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Kraft Mac And Cheese

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ryebaby0
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(No, I'm not about to eat the macaroni....) I know the cheese sauce packet is reputedly gluten-free -- but has anybody out there actually tried mixing it up for gluten-free pasta? I would love to feed this to my boys, but I really want to avoid a glutenation episode......any potential for x-contam from the pasta in the box?

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Thomas Apprentice
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Kraft says the packet of cheese is gluten-free.

MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
Posted

When I contacted ricearoni about using their sauce packets and bot noodles (like the mac and cheese) they said they could not gaurentee if there was cross-contamination with their packets.

Remember that the bags the sauces are in can breathe.

lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
Posted

You can get the cheese mixture alone. Not sure where in the store.

richard

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celiac3270
Posted

I eat just the sauce packet (w/ rice noodles of course) all the time!! :D Richard, I had actually been talking to my mom a few days ago and we were saying "It would be great if Kraft would sell the chesse packets alone." My non-celiac younger brother usually ends up eating the noodles...I wonder if the company would let you order directly from them?...in great bulk? ^_^ I've never seen it alone in any stores in NYC...or the surrounding cities...or states. I'll have to e-mail them about it or something. Thanks.

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lovegrov
Posted

celiac3270, I've heard others say you can acutally buy a shaker can of it at the store, but at some storers it's in an odd place. Maybe the popcorn section?

richard

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angel-jd1
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It is sold as like a popcorn topping. It is in a small shaker can like parmasean cheese. I know in the local super wal-mart it is in the velveeta cheese section and with the parmasean cheese. The can is a dark blue color. It is less than 2 dollars and is pretty good.

-Jessica :rolleyes:

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celiac3270 Collaborator
celiac3270
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Oooh...thank you! I told my mom about this and she said it might be in some weird spot, which is why we never notice it. Is it the same stuff as what's in the packet? I'll look for it :D

-celiac3270

Guest jhmom
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Posted

I've not been able to find the "cheese sauce" by itself at my local grocery store (Kroger) :( maybe I should ask the store manager about it!?!?!? Thank you Jessica, I will check at Wal-Mart too.

celiac3270 Collaborator
celiac3270
Posted

Yes, I'll be checking my surrounding grocery stores: Gristedes, Associated, Pioneer, etc. and then I'll see where there's a Wallmart.....I don't know where there is one in the city--maybe in the suburbs...anyway, I'll report back :)

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