So How Careful Are You Anyway?

[frenchiemama]

I'm just wondering about this, because I use several things that state "processed in a plant that also processes wheat" and I can think of a couple products that other people have reported reactions to but I still use them because I haven't had a problem.

However I'm not terribly sensitive, I will get sick if I eat a plate of something w/gluten but I'm not sure that a trace amount will cause a noticable reaction. Am I being unsafe without realizing it?

[KaitiUSA]

I will eat products made in a facility that processes wheat and most of the brands i have had that do this I am fine with and I am very sensitive. If I react to a product though I will not eat anymore of it.

[jenvan]

I will also use products made in a facility that processes wheat or other allergens, but if I hear of contamination from others, I'll stop using it.

[Carriefaith]

I will also use products made in a facility that processes wheat or other allergens, but if I hear of contamination from others, I'll stop using it.

Same here. If I get sick or if I hear that others get sick from eating something, I will not eat it.

[tarnalberry]

while I voted "stop using if several people react", I often will choose not to use something that's not made on a dedicated line if it's not "important" or if it's something I can make at home or get elsewhere. for instance, I won't buy dried fruit at wild oats most of the time, because I can get the same items at trader joe's where they don't process (to the best of my knowled) some of it on shared lines. I will often ignore "manufactured in the same facility", particularly if it's on separate lines, but it varies.

[plantime]

I'll use it if it's made in the same plant. If I have a reaction, though, I will not eat it again.

[celiac3270]

I stop if several report a reaction or if I have one myself--the one exception to this is the FritoLays products, which I am okay with, so I use. Most mainstream products are not in dedicated facilities, so it's difficult to eat that way without racking up a monstrous grocery bill (unless you cook completely from scratch, basically).