Blue Cheese Question

[mbrookes]

I just recieved the Triumph dining cards I ordered and I am upset. They list blue cheese as a no-no. Also they say to avoid any form of food coloring, natural or artificial flavoring or modified food starch, That about covers all food in a restaurant.

I have been eating all af those ingredients with no problem. What's the deal here? Are those actually dangerous and I have been misled, or are the Triumph cards out of date?

[TiffersAnn]

I just recieved the Triumph dining cards I ordered and I am upset. They list blue cheese as a no-no. Also they say to avoid any form of food coloring, natural or artificial flavoring or modified food starch, That about covers all food in a restaurant.

Bleu cheese is sometimes made with bread molds... but not all of them. The trouble is finding out exactly how that particular bleu cheese is made. Unless you can get ahold of the maker, I would avoid the stuff.

[psawyer]

This has been discussed many times here, and the consensus seems to be that such cheeses are safe for us to eat.

It sounds like the Triumph cards are not consistent with current knowledge.

[cassP]

i thought blue cheese was safe untill i was at whole foods one day- wanted to get one of the salads with blue cheese crumbles on it. the label said that it contained wheat- (because of the bread mold).

but then i went to the cheese guy- and he was baffled- he said that it was possible and that blue cheese is made with MANY different molds.

so, ive tried to avoid it. but then i was very happy when i found a good salad dressing that i like-

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**and it says Gluten Free on the bottle.

please double check their other flavors tho- cause i didnt look at them or know if they're gluten-free.

[Lisa]

Here is additional information:

The Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) has investigated a variety of blue cheese on the market and found that very few are made using bread mold, and when they are, the test results completed by Health Canada found no detectable levels of gluten in the final product. The new CCA Acceptability of Food and Food Ingredients for the Gluten-Free Diet pocket dictionary lists blue cheese as allowed on a gluten-free diet.

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I suppose that Triumph felt that a blanket gluten free statement could not/should not be made, at this time. Many, many blues are gluten free.

[Ahorsesoul]

I am a blue cheese lover. Can eat the stuff plain, on toast for breakfast, on pizza, on a spoon....anytime of day.

But I do react to some brands of blue cheese so I now stick with Maytag or Rosenborg.

[psawyer]

Without question, some people react to blue cheese. It does contain mold, which might be the issue.

The Canadian Celiac Association explicitly lists blue cheese as safe in their pocket dictionary.

Shelley Case, RD, in her book Gluten-Free Diet A Comprehensive Resource Guide, lists cheese as safe without qualification. In other words, "cheese" is safe, not just some, or even most, cheese. She does warn about cheese sauces, cheese spreads, and seasoned or flavored cheese. I have to believe that if blue cheese were an exception, she would say so.

[lovegrov]

Blue cheese is safe as is food coloring. I've never heard of an artificial flavor with gluten, and natural flavor and modified food starch are pretty much always safe unless wheat is specifically listed (which is very, very rare). I'd say the Triumph dining card could at least use some rewording.

[mbrookes]

Thank all of you for your input. It seems it is as I suspected. Triumph needs to update their cards. Tomorrow I will contact them and at least maybe get my money back. I hope they will do a little more research and redo the cards.