Gluten Free Commerical Food List?

[Bridy]

I was wondering if there was a lits of commercial foods that are gluten free.

Like any Kelogg's cereals or anything!

I just bought my daughter a bag of gluten free cereal for $8!

I scan boxes of gluten free foods to find hardly any nutritional value, it is so furstating.

We don't eat very much boxed foods to being with, but my daughter likes cereal so I would love to find an alternatrive for her so she doesn't have to give up everything she likes.

[curlyfries]

Try these sites

Open Original Shared Link

Open Original Shared Link

As far as cereal goes, according to my binder-ful of info I have collected from this forum, these cereals are safe:

Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, Trix, Winnie the Pooh, Dora Stars, and the new gluten-free Rice Chex (make sure the box says gluten-free)

The only one I have eaten is the Rice Chex, and I have seen Dora Stars mentioned often. The others I hesitate to mention, as I don't know how reliable the info is.

So if anyone has better info, let me know. Of course the best advice is to google the companies and contact them yourself.

[LDJofDenver]

There are lists you can purchase, that are really handy (our local CSA chapter in Denver sells one for about $10, and there's one you can buy online for about $25 that's more inclusive, go to Open Original Shared Link

And don't forget Rice Chex -- they are now on the OK list.

Not sure what grocery stores you have near you, but Whole Foods Market has a PDF you can either print out or just download and read on your computer) of all gluten free products in their store -- go to www.wholefoodsmarket.com. find your nearest location, click on "more store info", then on list to left, click on "special diets", then click on "gluten free" and it will display a 15-20 page list of safe gluten-free items. Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers have a gluten free product list at their customer service desk that you can use to shop there. You can also call Safeway corporate toll-free 1-877-723-3929, and ask for Corporate Brands for their gluten free list (they will mail to you, or can email you a PDF).

Campbell's soups is in the process of updating their Gluten Free list, if you find and call their 800 number they will take down your address and send you one when it's ready. Hormel foods has a huge gluten free list online - I'm finding that many "brands" do have a listing (making my life so much easier!). So you can always email them or find a contact number on their web page to see if they've got a gluten-free list - and if not, they can tell you if a specific item is OK or not.

[Rya]

Gluten-free foods in general take a large toll on our family budget, not only to buy specialty gluten-free products themselves, but to purchase so much fresh produce and meat without additives that I feel helps balance my diet.

I've heard Rice Chex and Fruity Pebbles as well. I would introduce them as you would any new food with a wait and see attitude.

As far as nutrient value of these cereals, I read an article in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association today that mentioned a person calling gluten-free companies out for not fortifying the products they are intended to replace. It's an issue most certainly, but hopefully one that has received and attention and will hopefully be remedied soon. It isn't like it is expensive to fortify or enrich products.

[blueeyedmanda]

If you live in an area that has a Wegmans grocery store they put a "G" on all of their store brand gluten free products. It is great!