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  1. psawyer
    Yeast is gluten-free, at least to start with. Yeast extract is thus normally gluten-free as well. Occasionally, spent yeast from the beer-brewing process is used when a flavor is desired (as opposed to a leavening agent, for which spent yeast is useless). "Brewer's yeast," or an extract made from it, has been exposed to barely through the brewing process...
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    I don't know...let's try it and see.
  3. psawyer
    Your results are negative for antibodies related to celiac disease, but if you have not been eating gluten then there will not be antibodies--at least not enough to register on the test. I was retested a few years ago, and everything was normal. Does that mean that I no longer have celiac disease? NO! It means that I have been very successful in following...
  4. psawyer
    Not anymore.
  5. psawyer
    I am here, but not for long. The pizza was good, but we need to be up early tomorrow for delivery day. I haven't plussed anybody, ever. Do you think I should?
  6. psawyer
    Well, speaking as we are of tight-fitting apparel, Miley Cyrus' outfit at her Saturday performance in Lisbon seems to qualify. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Its Tuesday, which is usually our day off, but we are going into the store in a while. This gives our Tuesday worker a short day--we are going away at the weekend, and the part-timers have...
  7. psawyer
    Maltose, despite the name, is not malt and is gluten-free. It is a form of sugar.
  8. psawyer
    False positives are quite rare, but false negatives are fairly common. Also, the blood test is for antibodies, so it can not detect non-celiac gluten intolerance.
  9. psawyer
    It is there, but doesn't really do anything.
  10. psawyer
    The rest of us are here for you, Jess. You know how to reach me. I'll be here for you.
  11. psawyer
    The rules for labeling drugs are not the same as for foods. But starch in drugs is still most commonly corn starch. It is worth asking CVS whether the source is wheat.
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    I love Tinkyada brown rice pasta!
  14. psawyer
    This is a question of language and semantics. The word "gluten," to a chemist, means the protein of a grain (any grain). All grains contain protein. You may occasionally see "corn gluten" as an ingredient. There is a gluten in rice, as well. To a dietitian, and to a celiac, the word "gluten" refers only to the proteins of three specific grains:...
  15. psawyer
    Barley can hide in flavors, but never in "spices." "Seasonings" is another ball game, though.
  16. psawyer
    I have heard of flavored nuts containing gluten, but never plain ones. If wheat flour were added to shredded cheese, it would have to be listed as an ingredient. I have never seen a case where it is. If you doubt that, you can always choose Kraft--they will never hide gluten. If corn is the only ingredient, then there is no gluten.
  17. psawyer
    We make Gluten Free Pantry French Bread and Pizza using the 1 tsp of cider vinegar called for by the recipes that used to be enclosed in the box. Great results, but we haven't tried any other type of vinegar with it.
  18. psawyer
    I eat them all the time, and have done so for a long time. All the sodium is probably not good for me, but I have not had any celiac-related issues with them.
  19. psawyer
    Well, after two very hot and muggy days, today was pleasant. I am writing this sitting out on the deck at almost 10 pm. The sun set just over an hour ago, but the temperature is still around 20C and the humidity is just 33%. No insects either. FlashForward ended last night. Rob announced today that HBO has acquired the rights to "Illegal Alien...
  20. psawyer
    In both Canada and the US, the single word "starch" as an ingredient means cornstarch. "Modified food starch" can be corn, but it is more likely to be tapioca. In the US, if it is wheat that must be clearly disclosed on the label as "wheat." There are several ways that comply with FALCPA, but they all contain the word "wheat:" "Modified food starch...
  21. psawyer
    Kraft, who make Cool Whip, will not hide gluten. Cool Whip is definitely gluten-free. Modified food starch is usually tapioca--perhaps you have a problem with tapioca. I know some people here do, but I am not one of them.
  22. psawyer
    As Patti said, Kraft will not hide gluten. In the US, for more than four years, wheat must, by law, be clearly disclosed as "wheat." I have never heard of MFS being rye or barley (and it is almost never wheat).
  23. psawyer
    Pepsi and Coke both state that all of their sodas are gluten-free. This is certainly true in Canada and the United States. I believe it to be true in the rest of the world as well. There is some variation from country to country in the sweetener used, but none of the sweeteners should contain gluten.
  24. psawyer
    Check out Wally in Dilbert--he has perfected the art of doing nothing.
  25. psawyer
    Many celiacs have difficulty with certain foods during the initial stages of the diet. If you have intestinal damage, it takes time to heal. Until it does, some things may cause a reaction which has nothing to do with gluten.
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