Dannon

[cookiequeen]

Just wanted to share this letter I got from Dannon. I originally asked about their yogurts because the ingredients listed both "modified food starch" and "modified corn starch".

"Thank you for contacting The Dannon Company, Inc. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Dannon yogurt products and gluten.

Dannon yogurt products are characterized as either gluten safe or not gluten safe.

Our Dannon Plain Lowfat, Plain Nonfat and Plain Natural are all gluten safe. Plain Activia in the 24oz container is also gluten safe.

All other Dannon yogurts and yogurt drinks cannot be designated as gluten safe because the natural flavor systems used might have ingredients added to stabilize the flavor that may be derived from gluten sources. These products are not specifically formulated to contain gluten but we cannot guarantee that the alcohol portion of the natural flavor system is always derived from corn and not from wheat, oats, rye and barley. We recommend you consult your allergist on the incidence of gluten proteins in ethanol derived from grains.

We hope this information is helpful to you. As an additional resource, you may wish to visit the website: www.celiac.com. Once again, thank you for contacting Dannon.

Sincerely,

Lisa Moore

Consumer Response Representative

Ref#:1040501N"

[Lisa]

Thank your for posting that. I don't think that I have ever read a response from Dannon.

But, my preference is Yoplait who LABELS their product as gluten free. I really like to support those companies who do.

BTW, any time you see Modified Food Starch (in the US) you can always assume that it is derived from corn unless otherwise stated as "Modified Food Starch (wheat)". Wheat must be listed if used.

[darlindeb25]

At least they are admitting it now. We have never been able to trust Dannon. 8 yrs ago when my sis and I went gluten free, Dannon would not disclose what was in their products, so we have not trusted them since then. I do not use any of their products.