Michelle1234

Concur with above. You may be able to occasionally get away with a clean batch of Lays but it is a risk so I don't eat them as I've been glutened by them also. Only Stax from Lays is safe. I also eat a brand called Michael Seasons. Never been glutened by them.

Michelle

Due to this thread I decided to check out our local Dairy Queen. I lucked out and the kid behind the counter new all the gluten free items because his mom is gluten free. When he mentioned the Blizzards I asked about the cross contamination issue. He pointed to a separate blizzard mixer on a side counter and said they used a dedicated mixer. Kudos to them! I was chicken and got the Dilly Bars but next time will try a sundae.

Michelle

I had been missing ice cream sandwiches and was so excited when I found them in the store. They are really good, but unfortunately I think I am too sensitive as I started to feel glutened shortly after eating one. After rechecking the package I saw they are manufactured in the same facility as wheat. My husband who is not Celiac ended up finishing the rest. Oh, how I wish I wasn't so sensitive sometimes!

Bummer! Usually I can't have anything manufactured in a facility with wheat but haven't had a reaction so far. However I do usually end up with one at some point when I get a cc batch and then have to give the item up. So far so good so I think my current batch is not cc but you never know when the dreaded cc will strike. I did miss the warning on the label (and wouldn't have tried them if I had seen it). Thanks for the heads up.

Michelle

The other day my husband comes up to show me an ad from our local grocery store (Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers) for Gluten Free Ice Cream Sandwiches. I figured it was a typo and we both peered at the picture of the product to see if we could see any indication that the product was gluten free. We couldn't tell but I really did not believe such a product existed as surely I would have heard about it. However the little part of me that has eternal hope went looking for them and they really exist! So I bought them and have since tried them. They are a little slice of heaven! Although they are very tiny they are rich and satisfying. The cookie part was very good.

Cheers!

Michelle

Thanks for posting this. Sometimes I get a reaction but don't know where from. I would never have dreamed olive oil would be cross contaminated but now I know better and will check out the products I buy.

Michelle

We just finished a camping trip at the Grand Canyon. It was part of a 16 day trip and by the time we got there I needed more gluten free bread, hot dog buns and hamburger buns. I was pleased to see that the grocery store there carried all 3. They are Udi's and in the frozen food section. They also have a dedicated gluten free section with alot of products like cookies, cereal, snack bars etc. In addition if you go through the store they have additional products. I was one happy camper. You have to look for it but one of their brands of sliced deli meat was also gluten free. At the Tovar Restaurant in the gift shop to the right as you walk in there are gluten free cookies with gluten free oats, chocolate chips and peanut butter. These made a great snack.

However don't try the precooked hard boiled eggs. Those were cross contaminated.

That's odd. I don't know if there is a dedicated fryer or not. All I know is it showed up gluten free on our menu and I ate it and had no problems and if I get glutened my stomach starts to gurgle within 30 minutes. Nothing happened. I will ask the next time I'm there.

Let me know as I thought it sounded really good.

Once I tried the cheese cake and it was to die for!

Thinking about this makes me want to go back...

Lobster nachos! Had this for lunch.

I tried to order the Lobster Nachos one time and was told it wasn't gluten free. I just looked at the menu and it appears that it is fried with wheat items. Did your Red Lobster have a dedicated frier? If so then I may try again but call around to find a Red Lobster that can offer it.

Thanks!

Michelle

We use The Rib House. It says Gluten Free right on the bottle. The ingredients list looks fabulous (all items you can identify) and it tastes great (probably because it is all natural and no chemicals). We get it at our local King Sooper which is a Kroger brand store so maybe it is available in other stores.

Here is a link to order it on-line if you want. This link is to the mild page but they have a whole range of products. I linked to this page because it says right on the top of the page that ALL sauces are gluten free. Yeah! (Ok I just followed my own link and the top banner keeps changing but right after the ingredients list on each bottle it has those blessed little words in bold type GLUTEN FREE.)

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Here is the link to all the sauces. Open Original Shared Link

Excellent recommendation by your Dr. Although I don't use the product you mention I was curious and looked them on on the Environmental Working Group Cosmetic Safety Database. Looks like they are a good one so next time I'm in the store I'll keep an eye out for them. Here is a link for the database if you want to see how they rate.

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The problem is that in my country we dont have a large selection of gluten free grocerys, The only thing Ive seen is Cocoa Puffs, no Cocoa Pebbles and Fruit Pebbles where I live

It kind of makes things harder to be unable to to buy things

Kolla,

Many products have different ingredients in different countries. When I was in China I couldn't eat M&Ms since they had MSG in them. You might want to post your query on the international board to try and locate some folks from your country as they will give you more useful advice than folks like myself who assumed you were from the USA.

