Candy Ingredients

[LuvMoosic4life]

I was just looking at the ingredients on some of the easter candy that is still laying around here. One of them is a candy marshmallow and the questionable ingredient is "starch." It doesnt say where it is derived from. Do most candies use corn as the starch or does the label "starch" just mean any source? of course stupid me is depressed with pms and not giving a $%^& so I had a little, now I feel tired with migrane. One day I'll learn my lesson. ha

thanks

[HAK1031]

generic ingredients like that cannot be wheat(in the US) unless it specifically states "Wheat starch" or "starch (from wheat" or "contains wheat" because wheat is a top 8 allergen that cannot be hidden in a label. I have never heard of barley, rye, or oat starch, but I suppose anything's possible.

[LuvMoosic4life]

thanks. Thats what I thought, but wasnt sure and I am always quesitoning everything. I sometimes think the world is out to get celiacs and will hide gluten in the most unexpected things.

[psawyer]

In both Canada and the US, when the single word "starch" appears on a food label, it must refer only to cornstarch. Any other starch must be explicitly identified.

[LuvMoosic4life]

In both Canada and the US, when the single word "starch" appears on a food label, it must refer only to cornstarch. Any other starch must be explicitly identified.

thank you! I feel better about that now