Kroger Private Selection Pepper Jack Cheese

[ycavaz]

I ate 2 slices of the private selection pepper jack cheese and within 30 minutes I got that all too familiar gluten feeling. Normally I always look at ingredients but this time I didn't, vinegar is the last ingredient in the list. So I called Kroger and was told that an item in their system would say either gluten-free or not gluten-free. This cheese didn't have that so I was told that more than likely it contains gluten.

I just wanted to warn everyone out because I never thought that cheese would contain vinegar.

[heatherjane]

I ate 2 slices of the private selection pepper jack cheese and within 30 minutes I got that all too familiar gluten feeling. Normally I always look at ingredients but this time I didn't, vinegar is the last ingredient in the list. So I called Kroger and was told that an item in their system would say either gluten-free or not gluten-free. This cheese didn't have that so I was told that more than likely it contains gluten.

I just wanted to warn everyone out because I never thought that cheese would contain vinegar.

Vinegar is safe unless it is malt vinegar.

[ycavaz]

Vinegar is safe unless it is malt vinegar.

That has not been true for me. I also cannot tolerate gluten-free oats or alcohol that has been distilled from gluteneous(sp?) grains

[psawyer]

A very small percentage of us seem to react to distilled vinegar, despite the fact that the whole gluten molecule cannot pass into the distillate. In the US, when the single word "vinegar" is used as an ingredient, it is from a non-gluten source (typically apple cider). If it was wheat, then that would have to be clearly disclosed on the label. Some people have a problem digesting acetic acid. ALL vinegar contains at least five percent acetic acid.