Teeccino Coffee

[raen]

my boyfriend bought some, seeing the "gluten-free" tag in bold on the side. as soon as he started brewing a pot, i thought something in it smelled bad, so i read the label.. second ingredient listed "organic barley"

i started to panic, so i looked it up on their website, teeccino.com faq

""Does Teeccino contain any gluten?"

Although Teeccino contains barley, an independent laboratory at the University of Nebraska that specializes in gluten testing found no detectable levels of gluten in Teeccino. Although gluten is present in barley, it most likely does not extract out of the barley using conventional coffee brewing techniques. Gluten is not extracted by boiling water although it can be extracted using ethanol alcohol, which of course is not present in Teeccino."

i scrubbed down my poor mr.coffee, but im still furious, can it really be legal for them to do this? even if you dont find gluten in a brewed-by-direction cup of coffee, it doesnt take away the risk of possible contamination or consumption by other means. will the new FDA requirements make this company remove their "gluten-free" label?

[KristaleeJane]

I hope that they will, and I hope all the celiacs out there are smart enough to read the labels even when it says gluten free.

That is so so ridiculous!!

[babysteps]

Although Teeccino contains barley, an independent laboratory at the University of Nebraska that specializes in gluten testing found no detectable levels of gluten in Teeccino.

i scrubbed down my poor mr.coffee, but im still furious,

wow!

glad you figured it out before drinking!!!

does anyone know of this UofN lab? Is it possible that Teeccino had them test for wheat protein but not for barley??

Maybe Teeccino's marketing people are so exposed to barley that their judgement is affected

[GFinDC]

Below is from their website, it is called the FARRP lab. I have read the some gluten-free food makers use the FARRP lab to test their products.

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FARRP uses both its own assays as well as commercially available test kits.

Analysis Cost/sample

(non-FARRP) Cost/sample

(FARRP member)

Almond - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Clam - ELISA $205.00 $105.00

Crustacean Shellfish - ELISA*** $80.00 $55.00

Milk/Dairy - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Egg - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Gluten/Gliadin Analysis** $80.00 $55.00

Hazelnut - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Histamine-ELISA* $35.00 $25.00

Pecan - ELISA $205.00 $105.00

Peanut - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Sesame - ELISA*** $80.00 $55.00

Soy Flour - ELISA* $80.00 $55.00

Walnut - ELISA $205.00 $105.00

*Using commercial Neogen kit

** Using commercial Neogen and r-Biopharm kits

*** Using commercial ELISA Systems kit

[gfp]

Actually according to the CODEX Alimentarius real coffee CANNOT be labelled gluten free whereas this can if it is <20ppm gluten.

If you read it carefully a banana or coffee cannot be labelled gluten-free UNLESS they add a gluten source which has been rendered gluten-free meaning <20ppm.

Secondly the protein in barley is not actually gluten (s.s.) but horedin.

[larry mac]

Boy that's some fancy coffee. I never bought any coffee that had an ingredient list. Unless you count one ingredient as a list.

I'm looking at two big cans of coffee from Walmart at the moment. 100% Arabaca & 100% Columbian. That's what it says in big letters on the front of the can. On the back, in smaller type, it says, Ingredients: 100% Pure Arabaca/Columbian Coffee. Also, in larger type: Gluten-Free.

Occasionally, after I have my one cup of coffee in the morning, I may have a slight tummy ache. I suppose I could make a post. Got glutened by cross contamination in coffee. Thereby implicating coffee as unsafe for Celiacs. But I don't think that's the case so I don't do that.

best regards, lm

p.s., My dear rean. That third paragraph was not directed at you. lm

p.s.s., Hope you don't mind me calling you dear. lm

p.s.s.s., Hope I don't find any shallow inspiration. lm

[spicenator3000]

As of latley I had restrained from ALL gluten and was still having some slight sumptoms but were delayed. Couldn't, or didn't, want to point to the coffee....NO NOT THE COFFEE my one true indulgence! So my mom convinced me that, I should...try to not drink any coffee for a couple weeks and see if I had improvements of my mild delayed sumptoms.

Sure enough, before I noticed it really, all symptoms had disapeared>coffee removed for two weeks exactly.

Went to church for a meeting in the library, dozzing over the table the women suggested I go get some coffee before I drooled on the books we were processing.

Got a cup. Drank it. Felt alright. Went home. The next day.

BAM!

Delayed light blotation, gas, indigestion all in mild form. No other diet change.

Waited a day. Drank another cup at the car wash. That day, BAM, major blotation, fould gas, constipation. the symptoms increased. I got adjitated, cranky, and couldn't seep for two nights being my bloated constipated bellow was pressing down on my bladder. That's always fun.

No coffe today. Symptoms retreating.

Coffee is bought pre-roasted. People use a syrup, oil, or other flavorings/additives to make the coffee smell/taste/look good after roasting. It is also not guranteed to be non-cross contaminated with other possible gluten contaminants.

I go here: www.sweetmarias.com

This is my new deal; I buy green un-roasted coffee beans, roast them at home in a frying pan (see Maria's directions or other directions on web or in books) and grind the beans for fresh home French press coffee in the morning. That way I know where they are roasted, how they are roasted and am able to rinse the small amount before roasting incase they have anything on the outside of the raw bean.

BAM! Take that celiac disease.

I think my belly is happier with this home gourmete cooking

[spunky]

Teecino is not coffee... it's a coffee substitute.

Besides the barley, it has inulin, which can cause IBS symptoms in people with touchy tums... I used to try to drink this stuff when following a vegan diet that shunned all coffee (McDougall diet)... this was the coffee substitute Dr. McDougall recommended.

Teecino always made me feel terrible... didn't know I had gluten problems back then.

Now I've been off gluten for two and a half years, no longer follow the McDougall diet, and drink all the real coffee I want... coffee, plain ol' coffee ground up from roasted coffee beans, is normally by nature gluten free... the only problems pertaining to gluten from real coffee might come from some flavorings in flavored coffees, or some additives, such as in those fancy coffees in coffee shops.

Coffee itself bothers some people's tums, but not normally because of gluten. And, Teecino is not coffee at all... just a bunch of nasty, glutinous, IBS gut-wrenching, expensive and horrible stuff.

[hez]

Coffee is one of the things that I think triggered my celiac. Not because it contained gluten but it is known to be a stimulant/relaxant in the bowels. After being gluten-free for years now I can enjoy a cup with no problems. Luckily, I prefer tea.

Hez