Best of luck,

Michelle

I second the suggestion for Costco. I've had great luck with their large packages (Kirkland brand) of raw nuts and have never been glutened. I checked on-line and it appears there is one near you.

Good luck!

Michelle

This is a great substitute and has a much healthier ingredients list. Your daughter will love it.

EnviroKidz Organic Koala Crisp Cereal

Ingredients

Organic Brown Rice Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Cocoa, Chocolate Flavor, Sea Salt, Organic Molasses, and Rice Bran Extract.

Lots of grocery stores carry it or you can order it on-line. Just do an on-line search.

The ingredients for Cocoa Puffs are:

Ingredients

ngredients

Whole Grain Corn , Sugar , Rice Bran and , or Canola Oil , Corn Meal , Corn Syrup , Cocoa , Color Added , Salt , Tricalcium Phosphate , Fructose Trisodium Phosphate , Artificial Flavor , BHT , Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate , Zinc , Iron , Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate) , A B Vitamin (Niacinamide) , Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) , Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) , Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate) , Vitamin A (Palmitate) , A B Vitamin (Folic Acid) , Vitamin B12 , Vitamin D3

BHT has been banned as a preservative in food in the countries of Japan, Romania, Sweden and Australia. It has a bad reputation in dog foods and most people who have researched dog food ingredients try to avoid buying a dog food with it. In fact alot of the higher quality dog food companies don't use it any more as it is not considered acceptable. I was very surprised to see it on the Cocoa Puffs ingredients list.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation. When I first went gluten free we tried a mixed household. It did not work. My husband got crumbs on everything. So we went gluten free in the house for a period of time. He still would bring home takeout and get gluten all over things like the microwave handle or refrigerator handle that I didn't know about. Eventually I banned gluten from the house. Now all is good as he only eats it at work.

Once while we were on vacation he went to a restaurant and ate a meal while I was doing something else. Later on he came back and we kissed hello, a light on the lips kiss. 20 min. later I got sick. I asked him what he ate and 'Oops' it had gluten.

I can only suggest that you set up your own gluten free kitchen in your room since it isn't your house. Get a dorm refrigerator, a microwave and your own set of dishes that you hand wash in your sink. You will have to buy all your own grocery's and not share with your parents. If your old enough consider getting your own place. If not then I think your stuck with having your own simple kitchen.

Almost forgot to mention, you will need your own cooking dishes, cooking appliances etc. We found that anything without a seam could be cleaned adequately. But anything with could not. So serving spoons that were all one formed piece of metal were OK. Those with plastic spoon, metal handle were not. A glass bowl was OK. A metal pan with the handle bolted on was not. We bought a new mixer and blender as I constantly reacted to anything made in our old ones no matter how well we cleaned it.

Good luck!

I'd be more inclined to think you got CC from the salad unless you had the meatballs on your pizza - they aren't gluten-free.

No meatballs on the pizza and unfortunately it was the pizza. I had leftover and gave it another try. I took the enzymes again, just in case, and still got glutened. I won't be going back. Luckily we have at least two other pizza restaurants in the area where I've never had a problem and I don't even need to take the digestive enzymes there.

I really like Udi's Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies. They have snickerdoodle too but I didn't try them. Unfortunately my King Soopers tries to hide them. They have Udi's in three places. A stand up freezer. Then way across the bakery section in a chest freezer. The third place is the hardest to find. They were on a stand alone rack near the meat section (at the end of the bakery) on the reverse side of a regular Udis (gluten filled products) rack. There I found more Udi's gluten free items and these wonderful cookies. I hope more people find them since I want them to continue the product. I have no idea how long they have been out since I just stumbled across them.

I checked for them at two other stores. Weren't there, at least not where I could find them. Also not on Udi's web site. But I know they exist since they are in my cabinet.

Thanks! I hope they have them at my costco. They look really good.

Thanks for posting this. I didn't even know they had a gluten free menu or that there was one near me. I tried it yesterday at the Westminster CO location. I thought the pizza was very good. I also got a gluten free Caesar salad. Unfortunately something glutened me. Since it was a new restaurant I took my glutenease digestive enzymes and still had a reaction. Normally for a little cross contamination they protect me. I have to conclude that there was a much larger amount of gluten contamination then a small accident.

I don't know if they put the croutons on the salad and picked them off or weren't careful with the pizza. I find that these big chains can really vary by location. Since I had left over pizza I will try that today. If I get a reaction I'm never going back. If not I'll be very careful next time I go to talk to a manager and really examine their gluten free preparation to see if it seems to be doing the right things. I didn't this time and that was a huge mistake.

