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Walkers Crisps

Saz

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Hey guys.

I'm in Australia, where you can forget about getting flavoured potato chips. Anyway I was able to pick a bag of Walkers crisps from one of those great shops that has imported food.

It was the steak and onion flavour. On the packet it says that it is suitable coeliacs, however when you read the ingredients it has malt extract from barley which would make it unsafe right.....?

Could someone please tell me if they are gluten free and if not why it's labeled as such?

Could you also tell me if this is the case with any other flavours? I've eaten a few lately that said they were safe without checking the ingredients.

Thanks :)

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I think this is because Walkers crisps are English, and in the UK gluten free = less than 200ppm. Things containing barley malt can contain less than 200ppm of gluten, which means that legally they can be described as gluten free. It doesn't mean they ARE free of gluten. I wouldn't consider that gluten free though. In England you have to read the ingredients, where I believe gluten must be clearly labeled even if it is less than 200ppm, rather than relying on the label 'gluten free'.

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