What Is Cc

[k-kitkat]

In what ways is CC a problem?

Thanks

[cruelshoes]

CC=cross-contamination

It is when otherwise gluten-free food comes in contact with gluten, thereby contaminating it. Think of someone sticking the hand that just ate a gluten cookie into a bag of otherwise gluten-free potato chips. Or putting a piece of gluten-free bread into a toaster that has been used to toast gluten bread. Those pesky crumbs go everywhere. Or when someone "double dips" into the mayo jar after putting some on wheat bread. There are lots of ways to get cross contamination.

CC is a problem because it exposes you to gluten.

Hope this helps.

[hathor]

CC can also happen during the processing of food. Unfortunately, short of dedicated gluten-free facilities, you won't know if this is a problem for any particular food or not. And of course, any ingredients used in such facilities would have to come from gluten-free facilities themselves.

The CC of oats starts in the fields themselves.

[k-kitkat]

Ok i get it now thanks for clearing that up

[kbtoyssni]

Here's a pretty recent thread about potentials places for CC and how to avoid it: Open Original Shared Link