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Glutened By Puffins Cereal

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Teacher1958 Apprentice
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I've spent days trying to figure out why my mouth sores, IBS symptoms, ADD, headaches, and fibromyalgia symptoms have all returned. It was downright frustrating and depressing, to say the least. This AM I was going over everything I had been eating and applying to my body (cosmetics, soaps, etc.) and I was not coming up with any good "leads" until my husband looked at the Puffins cereal I had been eating and said that it wasn't gluten free. Aha! I was so mad at myself because I knew at one point that this cereal wasn't safe but had forgotten. Sometimes it's so hard to keep track of safe and unsafe products, and I've never been a person who is terribly brand conscious. I often forget which companies make which products, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I had been eating the Puffins peanut butter flavored cereal, and it is 'wheat free,' NOT gluten free (it has oats in it). I don't know if the other Puffins flavors are gluten free or not, but the peanut butter flavored cereal is definitely a 'no-no.'

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Ugh--sorry you got sick :(

The only flavor of Puffins that is gluten-free is the Honey Rice.

Hope you feel better soon!

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I've spent days trying to figure out why my mouth sores, IBS symptoms, ADD, headaches, and fibromyalgia symptoms have all returned. It was downright frustrating and depressing, to say the least. This AM I was going over everything I had been eating and applying to my body (cosmetics, soaps, etc.) and I was not coming up with any good "leads" until my husband looked at the Puffins cereal I had been eating and said that it wasn't gluten free. Aha! I was so mad at myself because I knew at one point that this cereal wasn't safe but had forgotten. Sometimes it's so hard to keep track of safe and unsafe products, and I've never been a person who is terribly brand conscious. I often forget which companies make which products, if that makes sense. Anyhow, I had been eating the Puffins peanut butter flavored cereal, and it is 'wheat free,' NOT gluten free (it has oats in it). I don't know if the other Puffins flavors are gluten free or not, but the peanut butter flavored cereal is definitely a 'no-no.'

That same exact thing happened to me. The honey rice is the ONLY one you can have, but it's very, very good! What other cereal do you eat? If it's peanut butter you like, try the Peanut butter panda cereal.

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