, etc.)

I also don't mind answering any questions you have about the diet, etc. :)

-celiac3270

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cojaro Newbie
cojaro
Posted

17 and gluten-free for, oh somewhere around 3 years or so

it would be best to avoid modified food starch

check the list here, and if you dont know about it, then contact the company and ask if its gluten-free

  • 7 months later...
petlover Newbie
petlover
Posted

Hi i am Asia and i am gluten free and 2 two years ago i was milk free and christi crete is a good person to ask about gluten-free foods! :P

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PrincessLEah Rookie
PrincessLEah
Posted

ttry using rice milk. My bro has been milk free since he was an infant. Just make sure you read the side because we just recently found out that rice dream contains barley protein!!!!! So read the side. The stuff we now use if called natura rice-um. Weird name but it says Gluten-free on the side. It's almost like real milk.

Hope this helps!!! :)

  • 3 years later...
eeyore Collaborator
eeyore
Posted

Hi

I'm casein sensitive as well as gluten sensitive and I had been using Rice Dream -thanks for the tip, I won't be using it anymore -but does anyone know if the Whole Foods brand of rice milk is safe?

eeyore Collaborator
eeyore
Posted

I'm back to answer my own question...the vanilla flavored kind is not gluten free, and it's possible that there might be some cross-contamination into the regular kind, but people have reported back with no ill effects from it...

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