French Fries

[bakingbarb]

I apologize if this info is here already but I went back quite a few pages and didn't see anything.

Are there any frozen french fries that are ok to eat? I checked Heinz website (oreida) and it says they cannot say anything is gluten free except vinegars and ketchup.

I don't want to eat these all the time, just as I don't want to make homemade all the time. They are a convince food and they smell good and I just wan to know if they are safe, or is any brand of french fry safe?

tia

[Franceen]

Most of Ore-Ida's frozen potatoes are Gluten Free. The ones that aren't are the seasoned ones mostly - but always read the label. According to the Clan Thompson Food Smart List, there are at least 25 varieties (some are different size bags and some Costco, BJ's or Sam's) that are Gluten Free - as reported by Heinz!!

Read the labels, that's how I do it. I especially like the Tater Tots, Hash Browns, Potato Wedges with Skin, Crunchy Fast Food Fries, and the Shoestring. I've never had a problem with any of them.

[celiac-mommy]

These are what we eat. You can get the big bag of TDF waffle cut seasoned fries at Costco (ours anyway). I buy the roasted potatoes and the sweet potato fries--which my kids LOVE too.

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[jerseyangel]

I eat McCain's Crinkle Cut or plain fries.

[Green12]

I have been making my own oven fries lately, but when I do have them from a package I use Alexia Yukon Gold Jullienne Fries with Sea Salt.

Alexia has many varieties of crinkle fries, oven fries, waffle fries, etc, the poster above provided a link to all the products. The Yukon Gold Julienne variety used to be labeled gluten-free, as did some of the others, but I have since noticed they have taken off the gluten-free status from the packaging.

This is their gluten-free statement about their fries and other potato products on the website:

Our potato products have been and will continue to be gluten free. However, due to an expansion in our production, we now employ a facility where products containing wheat are also produced. While our products are produced on dedicated lines, our packaging will carry the following advisory: "Produced in a facility that may manufacture other items containing wheat or tree nuts (pine nuts)" Understanding the concerns that many gluten sensitive consumers have with cross-contamination, great precautions are taken to effectively clean the equipment in between production runs in accordance with organic and kosher guidelines. We can not, however, guarantee that there will not be trace cross-contamination.

So it sounds like all the fries are made on dedicated lines but not in a dedicated facility, but they can't gurantee there isn't cross contamination.

[bakingbarb]

We make home fries often enough but ya know that fast food french fry we can't eat anymore? Well thats what I miss.

I went back and checked the Oreida thing again and tried their fast food fries and they were good!