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Teff Flour?

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modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
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Hello my fellow celiacs. I wanted to see if anyone had any experiences with Teff Flour. Recently at my local food store I found La Tortilla Factory gluten free wraps and I was pumped, they have good flexibility and while don't taste particularly awesome, they're still pretty darn OK. However, the last two days I've been in the bathroom WAY more than I'd like. Now, its not an emergency reaction per my usual "gluten or oat" incidents but it is A LOT and its not the most comfortable situation. (sorry for the TMI). So my question is, has anyone had experience with this brand or this flour and know anything about it. I don't know much about Teff flour aside from whats written on the back of the bag but if they are the cause of this nonsense, I don't want to keep "testing it" if that makes sense.

I'm not going to have them tomorrow but just figured I'd reach out to the experts on here!

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Teff flour is perfectly safe for us celiacs. I have never had that brand of tortilla. CC could possibly be an issue. You could look on their website or call to find out the manufacturing practices. It may be produced on the same equipment as wheat etc. Can you have corn? I really like the Mission corn tortillas. They have dedicated equipment and are safe and gluten free. Good luck!

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I can have corn but typically haven't liked them. I don't have access to anything to heat them up during the day and think they're kinda gross non-heated. Maybe Teff just bothers my stomach because its more fiber than I'm used to? I was using a lot of flaxseed for awhile and it used to do the same thing to me. Could just be that my body isn't used to the fiber, ?

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I can have corn but typically haven't liked them. I don't have access to anything to heat them up during the day and think they're kinda gross non-heated. Maybe Teff just bothers my stomach because its more fiber than I'm used to? I was using a lot of flaxseed for awhile and it used to do the same thing to me. Could just be that my body isn't used to the fiber, ?

It probably is. The same thing happened to me with flaxseed. I still eat it but it does bother my tummy. I wouldn't worry about it too much! I agree, corn tortillas are not very good unless they are heated. I would just stick them in the freezer and eat a different tortilla or Udi bread or something else for a while and go back to them later on.

Good luck :)

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it's totally possible that teff doesnt agree with you... but i would guess or assume that it was a different ingredient- a strange oil, or other flour... or maybe if its "gluten free <20ppm"- it is affecting you. ?idk

ive had several different vegan bakery cupcakes & my sister has made several baked items - all gluten free- and made with teff- and they never bothered me.

but maybe teff bothers you.

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India
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I can't tolerate teff. I made some lovely teff brownies and they made me feel wretched :(

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Skylark
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I do fine with teff. I like to add a little to bread recipes for the great flavor. I think my teff flour was Bob's Red Mill, so it was tested for gluten. I've eaten pure teff Ethiopian injira bread with no issues either. I don't know anything about that brand of tortillas. You might do a little digging to see if you can find out whether they are on shared lines with wheat flour tortillas.

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I was waiting for you to chime in Skylark! I emailed the company yesterday, so I'll report back to everyone about how they make their tortillas. I also didn't bring them to eat today but am going to eat everything else the same just for the process of elimination, maybe something else is sneaking in there thats getting me. It probably doesn't help that the last few days I've had yogurt, these tortillas, salad with flaxseed and then celery sticks....hellooooo fiber :ph34r:

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