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Just a quick question. I couldn't find a recent topic on Kool Aid, so I thought I'd ask again. Does Kool Aid contain gluten? I know that it's made by Kraft, but I did notice maltodextrin on the ingredient list. Is it safe?

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Just a quick question. I couldn't find a recent topic on Kool Aid, so I thought I'd ask again. Does Kool Aid contain gluten? I know that it's made by Kraft, but I did notice maltodextrin on the ingredient list. Is it safe?

Kraft will clearly list all forms of gluten. Maltodextrine does not contain gluten. Kool Aid is cool :D

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On 7/21/2010 at 8:01 PM, jjc said:

Just a quick question. I couldn't find a recent topic on Kool Aid, so I thought I'd ask again. Does Kool Aid contain gluten? I know that it's made by Kraft, but I did notice maltodextrin on the ingredient list. Is it safe?

Maltodextrin may or may not be a gluten ingredient. If the dextrin portion is made from wheat it is. However it can also be made from corn or rice. Here's the problem. Kraft doesn't make the maltodextrin so according to the company, any ingredient that's supplied by an outside supplier, we don't know if it contains gluten or not. 

I just drank some cherry kool aid that we thought was safe because I'm so tired of water, water with lemon or lime and tea. I can't drink diet soda or anything else because normally one of the ingredients is natural flavors. A lot of times that means an extract which is done with vodka. The cheaper vodkas are distilled from wheat.

Yes, I know the gluten protein molecule is too large to pass through the distillation process. However the distilled alcohol is cross contaminated. I am gluten intolerant. Even 1 or 2 ppb will make me very ill. 

 

I hooe this helps!

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20 minutes ago, mynxr said:

Maltodextrin may or may not be a gluten ingredient. If the dextrin portion is made from wheat it is. However it can also be made from corn or rice. Here's the problem. Kraft doesn't make the maltodextrin so according to the company, any ingredient that's supplied by an outside supplier, we don't know if it contains gluten or not. 

I just drank some cherry kool aid that we thought was safe because I'm so tired of water, water with lemon or lime and tea. I can't drink diet soda or anything else because normally one of the ingredients is natural flavors. A lot of times that means an extract which is done with vodka. The cheaper vodkas are distilled from wheat.

Yes, I know the gluten protein molecule is too large to pass through the distillation process. However the distilled alcohol is cross contaminated. I am gluten intolerant. Even 1 or 2 ppb will make me very ill. 

 

I hooe this helps!

 

20 minutes ago, mynxr said:

Maltodextrin may or may not be a gluten ingredient. If the dextrin portion is made from wheat it is. However it can also be made from corn or rice. Here's the problem. Kraft doesn't make the maltodextrin so according to the company, any ingredient that's supplied by an outside supplier, we don't know if it contains gluten or not. 

I just drank some cherry kool aid that we thought was safe because I'm so tired of water, water with lemon or lime and tea. I can't drink diet soda or anything else because normally one of the ingredients is natural flavors. A lot of times that means an extract which is done with vodka. The cheaper vodkas are distilled from wheat.

Yes, I know the gluten protein molecule is too large to pass through the distillation process. However the distilled alcohol is cross contaminated. I am gluten intolerant. Even 1 or 2 ppb will make me very ill. 

 

I hooe this helps!

Thank you for responding to this 7 year old post.  Looks like this is a good time to re- visit some of these Celiac myths/ concerns.

here is a good article that addresses several ingredients that people frequently question.

https://www.glutenfreeliving.com/gluten-free-foods/ingredients/top-10-ingredients-you-really-dont-need-to-worry-about/

 

it explains Maltodextrin 

"The source does not matter because maltodextrin is such a highly processed ingredient that the protein is removed, rendering it gluten free. Plus, if wheat is used to make maltodextrin, “wheat” will appear on the label. This might give you pause, but even in this case, the maltodextrin would be gluten free. In Canada, maltodextrin made from wheat was tested with one of the most sensitive tests available and no gluten was detected."

I wish it addressed natural flavors as those are considered gluten-free.

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On 10/15/2017 at 12:39 PM, mynxr said:

Maltodextrin may or may not be a gluten ingredient. If the dextrin portion is made from wheat it is. However it can also be made from corn or rice. Here's the problem. Kraft doesn't make the maltodextrin so according to the company, any ingredient that's supplied by an outside supplier, we don't know if it contains gluten or not. 

I just drank some cherry kool aid that we thought was safe because I'm so tired of water, water with lemon or lime and tea. I can't drink diet soda or anything else because normally one of the ingredients is natural flavors. A lot of times that means an extract which is done with vodka. The cheaper vodkas are distilled from wheat.

Yes, I know the gluten protein molecule is too large to pass through the distillation process. However the distilled alcohol is cross contaminated. I am gluten intolerant. Even 1 or 2 ppb will make me very ill. 

 

I hooe this helps!

Thanks, but it isn’t clear if the cherry kool aid was safe for you?

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