Silly Question?

[glutenfreegirl]

Ok so I went to the grocery store yesterday to try to purchase some cereals, corn chips basically anything that was not in the fresh fruit and veggie department that part I understand

But the rest I am confussed does the food/label have to say gluten-free for me to purchase even if I do not see any gluten in the ingredient and if the package does say gluten-free can it still contain gluten??

I am really nervouse to eat any thing beside fruits veggies and meat but I miss my hummus and chips, brownies etc I do not want to get depressed and overwhelmed I want to make this a positive wonderful experience that life has thrown my way and embrace it I am just confused about the "rules"

[curlyfries]

You can't always tell if there is gluten by reading the ingredients, and it won't necessarily say gluten free. The fewer the ingredients the better. For instance.....my store brand tortilla chips list whole white corn, corn oil, salt. I KNOW there is no gluten. But when you see things like *natural flavors* listed, that is when you can't be sure. Barley could be part of the natural flavors. Current labeling laws require wheat to be labeled if it is present, but not barley. These companies will label ANY gluten ingredient if it is present

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[GlutenGalAZ]

There are a lot of products that do not have any gluten in them but they do not say gluten free on the packaging. So yes, some products that do not say gluten free but in the ingredients there are no gluten items then you can eat it. Some companies are starting to put gluten free by the ingredients so that is neat. Some items you might still want to call their 800 line till you get the hang of that company.

Some foods that say gluten free on them might have really small traces of gluten (below the required limit). Some items are made in factories that produce wheat etc. Some of these companies clean their equipment really well between making items up and test the food for gluten but cannot always guarantee it will be safe so that is a toss up.

I have never tried hummus so I am not sure what brands are safe but a lot of people mention hummus and chips on here.

[Amyleigh0007]

You can still eat brownies! Kinnikinnik makes really good brownies (they are frozen). Or, you can buy a mix and make them yourself. I haven't tried that yet but I'm sure someone can give you a suggestion on good brands. Talking about brownies makes me hungry for them......

[GlutenGalAZ]

I haven't bought the brownie mix yet but a lot of people rave about The Gluten Free Pantry brand brownie mix. I have tried some of their other mixes and they are easy and turn out good.

Chips -- I like Mission white corn tortilla chips (haven't have any problems with them). I also buy their white corn tortialls and white corn taco shells. I personally have stopped buying Frito Lays brand just b/c I was feeling sick with whatever flavor/brand I was buying from their list online. Glutino has really good pretzels though if you like pretzels. I will admit though when I first went gluten free I didn't like the pretzels I think it was b/c I still knew what gluten ones tasted like but I re-tried them months later and they are a nice snack to have on hand.

[Katsby]

I like the gluten free pantrys brownie mix. It was pretty good.