Rice?

[Simona19]

Is rice save for celiacs? What about the rice milk? I can't eat any milk or milk products (casein)also. Rice milk is my replacement for the real thing. I'm more terrified from not being able to eat milk products than from not being able to eat gluten. I grew up on milk. I always drank it. I miss my slice of bread with butter. Ach...

[luvs2eat]

Is rice save for celiacs? What about the rice milk? I can't eat any milk or milk products (casein)also. Rice milk is my replacement for the real thing. I'm more terrified from not being able to eat milk products than from not being able to eat gluten. I grew up on milk. I always drank it. I miss my slice of bread with butter. Ach...

Rice is naturally gluten free and lots of people drink rice milk when dairy becomes a problem. That said... my daughter can tolerate white rice while brown rice makes her ill! There's also almond milk out there.

I'm totally with you on the difficulty in giving up dairy as opposed to gluten. Being gluten free is way easier, I think... because we can make/buy yummy breads, etc... but there is NO substitute for a glass of delicious milk or good cheese and butter.

[jststric]

Rice is naturally gluten free and lots of people drink rice milk when dairy becomes a problem. That said... my daughter can tolerate white rice while brown rice makes her ill! There's also almond milk out there.

I'm totally with you on the difficulty in giving up dairy as opposed to gluten. Being gluten free is way easier, I think... because we can make/buy yummy breads, etc... but there is NO substitute for a glass of delicious milk or good cheese and butter.

Very interesting! Because I can't seem to do white rice but can do brown rice...to some degree! It's SO interesting how we all differ so much while being so much alike at the same time! And my rice issue showed up at the same time my gluten issue did, along with nuts, beans, dairy and eggs. Very weird.

[ravenwoodglass]

Rice Milk is safe, except for Rice Dream which uses barley in the processing. I like and use the Wegmans brand daily. Hemp milk is also good as are almond milk. I used Ghee for a lot of stuff which is clarified butter and is casien and lactose free. I also use rice a lot but I make sure to rinse it throughly before I cook it. There is also wild rice, which is not really rice but grasses. Lundberg makes some good ones. Do read the label though as if I am not mistaken some of the mixes may have barley, could be wrong about that so check.

[Simona19]

Rice Milk is safe, except for Rice Dream which uses barley in the processing. I like and use the Wegmans brand daily. Hemp milk is also good as are almond milk. I used Ghee for a lot of stuff which is clarified butter and is casien and lactose free. I also use rice a lot but I make sure to rinse it throughly before I cook it. There is also wild rice, which is not really rice but grasses. Lundberg makes some good ones. Do read the label though as if I am not mistaken some of the mixes may have barley, could be wrong about that so check.

You are telling me that the Rice dream milk isn't safe? You should see my kitchen kabinet. It's full of it. I read somewhere that celiacs should avoid vanila flavor because its made with barley. I have only original. I read the label, and I didn't see anything what would look like gluten.

Ingredients: filtered water, organic brown rice (partially milled), expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, sea salt.

In the vanila flavor is this:

Ingredients: filtered water, brown rice (partially milled), expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, tricalcium phosphate, natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors, sea salt, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, vitamin B12.

Natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors is the sign that something isn't safe. Don't take the only thing (something similar to milk) that I can drink because I have allergy to nuts and soy milk makes me sick.

[ravenwoodglass]

You are telling me that the Rice dream milk isn't safe? You should see my kitchen kabinet. It's full of it. I read somewhere that celiacs should avoid vanila flavor because its made with barley. I have only original. I read the label, and I didn't see anything what would look like gluten.

Ingredients: filtered water, organic brown rice (partially milled), expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, sea salt.

In the vanila flavor is this:

Ingredients: filtered water, brown rice (partially milled), expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, tricalcium phosphate, natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors, sea salt, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, vitamin B12.

Natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors is the sign that something isn't safe. Don't take the only thing (something similar to milk) that I can drink because I have allergy to nuts and soy milk makes me sick.

Rice Dream is still processed using barley but the company has removed barley from the label and states that the amount is so small it doesn't matter. It does.

[Simona19]

Rice Dream is still processed using barley but the company has removed barley from the label and states that the amount is so small it doesn't matter. It does.

Thank you so much for the information. I will find some other options. Ach...