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Wishbone Salad Dressings


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terri Contributor

Here's my reply from Wishbone salad dressings. Guess I'll cross them and basically Unilever foods off my list. I had thought Unilever had full disclosure but after reading this, who knows what barley may be lurking??

Hello Terri,

Thank you for writing.

We apologize that we are unable to provide you with a list of gluten free

products.

Because our products are formulated for use by the majority of our consumers,

and not specifically for those on restricted diets, it is possible our product

formulations may change at any time. As a result, we cannot provide a list due

to several factors:

- Lists of this type reflect products as formulated

at a specific time

- It is possible that more products/varieties may

have been added

- More important, changes in existing products may

have occurred

Ingredients that may contain any of the top eight allergens as defined by FDA

are:

Milk, Eggs, Fish, Shellfish & Crustacea,

Wheat, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Sesame Seeds, and Sulfites.

We make every effort to stay informed about any additional ingredients that

could be considered common allergens. Whenever possible, we try to avoid using

materials that could be considered to be commonly allergenic, so that potential

allergens are not included in categories such as "Natural Flavors."

We suggest reading all ingredient labels carefully. If you cannot determine

whether or not the product contains the ingredient in question, or if you feel

uncomfortable about the ingredients used in our products, it is our

recommendation that you do not use them.

We hope this information is helpful.

Your friends at Unilever Bestfoods

-----Original Message-----

From: Terri Collins [sMTP:TCOLLINS@nada.org]

Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 8:51 AM

To: Comments.Wish-BoneUsa@unilever.com

Subject: Salad Dressings

Hi,

I have been diagnosed with Celiac disease and wonder if any of your yummy salad

dressings are gluten free. Could you please let me know?

Thanks,

Terri


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Emme999 Enthusiast

Those BASTARDS!! :angry:

Sorry Terri - we are simply too unique and exceptional ;)

Try Annie's Naturals dressings. They taste better anyway ;) Plus, most of them have "Gluten free" printed right on the bottle :)

Michelle :wub:

Guest nini

Annie's Naturals are DA BOMB!!!!!! I love that they label which ones are gluten free so clearly on the label.

I refuse to support a company that so blatantly disregards the needs of this community. I am making a vow to only support those companies making an effort, like Kraft, Hormel, Amy's, Annie's Naturals, Con Agra, Nature's Path, Newman's Own, Seeds of Change, Ian's and so on, and then all those companies specifically making only gluten-free foods!

terri Contributor

Thanks guys, Annies is wonderful and I found another Drews that says gluten free on the label. Of course, there's always homemade..... ;)

pixiegirl Enthusiast

I've used only Annie's salad dressings for a while now... however what bothers me about this thread is that Unilever is on the list of companies that report every thing in their products, supposedly we could trust their labels. It makes me wonder who else is on that list and can't be trusted.

Susan

terri Contributor

That was my thought exactly! And another thing that I wonder about is that these companies who say they list everything, do they mean they list everything that is a major allergen or everything they put in. Specifically barley worries me. It is in so many things and is not a major allergen and therefore may not be mentioned. Another that is iffy is vinegar, I wonder sometimes if it is malt vinegar which we can't have. My other concern is that many companies used corn in their starches, etc. and now people are up in arms over genetically modified corn and so many companies have switched to wheat instead. I found a block of Gheridelli (sp) chocolate and picked it up and it said "may contain gluten ingredients". Whereas I was delighted that they are on the up and up, I couldn't help wondering if they too, switched to wheat from corn... Just my thoughts...

lovegrov Collaborator

Some campnies do indeed list everything (Kraft does) and others list just the top 8 allergens. Usually the companies make it clear but you should always ask for certain. Barley is indeed an occasional concern, but a whole lot less so than wheat.

I'm pretty certain that when it's malt vinegar it must say so, but even if that's not so, malth vinegar tastes very different and is more expensive. No need to worry.

richard


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