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Kroger's New Labeling

almostnrn

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almostnrn Explorer
almostnrn
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I was cruising through Kroger the other day to pick up a few things and was shocked to see their new labels. It is clearly marked with the "gluten free" symbol on the front and then it states gluten free on the back. They now also have flyers posted in the store about gluten-free diets and have really made the push to mark products that are safe for us. I find this a really exciting step foward for all of the people who are on this diet, and I think it means that our voices are finally being heard!

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blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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I don't have a Kroger but that is exciting. it sounds similar to what Wegmans does, let me tell it makes shopping so much easier.

Aligray Apprentice
Aligray
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Yes! We have a Krogers four hrs north of me and my mother stumbled onto their gluten free isle area and went nuts! She came home w all kinds of goodiesM she is back there this weekend so we will see what she comes home with.

I was excited to see a grocery store take this on. It is wonderful!

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

I do a lot of shopping at Krogers. Ours has a health food area that has a small selection of gluten-free flours and cookies and cereal and such . . . but are you saying the kroger brand items are stating gluten free on their labels? Can you give me some examples of products . . . I want to go look!! <getting excited here> :D

confusedks Enthusiast
confusedks
Posted

Does anybody know if Ralphs is doing the same thing? THey are owned by Kroger. We don't have Kroger here, but we have lots of Ralphs.

Kassandra

Aligray Apprentice
Aligray
Posted

Hi Janet!

It is my understanding from my mom that the items are gluten free items like Pamela's and Bob's red mill. It's a sectioned area of gluten free products.

Kassandra-

Hi! Maybe you could call your local Ralph's store and ask if they now have a gluten-free section. My brother is in orange county, i can ask him where he shops. Maybe he can ask for us.

Oh! and FYI, i have been noticing that Walmart's brand- Great Value has been labeling their products gluten-free! YAY!

JennyC Enthusiast
JennyC
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I live in the NW and have not seen the labels yet. I would be thrilled if the new labeling makes it here. Right now I don't buy their brand products on general principle. If there's a company that makes you call for every product, I refuse to buy from them. That being said I go to Fred Meyers/Krogers everyday since it is right down the street from my house. ;)

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almostnrn Explorer
almostnrn
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I do a lot of shopping at Krogers. Ours has a health food area that has a small selection of gluten-free flours and cookies and cereal and such . . . but are you saying the kroger brand items are stating gluten free on their labels? Can you give me some examples of products . . . I want to go look!! <getting excited here> :D

Ours has the gluten-free section also but these are REGULAR things in the store. It is definately a new labeling thing so not everything has it but I would imagine eventually there will be more and more. We noticed it in the aisle that has the salad dressings, I believe we looked at tartar sauce and stuff like that. They have the univeral symbols on the front and then other info on the back. Also I noticed the other day that on their website under the pharmacy section of all places they have info on gluten-free products.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

Fabulous!!! I will go cruising the condiment aisle on my next trip!!!

ab123 Rookie
ab123
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I was so excited to go to Kroger today! The regular food was labled like you said, plus in the organic section they had brochured and instead of the gluten-free food being mixed in with the organic it was separate!

Oh, and today I saw that walmart now carries Gluten Free Bakery muffins, brownies, and bread mix!

Im so glad that people are finally giving us help in mainstream stores!

Nikki'smom Apprentice
Nikki'smom
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I just made those brownies for my dd and they were so good!!!!!!!!!!!! It was my 1st venture in gluten-free baking!

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home-based-mom Contributor
home-based-mom
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I recently contacted "Inter-American Products" which seems to manufacture just about everything for just about everybody :P about Ralph's Lightly Salted rice Cakes.

I received this back from Kroger. I thought it was very informative. :)

Thank you for contacting The Kroger Co. regarding the gluten status of the

Ralphs Brand of Litely Salted Rice Cakes. We are happy to provide

additional information on our products.

These rice cakes are free of gluten containing ingredients.

Our Kroger Company has started a new Allergen Labeling program. As part of

these guidelines, a food containing any of the eight major food allergens

(peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish) will

identify the allergen present in the ingredient statement. The word

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

Thank you for sharing that reply. It seems Kroger is a very celiac friendly store.

buffettbride Enthusiast
buffettbride
Posted

Just in the last few months, Kroger has gotten better. Even back in May when my daughter was diagnosed, it was not a very Celiac-friendly brand. It's just been recently they've taken this position, which makes me VERY VERY happy.

I think they are seeing potential business lost by not having Celiac-friendly fare and are taking action!

