Sushi Rice A Problem?

[eleep]

I swear I've eaten the sushi rice at my favorite sushi place since my diagnosis and not gotten sick, but they seem to now be insisting that their sushi rice can't be guaranteed to be gluten free -- I can't really get a detailed answer out of them (they use rice vinegar to season it), but I've run into this at a couple of local sushi places and I was wondering what the likelihood was that they might be being over-careful about the rice vinegar.

Has anyone else run into this?

[njbeachbum]

yes you need to be careful about the vinegar used, but if they use rice vinegar, there should be no issue. i know some japanese places use a little bit of soy sauce in their rice too....

isn't it sad that you have to question everything in a sushi roll, which is usually just raw fish, rice and veggies?

[kenlove]

Maybe they are just worried about possible cross contamination issues in the kitchen. I would worry more about the nori than the rice.

They could also worry about the phase glutenous rice which is not a problem for us. I've never had a problem with rice vinegar though.

good luck

I swear I've eaten the sushi rice at my favorite sushi place since my diagnosis and not gotten sick, but they seem to now be insisting that their sushi rice can't be guaranteed to be gluten free -- I can't really get a detailed answer out of them (they use rice vinegar to season it), but I've run into this at a couple of local sushi places and I was wondering what the likelihood was that they might be being over-careful about the rice vinegar.

Has anyone else run into this?