Wendys

[liz0324]

Does anyone know if their junior hamburgers are gluten-free? I have a copy of their gluten-free menu and it says 2 and 4 oz hamburgers are ok. I wasn't sure if the junior hamburger falls into one of these categories. I feel sick and am trying to figure out what did it. The only thing I can figure is the hamburger patty or the baked potato with sour cream and butter, but that should be ok. Either that or cross contamination. Never been sick from cross contamination, so I am having a hard time believing that, but I think I get more sensitive all the time....

Any thoughts?

[VegasCeliacBuckeye]

How was it served?

Did you watch them make it?

Did you tell them to make it fresh?

I always say "Ketchup only, no bun, LTO on the side."

Did you have fries? They are not 100% gluten-free anymore....

[sspitzer5]

It could have been the sour cream. I don't know if Wendy's lists that as gluten free or not, but sometimes it has gluten.

Susan

[sweetp]

it was probably most defintley the sour cream... i dont think ive ever seen gluten free sour cream... maybe tilamook... not sure, but most sour creams are not gluten free...

[elonwy]

Whoa - sour cream!?!

My Knudsens ( kraft) doesn't say gluten-free but doesn't have anything in it's ing thats scary and I thought kraft was good about thier labeling. Is it not gluten-free? I don't feel sick and I had some saturday.

AAAAA!

Elonwy

[angel-jd1]

It could have been the sour cream. I don't know if Wendy's lists that as gluten free or not, but sometimes it has gluten.

Susan

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Daisy brand is safe (probably not what Wendy's uses) but it's safe.

-Jessica

[lovegrov]

The Wendy's web site clearly says that their sour cream is gluten-free.

In fact, I can't think of a sour cream that I know definitely has gluten. Breakstone, Kroger, Daisy and the sour creams at Wendy's and Outback are definitely gluten-free.

If you indeed got gluten, it's almost without question a cross contamination problem. Fast food places are pretty much the most dangerous places to eat.

richard

[swittenauer]

I would assume it isn't totallyunsafe to eat fast food. I thought I saw a lot of posts about what items are good at McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc. My husband eats at one of those most every day when he goes for lunch at work.

[ruddabega]

About Kraft products--

their products are labled... if it says Modified Food Starch, it will show in parentheses which modified foods they used... soyou can assume all Kraft products are gluten-free (sour cream included), unless otherwise noted.

[lovegrov]

I'm not saying fast food places are totally unsafe. I'm also not saying they don't have gluten-free items. Most of them do. BUT, the chances of cross contamination are EXTREMELY high, particularly at busy times. I know of a woman on another celiac forum who used to own five fast food places and she refused to eat at any of her own places because she had seen the rampant cross contamination.

Celiac experts advise that people with celiac not eat out more than a couple of times a month. I am not able to keep it that low myself, but eating at a fast food restaurant almost every day is absolutely too much (heck, it's not good for anybody to eat that junk that often). Even if your husband isn't having obvious reactions, he's getting small amounts of gluten. And when he does eat at these places, I hope he is checking out what's gluten-free. Taco Bell, for instance, has virtually nothing other than beans and cheese.

richard

[Guest gfinnebraska]

I agree with Richard ~ most sour cream is gluten-free. I have yet, as well, to find one that is not. A mistake a lot of fast food places make is putting the beef patty ON the bun and then remembering and taking it off. Therefore, leaving crumbs on the patty. BIG mistake that happens frequently. I make sure I watch every step of my patty being assembled... the only way I feel safe eating in a fast food joint.

I ate at Whiskey Creek on Saturday, and specifically asked the waiter to make sure the cook used a clean pan to cook my hamburger patty. He went through all the steps that I asked for, and I STILL felt sick and a little tired on Sunday. Chances are I got a tiny bit of gluten somewhere. Eating out is a risk... I agree that it should not be attempted too often! Not worth it IMHO.

[misskris]

I get sick almost every time I eat at our Wendys...and it used to be my favorite place. It's got to be cross contamination b/c I have their gluten-free menu memorized.

[Guest imsohungry]

Yep, fast food is bad for cross-contamination. I posted yesterday about finding out that my Wendy's has been my unidentified gluten-source...I ate the fries, like an idiot Oh, well...another day, another lesson. Julie

[ms-sillyak-screwed]

I eat the grilled chicken breast, plain. I do okay with it...anyone else?

