Arrowhead Mills Buckwheat Flour

[Bette]

I have been playing detective trying to figure out mine and my daughters latest gluten source. I had made buckwheat pancakes last sat. I used Arrowhead Mills Buckwheat flour. My recipe also called for buttermilk. Now I had made these same pancakes all summer long when I was visiting my parents in Oklahoma and not once did my daughter and I have any problems. I had also bought all the ingredients there.

Since I got home, I had stocked up on a lot of the gluten free flours and I had purchased more arrowhead mills buckwheat flour (in Nevada). Last weekend I made us the buckwheat pancakes again and we both had problems almost immediately after eating the pancakes, so right away I knew they had to be the culprit. I looked at the buttermilk I had used (a totally different brand than what I had used in OK.) and sure enough one of the ingredients listed was modified food starch . The brand was Meadow Gold Dairy, so I checked all the gluten free foods list, searched on here and other boards and could not verify if this milk was gluten free. So I was able to contact Meadow Gold and they responded very quickly confirming their buttermilk is indeed gluten free.

??? Now totally perplexed , I checked the flour and even though it says" wheat free, made with gluten free products" It does not state on their label gluten free. I called them and their response is that they do not use any gluten product however their could be cross contamination from the other flours they make.

Looks like there was a discussion on this same topic over the summer see

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So, how many people still use Arrowhead Mills, How many have had problems with it? And why would we not react at first, then have problems after a couple of months ? (Keep in mind the Arrowhead Mills that we did not react to was purchased in the Midwest , had problems with what was bought in the southwest, not sure but they were probably manufactured at different plants).

[tarnalberry]

I haven't had a problem with their stuff, but don't use it that often anyway. Go with what your gut tells you. It could have been a bad batch, but it may not be worth trying again.