You're right! According to the menu they are not. However... I ate a ton of them and was fine. Now I'm only gluten-free sensitive not celiac so maybe the chips only have a chance of CC.

Hmmm... I'm very sensitive and have had the chips a number of times with no reaction. I think the first time I had them bring a bag out and I looked at the ingredients. Its been a while since we've gone (a year or 2?) so maybe they changed suppliers. Of course the veggies and cut up apples that they give you as dippers are a more healthy option. :-)

They've been our standby fancy/celebration restaurant for years since they are the safest place we can get a full meal (appetizer, salad, main course and desert) without alot of fuss and careful checking.

I can't say what would be right for you but I can tell you my experience which may or may not help. Before being diagnosed I had no symptoms. I went to the hospital with chest pains one day out of the blue. It was the first time I had them. I had never had problems with stomach pain, gas or diarrhea. The Drs. tested my heart which was fine. They then thought maybe I had GERD and prescribed acid reducing medicine. I was concerned that they were prescribing drugs with pretty severe effects with no real diagnosis so went to another Dr. He ran a battery of tests including for celiac. I came up highly gluten intolerant, just a number or two under celiac. He suggested I eliminate gluten. Nothing else he tested me for came up positive.

What I found was that the less gluten I had the more severe my reaction when I got it. The Dr. said that my body was on constant defense when I was getting gluten but when it was eliminated it relaxed and that was why the reaction got stronger the less I got. My symptoms of being glutened were gas and diarrhea. I now know when I get the very smallest amount of gluten.

At first we tried just eliminating the obvious sources of gluten. This did nothing since even a crumb would cause a reaction. Eventually, over the years I have replaced all my cooking utensils, small appliances and anything that touched food that had a seam in it. I hadn't used my mixer for years and this past Christmas I used it. Although it was perfectly clean I got a reaction. I donated it. Bought a new one and made the same recipe with the same ingredients. No reaction! It really does make a difference to get rid of all traces. My husband is forbidden to bring any gluten in the house. If he eats out and I kiss him hello I get a reaction. My mom eliminated gluten (sensitivity can be inherited) and found she really did much better with out it. She also now reacts to even the smallest amount.

In addition we only purchase gluten free soaps, chapstick, shampoo etc. My house is completely gluten free and I am the better for it. You may try eliminating it for your entire family. It may be affecting your kids and you just don't know it yet.

I don't think they make their own dough on site as I saw no evidence of that when I was in there. I agree with you that if there was flour flying around then it couldn't possibly be safe. However, having had 6 pizzas with no reaction I'm a happy camper.

I just tried out Smiling Moose Deli who makes gluten-free sandwiches, salads, and soups. I couldn't hardly believe I could get a good gluten-free sandwich at a real deli without getting cross contamination. But I did!

I had a wonderful sandwich, didn't take my digestive enzymes and had no reaction. Their on-line menu shows which sandwiches can be ordered gluten free.

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I'm thinking of trying Jasons Deli in the near future.

Make sure you really grill your Jason's Deli. The one near me is clueless. They make their gluten free meals with the ingredients from the food bar. So you've gotten gluten free ingredients in plastic bins right next to or in front of gluten ingredients. They grab everything with their hand so things can drop from one little bin into another. In many places the ingredients were spilling over the edge of the plastic bins and they just push them back in. When I saw them make my meal I basically said 'no thanks' and got my money back. There was no way that meal was going to be gluten free.

Haven't tried those two yet. My two favorites have been Peace in the Middle East (love the hummus for sauce) and Green with Envy (yummy pesto sauce). I thought Paia Pie and Drag it Through the Garden were bland. But Pandora's Box was yummy. For my taste their tomato sauce is a bit bland but if you order a combination that includes oregano and basil it makes it more tasty so if I order the Drag it Through the Garden or Paia Pie again I'm going to add those ingredients.

I don't know how long they have been doing gluten free but I too was impressed with the one in Denver/Westminster. The shop has been there quite some time and when they opened they did not do gluten free. One day I just happened to be waiting for my husband nearby so while I waited I strolled down the street. I saw the big gluten free pizza sign in the window and went right in to check them out. I queried them about where the toppings came from since alot of unknowledgeable places will scoop them out of the same containers that they use when making regular pizza. The answer was the gluten free ones came right out of the freezer so no cross contamination with ones used for the regular pizza. I asked about the pans. They are dedicated. They said the only thing they share is the oven. I've eaten 6 of their pizzas now and not been glutened once!