I also noticed at Walmart (I'm not a regular shopper there) that when a product is produced in a facility with wheat, even if that product does not contain wheat, they will not list gluten-free on the label--of course it could have oats/barley/rye in it as well, but the one that sticks out in my mind are the can of Great Value peanuts. Processed in a facility w/ wheat, have no other gluten ingredients, and NOT labeled gluten free.

Makes me a happy shopper!

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curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
Posted
I recently contacted "Inter-American Products" which seems to manufacture just about everything for just about everybody :P about Ralph's Lightly Salted rice Cakes.

I received this back from Kroger. I thought it was very informative. :)

Thank you for contacting The Kroger Co. regarding the gluten status of the

Ralphs Brand of Litely Salted Rice Cakes. We are happy to provide

additional information on our products.

These rice cakes are free of gluten containing ingredients.

Our Kroger Company has started a new Allergen Labeling program. As part of

these guidelines, a food containing any of the eight major food allergens

(peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish and shellfish) will

identify the allergen present in the ingredient statement. The word

GlutenGalAZ Enthusiast
GlutenGalAZ
Posted
I know this is a litle old, but I was searching for information about Kroger products and found this thread. I tried the website, but couldn't find anything. Am I doing something wrong, or did they remove it from their website?<<frowny face>>(where did the emoticons go?)

Lisa

Go to Open Original Shared Link and click on Nutrition under the Healthy Living section at the top of the page.

When the Nutrition page comes up on the left side of the screen it will say Gluen Free, at the bottom of the gluten free page it has the store brand list.

Happy shopping :D

Guest hightop girl
Guest hightop girl
Posted

I live in Colorado where Kroger is King Soopers. They are not necessarily labeling their King Sooper brand items (that I can see) but they have a special frozen food section in the organic area, an organic area in general + as you go down the "regular" aisles, say the pasta isle, there are some rice pastas with little tags by the prices that say "Gluten Free". I have seen them in the sauces, soups, frozen foods, dressings, and almost all the areas of the store. It is really helpful for those of us that are new to this and still waiting for our grocery guide to arrive in the mail.

darlindeb25 Collaborator
darlindeb25
Posted

When I was still in Michigan, over 3 yrs ago, Kroger was very celiac freindly then, in my opinion, anyways. They had a "special diet" section, even then, that was in St, Johns, Michigan. I loved Krogers. I am on Long Island now, and I really miss Krogers, there aren't any here! :( Some of the Stop-n-Shop's have special diet sections, as do King Kullen's, but they are not necessarily celiac friendly, just special needs.

A friend brought in a magazine yesterday to work, it was an issue of Food & Wine, I do not believe it was a current issue, so you probably don't want to go out and look for it. Anyways, it had a section in it on wheat-free, sugar-free, egg-free baking. She was so tickled she found it, and brought it to me. One recipe was with Bob's Red Mill gluten free flour, the rest were with spelt! Her heart was in the right place, she's learning--even though I can't have grains! ;) It's great that at least we are getting some attention out there.

Yeah Krogers!!!!!!

spunky Contributor
spunky
Posted

Just be careful, though!

My Kroger has little tags on shelves stating certain items are gluten free, and they have a few specifically gluten free items, cookies, and breads and stuff. But... I have gone in there and found the gluten free tag under ginger snaps, and then went to grab the box of ginger snaps, just like I'd done a few weeks before, but stopped to read the ingredients on the box... sometimes they (maybe depends on whoever stocks those shelves) just put wheat-based ginger snaps right there on the shelf with the gluten free tag where there once were gluten free ginger snaps.

So... yeah, my Kroger seems to be doing a good thing, but they tend to make a LOT of mistakes...so you still need to read over your labels, everytime!

By the way, the wheat-based ginger snaps are made by the same company as the gluten-free ginger snaps... so that example just illustrates that even the box might look the same...you still better take the time to read those labels!!!

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
Posted
Go to Open Original Shared Link and click on Nutrition under the Healthy Living section at the top of the page.

When the Nutrition page comes up on the left side of the screen it will say Gluen Free, at the bottom of the gluten free page it has the store brand list.

Happy shopping :D

Thanks for the help! I thought I had looked under "nutrition" :rolleyes: ! Wow, they really give a lot of info that would be helpful to newbies, even if they don't have a Kroger. I have 4 Krogers within 20 minutes of my house, but I've never seen the shelf tags some of you mentioned. Even the website says they have them <_< . I've been to all of them, as each one has a different assortment of gluten-free foods.

Lisa

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