Someone said someplace its soy marinated?

[egoslayer1]

Fries are pretty much never safe. Almost all fast food places cook other battered things in the same greese as the fries.

ES

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Yep, fast food is bad for cross-contamination.  I posted yesterday about finding out that my Wendy's has been my unidentified gluten-source...I ate the fries, like an idiot   Oh, well...another day, another lesson.    Julie

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[lovegrov]

The Wendy's grilled chicken has NOT been gluten-free for a while. It had soy sauce with wheat.

richard

[lovegrov]

Actually, many of the fast-food places have dedicated fryers for fries. Of course you can still get contamination. McDonalds, BK and most Wendy's have dedicated fryers. Hardee's does not. Always ask, though.

richard

[connole1056]

Wendy's lists the sour cream as being gluten-free. The grilled chicken breast is NOT though. My daughter never got sick on it, but I made her stop eating it because it is not listed by the company as gluten-free.

There has been a problem with the Frosty lately because someone called and the rep said it did contain malt, although it is not listed. This caused an uproar on another website/forum because people were getting conflicting info from the company. But the hamburg patties listed as gluten-free are the 2 and 4 ounce only.

[lovegrov]

Wendy's now says the Frosty is indeed gluten-free. I doubt that it ever had gluten.

richard

[melhopkins02]

Wendy's now says the Frosty is indeed gluten-free. I doubt that it ever had gluten.

richard

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Can someone please help me?? I thought the chili from Wendy's is gluten-free...is that right? I got fries and chili today and I know I have had gluten somehow....I"M SO SICK!!!! Does anyone know and of course I know cross-com might be it but just wondering if I was wrong about the chili and it does have gluten?

THANKS!!

[Carriefaith]

Can someone please help me?? I thought the chili from Wendy's is gluten-free...is that right? I got fries and chili today and I know I have had gluten somehow....I"M SO SICK!!!! Does anyone know and of course I know cross-com might be it but just wondering if I was wrong about the chili and it does have gluten?

THANKS!!

Chili and Fries from Wendey's can both be contaminated. This is a quote from a former Wendy's employee:

"Chili is made from all the unused meat that is saved up during a day, sometimes you see people take a patty off of a bun because they made the wrong thing or an order was cancelled or whatever and they stick it in with all the other meat so it may not be gluten-free. Although Fries ingredients are gluten free, they may have shared a contaminated fryer. Always ask about the fries oil."

I personally do not eat at Wendy's or any fast food place for that matter. It's too risky.

[Guest nini]

Chili and Fries from Wendey's can both be contaminated. This is a quote from a former Wendy's employee:

"Chili is made from all the unused meat that is saved up during a day,  sometimes you see people take a patty off of a bun because they made the wrong thing or an order was cancelled or whatever and they stick it in with all the other meat so it may not be gluten-free. Although Fries ingredients are gluten free, they may have shared a contaminated fryer. Always ask about the fries oil."

I personally do not eat at Wendy's or any fast food place for that matter. It's too risky.

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ACK!!!!! No wonder I get sick when I eat the chili!!!! Crap. This is SOOOOOO not fair.

[VegasCeliacBuckeye]

I get the chili all the time at my Wendy's.

The other day, they made my burger wrong and I saw them throw the burger into a "food waste" trash can....

I asked the manager about the trash can and the possible use of chili nad he said, "If any restaurant did that, they would be committing business suicide because if the burger just stayed around all day, it would get bacteria growth -- definitely food poisoning from being in the "danger zone" too long.

So, I don't buy that hearsay about the burgers.

I have never gotten sick from the Chili.

[grantschoep]

I get the chili all the time at my Wendy's.

The other day, they made my burger wrong and I saw them throw the burger into a "food waste" trash can....

I asked the manager about the trash can and the possible use of chili nad he said, "If any restaurant did that, they would be committing business suicide because if the burger just stayed around all day, it would get bacteria growth -- definitely food poisoning from being in the "danger zone" too long.

So, I don't buy that hearsay about the burgers.

I have never gotten sick from the Chili.

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Ok, I just went around work. I found 2 different people who worked at Wendy's during High School. They said they had never heard of such a thing. The chili is not made from left over hamburgers.

[lovegrov]

Chili made from leftover hamburgers is one of those urban myths. It isn't done.

richard