New Replacement To Styroform

[Lisa]

Instead of Styrofoam, we're starting to see produce and other foods packaged with natural, biodegradable, baked materials. With all the press that gluten is getting, it's unlikely that someone would use gluten products to bake these trays, bowls, etc., but I looked online to make sure. Because the website listed "grasses," I contacted the maker to learn about the materials they use. The company representative replied, "Our formulations are based on native Tapioca starch and a smaller percentage of bamboo fibers. No flour or wheat or corn is used."

Would you kindly share with other support groups that the biodegradable trays made by Biosphere are gluten-free? If someone else comes across another brand of biodegradable tray, perhaps they'd be good enough to check on its gluten-free status.

Submitted by:

Mary Courtney

Celiac Disease Foundation - Santa Clarita Valley

[GFinDC]

Thanks Lisa, I never even thought of that problem. I haven't seen these new fangled trays yet in my area though. Safe with plastic so far? :-)

[VioletBlue]

I've been looking around at mattresses. It's time for a new one. A salesman tried to get me to sit on a "soy" mattress. I told him I was allergic to soy. "So, it's not like you're going to eat it."

Still haven't bought a mattress. Sure didn't buy one there. But seriously what sicko thought that taking one of the top 7 allergens and making a mattress out of it was a good idea? I'm sure a wheat mattress isn't far behind.