Blue Cheese?

[sunshine264]

Help!

I have been doing very well since being on a gluten-free diet for the past 6 months! However, I'm still in a learning curve with some things. I read in one of my books to avoid blue cheese as the basis could be bread molds???

Is this true for ALL blue cheese? blue cheese dressing?

I miss buffalo chicken wings and would make them myself, but wonder if I can make my own blue cheese dressing? Any suggestions???

[flagbabyds]

I think that all blue cheese is not gluten-free and you shouldn't chance it without calling the companies. Still after calling them you shouldn't chance it because they may say there are trace amounts but that shouldn't make you sick. BUT THEY ARE WRONG They don't know so you shoukldn't chance it becasue from what I have heard all blue cheese is made from bread crumbs.

[tarnalberry]

the vast majority of blue cheese is no longer made from bread crumbs. call the company and find out what sort of starter they use - most these days don't use bread because it's not economical.

[lovegrov]

All blue cheese is NOT made from bread crumbs. In the U.S. virtually all blue cheese culture is started on an artificial medium. Boar's Head BC is gluten-free, as is the BC used in Outback blue cheese dressing. Kraft always lists gluten if it is there and their blue cheese dressing lists no gluten. Same with Marie's blue cheese dressing.

In addition, from what I've read (but I am no expert) the amount of culture used in a huge vat of other ingredients is incredibly miniscule. And there is serious question about whether gluten would even transfer in this process, although I know of no scientific studies of this.

richard