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Was I Just Lucky Or Is Quaker Oatmeal Safe?

Eriella

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Hey everyone,

I took a really early flight this morning, and without thinking I grabbed Quaker oatmeal to eat at the hotel buffet before I left. I bothered to check to see if it contained wheat, but at 5 in the morning the fact that celiac is more than wheat didn't sink in :unsure: . After this I was expecting to get sick, but am showing no symptoms, normal BM, and no bad moods or tingly fingers. So, now I am wondering if this is a) just a fluke or B) Quaker oats are gluten free/low gluten. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

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Some celiacs can tolerate oats, and some can't. Quaker's oats are notorious for very high levels of cross-contamination with wheat, sometimes testing over 1000 ppm.

To produce oats that are not contaminated requires special handling all the way from the growing field to the packaging machine, and at every step along the way. This is because ordinary oats are grown in shared fields (annual rotation with wheat), and the same harvesting equipment and shipping containers are used.

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Hey everyone,

I took a really early flight this morning, and without thinking I grabbed Quaker oatmeal to eat at the hotel buffet before I left. I bothered to check to see if it contained wheat, but at 5 in the morning the fact that celiac is more than wheat didn't sink in :unsure: . After this I was expecting to get sick, but am showing no symptoms, normal BM, and no bad moods or tingly fingers. So, now I am wondering if this is a) just a fluke or B) Quaker oats are gluten free/low gluten. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

I hate to say this, Eriella, but usually if I'm glutened I don't start getting sick until the following day. I've even had a reaction as late as 72 hours after a glutening. If you just ate the oatmeal this morning, you still may have a reaction tomorrow or even the next day (although I really hope not!).

Good luck!

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Eriella
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I hate to say this, Eriella, but usually if I'm glutened I don't start getting sick until the following day. I've even had a reaction as late as 72 hours after a glutening. If you just ate the oatmeal this morning, you still may have a reaction tomorrow or even the next day (although I really hope not!).

Good luck!

You hit it on the head, unfortunately. For wheat I get sick right away. But barley (and now oats) hits me the next day. Ugg.. they are not safe.

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