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mama2two Enthusiast

are bush's black beans gluten free? I see they list natural flavor as an ingredient and I am wondering if it is flour. they do not list a 1-800 number to call. I am trying to cook this for lunch, so I would like to know asap. I do have dried beans, but they have not been soaked, so they will take hours to cook. Please help? thanks!


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According to the food labeling laws, (in the US) natural flavoring is gluten-free. If there is wheat in something that is not obvious like wheat flour, it must be labeled. I have eaten things with natural flavoring and been fine. So according to the law, you should be safe.

mama2two Enthusiast
According to the food labeling laws, (in the US) natural flavoring is gluten-free. If there is wheat in something that is not obvious like wheat flour, it must be labeled. I have eaten things with natural flavoring and been fine. So according to the law, you should be safe.

thanks so much, and thanks for the quick response!! You learn something new everyday!

MNBeth Explorer
According to the food labeling laws, (in the US) natural flavoring is gluten-free. If there is wheat in something that is not obvious like wheat flour, it must be labeled. I have eaten things with natural flavoring and been fine. So according to the law, you should be safe.

That covers wheat, but what about barley?

JennyC Enthusiast

THAT DOES NOT COVER BARLEY, RYE OR OATS! Wheat is a top 8 allergen so it must be disclosed, but the others do not have to be. Some companies take it upon themselves to disclose all gluten sources, but it is not a requirement and many companies do not. Natural flavors is one of the most dangerous ingredients, in my opinion.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
THAT DOES NOT COVER BARLEY, RYE OR OATS! Wheat is a top 8 allergen so it must be disclosed, but the others do not have to be. Some companies take it upon themselves to disclose all gluten sources, but it is not a requirement and many companies do not. Natural flavors is one of the most dangerous ingredients, in my opinion.

My opinion also. I won't touch natural flavors without calling about them first.

GlutenGalAZ Enthusiast

This is from their website:

Are any of your products gluten-free? Which ones?

All of our Bush's Best products are gluten-free with the exception of Bush's Best Chili Beans, the four varieties of Bush's Homestyle Chili and Bush's Chili Magic


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Magdalena Rose Newbie
are bush's black beans gluten free? I see they list natural flavor as an ingredient and I am wondering if it is flour. they do not list a 1-800 number to call. I am trying to cook this for lunch, so I would like to know asap. I do have dried beans, but they have not been soaked, so they will take hours to cook. Please help? thanks!

Hi,

What dry beans do you trust. I know whole foods packages their beans in a facility that has gluten in it so I don't know who to trust.

wolfie Enthusiast

I agree about barley being a possibility in Natural Flavors. I ran across this with Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup when I was first diagnosed.

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I DON'T trust Bush's Best. I got that rubber stamp email from a Ms. Kenna Hess in June 2008 saying all their flavors were gluten free except the chili lines. Go read the labels of their honey flavor along with their Boston Baked Beans flavor. You will find MODIFIED FOOD STARCH in the ingredients. That means gluten to me. It doesn't say "modified corn starch" on the labels.

Research modified food starch throughout this very web site. You'll see very strong relationships with flour or wheat.

If Bush's uses corn starch, then why don't they say so on the labels???

Sometimes even contacting a manufacturer is not good enough.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
I DON'T trust Bush's Best. I got that rubber stamp email from a Ms. Kenna Hess in June 2008 saying all their flavors were gluten free except the chili lines. Go read the labels of their honey flavor along with their Boston Baked Beans flavor. You will find MODIFIED FOOD STARCH in the ingredients. That means gluten to me. It doesn't say "modified corn starch" on the labels.

Research modified food starch throughout this very web site. You'll see very strong relationships with flour or wheat.

If Bush's uses corn starch, then why don't they say so on the labels???

Sometimes even contacting a manufacturer is not good enough.

The modified food starch they use is corn. They are not required to say so because it is corn and corn is not considered an allergin. If it was from wheat they would have to declare it as such because wheat is a recognized allergin. I have never heard of a modified starch made from barley or rye.

You can trust them as far as gluten is concerned.

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