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Mainstream Cereals...

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pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
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Are there any mainstream cereals that are gluten-free, like Kellogs or Post, how about rice krispies, or kix?

Thanks... Susan

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lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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Almost none. Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles. A handful of store brands. Not Rice Krispies. Virtually all malt or malt flavoring comes from barley (although a tiny percentage comes from other grains).

richard

Guest gfinnebraska
Guest gfinnebraska
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Malt-O-Meal has a few, but they are adding wheat sometime this year to their current gluten-free cereals. Yes... bad deal. Like Richard said, Post Fruity Pebbles and Coco Pebbles are gluten-free. For a healthier alternative, there are MANY gluten-free cereals in health food stores and on the web. I personally LOVE Coco Pebbles (I eat the Malt-O-Meal cheaper version)!!! Ha! My "dessert" of choice. :)

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
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The problem with the health food ones is that almost all of them contain nuts or were made in a factory that uses nuts. My daughter is deathly allergic.

susan

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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I found this list, which has a lot of cereals. But it was last updated in November/04:

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Health Valley - Blue Cornflakes Cereal

Erewhon - Crispy Brown Rice Cereal, Crispy Brown Rice Cereal, low salt

Arrowhead Mills - Rice and Shine Hot Cereal

New Morning - Cocoa Crispy Rice Cereal

Nabisco Cream of Rice Hot Cereal

New World Morning Instant Quinoa Hot Cereal - Spice Apple Raisin � Lemon - Poppy Seed � Regular � Orange Date �Chai Almond

pmrowley Newbie
pmrowley
Posted

Incidentally, those Blue Corn Flakes are great! I got addicted to them!

Envirokidz Koala Krisp cereal is also addictive and gluten-free...

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-Pat

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
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I like EnviroKids but my daughter can't have it, its processed in a plant with peanuts and tree nuts, as are most of the above cereals. Darn this is hard to have peanut and nut issues and try and go gluten-free.

Susan

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VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

I like the Enivrokids ceral too, but my toddler does not. He eats Post Cocopebbles and likes that at least.

flagbabyds Collaborator
flagbabyds
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You can try Natures Path, they label if they are gluten-free, I don't know if they are nut free, but the Honey'd Corn Flakes are my favorite

LqrMan Newbie
LqrMan
Posted

Hey PixieGirl,

I love your avatar with the best dog in the world (Airedale). My parents own one as well and he is the best!

Back on topic: I actually stopped eating mainstream cereals a couple yrs ago (been gluten-free for 6 yrs). This included Fruity Pebbles and Corn pops-many yrs ago when it was thought to be gluten-free. I used to feel crappy after eating a bowl of fruity pebbles similar to the way I felt after eating a bowl of oatmeal pre-gluten-free.

I decided there might be some cross contamination with Post's cereals and Fruity Pebbles since they are probably made in the same factory. I don't mean to make anyone paranoid, but can you imagine the dust that's in the air and how hard it might be to clean the product lines before changing products?

I now only eat Envirokids Frosted Flakes and New Morning Cocoa Crispy Rice. I know your son can't have the Envirokids, but the New Morning does NOT have any nuts, nor does it say it's produced in a facility with nuts. To be sure, you can contact www.usmillsinc.com as they are the producer of this fine cereal. Good Luck!

Rob

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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yeah, you do have to be careful with mainstream cereals. well, as well as all of them i guess... however, one of my good friends from college is a celiac and had been eating corn pops for a while b/c they were gluten-free. she eventually started to get sick though, couldn't figure out the source for weeks, and finally figured out corn pops had changed their ingredients and added barley ! ...i believe it was barley. those sneaks at post cereal. (i think its post cereal. anyway....) :(

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
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Rob,

Thanks for the idea about New Morning... if it says no nuts thats fantastic! I'll look for it in Whole foods and/or Trader Joe's next time I go. Its really hard to be Celiac and no nuts...

As far as the Airedale... thats my dog Daisy and they are the very best dogs! Wonderful around kids and they can be real clowns!

thanks again, Susan (aka pixie)

domineske Apprentice
domineske
Posted

It sounds like there are a number of folks that are NOT having problems with Post Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles.

Is this true? Are other folks having problems or could this be an isolated incident?

This is important to me, because I just started buying them for my kids!

KaitiUSA Enthusiast
KaitiUSA
Posted

I personally have not had a problem with cocoa or fruity pebbles. I know there can be risks of contamination with alot of things but I really trust the Kraft brand and Post is a division of Kraft.

Guest gfinnebraska
Guest gfinnebraska
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I have not had any problems with Post Cocoa Pebbles. Let your kids enjoy their sugar rush!!! ;)

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

So far so good here with fruty/coco pebbles...

Guest barbara3675
Guest barbara3675
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Every time there is a cereal discussion, I put this up.....Barbara's Honey Rice Puffins is sooooo good. I eat them often and they are gluten-free. Some of Barbara's cereals are not. The Honey Rice ones are whole grain and they tasted slightly of almonds...they stay crunchy in your bowl until the last one, too.

Barbara

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VydorScope
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Every time there is a cereal discussion, I put this up.....Barbara's Honey Rice Puffins is sooooo good. I eat them often and they are gluten-free. Some of Barbara's cereals are not. The Honey Rice ones are whole grain and they tasted slightly of almonds...they stay crunchy in your bowl until the last one, too.

Barbara

Never heard of them, got any info on where they might be offered?

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

Never mind, found them in my Kroger burried under some Whole Wheat Posin Ceral! Picked up the corn flaks and the rice puffs.. at $4.60 a box, I hope thye are good! :o

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