Quinoa, Other Grains In Large Bulk Store:

[BenVenit]

Hi-

I ate quinoa the other day and reacted terrible.I get awful bone pain. Cannot move almost. Well, I was doing OK till I ate the quinoa.

I saw on here some also have issue with quinoa.

I bought it at a huge bulk store that has the gluten free stuff right next to the wheat,etc.....huge barrels of it. I am wondering if it may not be the gluten, but contamination.

For me it triggers auto immune. Bone pain, burning in pelvis, irregular heartbeats....awful crash of system! I am in so much pain right nowl. Grrrrrr.

Glad to be around others who really understand that a Tsp of wrong food can make you unable to move!!!

So how long after the quinoa where you all back to your regular selves? And I guess it's not good to buy in bulk stores anymore eh?

[jackay]

Quinoa needs to be rinsed well before cooking it. Ancient Harvest quinoa says on the label that it is prewashed so don't know if it needs to be rinsed. Still, a lot of people can't eat quinoa.

I bought bulk millet and didn't have any problem with it. I prewashed it like crazy and still was apprehensive to use it. Even though it was a safe experience, I will NEVER AGAIN buy any product in bulk. I have talked to a few people who work with the items.

As a customer I was told that they wash the bins well when they change the product. If gluten doesn't wash out of our plastics and Tupperware at home, is it going to wash out at a store? Also, when the bins are filled, gluten can get all over the other bins.

As a friend of someone who works in a natural foods department, I was told it wouldn't be safe.

Before I went gluten free, I bought bulk brown rice. I found bugs in it. I took it back to the store and later was thanked by the natural foods manager. They found bugs in some of their other bins, too. One of the products came contaminated and they spread. They had to replace a lot of their bulk foods. Of course, that could happen with sealed packages, too, but I wouldn't expect it as often.