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swittenauer Enthusiast
swittenauer
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My husband is having a colonscopy tomorrow & I keep finding conflicting information on whether he can have bouillon or not with Celiac. As you all are probably aware, he can only have liquids until the procedure. Please help!

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tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Depends on the ingredients. :-)

Imagine makes a chicken broth and veggie broth that are tasty, and gluten-free.

Rapunzel makes a chicken boullion and veggie boullion that are good as well, and gluten-free.

Jnkmnky Collaborator
Jnkmnky
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You have to read the ingredients. At the health food stores you will find gluten free brands. I found the "Organic Gourmet Vegetable Bouillon" at WholeFoods. It says "gluten free" right on the box. Other wise you could make him a homemade broth by simmering vegetables, garlic (or garlic salt), spices, even chicken meat, bones, etc...strain it and serve the broth only.

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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here are directions i had:

Eat and drink only clear liquids for breakfast, lunch and dinner the day before your exam. It is important that you drink plenty of fluids so you do not become dehydrated as a result of the prep. Solid foods and milk products are not allowed.

Do not eat or drink anything that is Red or Purple in color.

Examples of Clear Liquids:

Water Jello coffee

Soda Gatorade tea

Popsicles Clear broth or boullion

Kool-aid (but watch colors)

Good luck--i had one previously, and it wasn't so bad. The prep was just annoying...

swittenauer Enthusiast
swittenauer
Posted
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He received pretty much the same instructions but I thought most broths & bouillons were not gluten free. I'm getting mixed info.

here are directions i had:

Eat and drink only clear liquids for breakfast, lunch and dinner the day before your exam. It is important that you drink plenty of fluids so you do not become dehydrated as a result of the prep.  Solid foods and milk products are not allowed.

Do not eat or drink anything that is Red or Purple in color.

Examples of Clear Liquids:

Water  Jello  coffee

Soda  Gatorade  tea

Popsicles  Clear broth or boullion

Kool-aid (but watch colors)

Good luck--i had one previously, and it wasn't so bad.  The prep was just annoying...

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Jnkmnky Collaborator
Jnkmnky
Posted

There are lots of gluten free bouillons available. Probably not in the regular shopping store, though. I believe there's a gluten free substitute for JUST about everything these days. Also, you could make it yourself.

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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here is a list of gluten-free broth/bouillon:

butterball canned ckn broth

herb ox ckn bouillon

pacific foods natural or organic free range ckn broth

safeway ckn broth

shaw's ckn broth

trader joes' ckn broth

hy-vee bouillon cubes

better than bouillon soup bases

i don't have any at home to know for sure--but ck out mccormick's bouillon cubes too. remember, they do not hide gluten ingredients, so if the ingredients listed don't contain gluten, then it should be ok.

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grantschoep
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You may be even able to "pick some up" at the hospital... :>

I was on the clear liquid diet for about 5 days while staying in the hospital last month. They had the little kitchen with lots of wheat loaded foods. However, they did have a wide assortment of Herb-ox broth, chicken,vegetable, beef and so on. All the Herb-ox broth packets, made by Hormel are Gluten free. I'm a meat lover, but I was suprised to find that I found the vegetable broth the tastiest, plus it was the only one that didn't contain MSG.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted
trader joes' ckn broth

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Be careful of the TJ's broths - some are fine, but not all are gluten-free. (I think it's the organic chicken that's not, but it might be the veggie.) All you have to do, though, is check the label. It specifically says "barley" on it.

(I got caught on this one - bought the wrong one. Good thing I read the label before I poured it in the pot!)

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
Posted

TIffany-

thanks for info. i haven't ever bought it myself, but it was on my palm list. it just says trader joe's (w. coast) ckn broth-canned. i do struggle w/ trader joes a bit b/c they say they can't account for cross-contamination at all... :(

terri Contributor
terri
Posted

Sheltons has a canned chicken broth sold at Whole Foods that is gluten free. I like it because they have a low sodium one. :D

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jillz Newbie
jillz
Posted

I got this reply from my query as to whether Better Than Bouillon Organic Chicken Soup is Gluten Free.

 

 

"Many of our bases could be considered gluten free, but because we do not test specifically for gluten at this time, we are unable to make any claims against any of our bases."

 

From my reading of the ingredient lists- It doesn't appear to have anything suspicious.  It seems to agree with me, but I'm not someone who can easily tell when I've had a tiny bit of cross-contamination.

 

 

Kedra Anderson

Customer Service Coordinator|Customer Service Department

Southeastern Mills, Inc

Phone 706-378-6561

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

I got this reply from my query as to whether Better Than Bouillon Organic Chicken Soup is Gluten Free.

 

 

"Many of our bases could be considered gluten free, but because we do not test specifically for gluten at this time, we are unable to make any claims against any of our bases."

 

From my reading of the ingredient lists- It doesn't appear to have anything suspicious.  It seems to agree with me, but I'm not someone who can easily tell when I've had a tiny bit of cross-contamination.

 

 

Kedra Anderson

Customer Service Coordinator|Customer Service Department

Southeastern Mills, Inc

Phone 706-378-6561

 

 

Everyone who reads this - Heads up!  All the previous posts on this thread are 9 years old.  Ingredients and manufacturing processes change over that many years.  Please re-check the info for yourself.

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