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  1. psawyer
    Vodka, like most distilled spirits, is around 40% alcohol. The remaining 60% is what varies and gives flavor. The distillation removes gluten because the gluten molecule is too large to vaporize, so it is left behind.
  2. psawyer
    I ageee. That is an ingredient I don't ever question.
  3. psawyer
    What studies? Provide your source for that claim, NOW. That is, provide links to multiple studies (more than one, since you used the plural form).
  4. psawyer
    Your experience is your own, and may differ from that of the majority of persons with celiac disease. Most people with celiac disease can consume distilled liquor, regardless of the source.
  5. psawyer
    I agree with IH, but if you are concerned, Smirnoff is widely available and is made exclusively from corn (this is technically a grain BTW).
  6. psawyer
    Most, but not all, Kraft dressings are gluten-free. Read the ingredient list. Kraft will clearly list any gluten source. That includes all sources, not just wheat as mandated by FALCPA.
  7. psawyer
    While not unheard of, wheat as the origin of "modified food starch" is extremely rare, at least in North America. It is almost always tapioca or corn starch. In Canada, disclosure of wheat is required by law in all foods. In the US, most foods are regulated by the FDA and FALCPA applies. If you have a verifiable source of wheat being used, but not disclosed...
  8. psawyer
    Disclosure is mandatory on FDA regulated food products. That would be the case in the items under discussion here. The USDA regulates things like meat, poultry, eggs and milk--not baking powder.
  9. psawyer
    You are entitled to your opinion, but I strongly disagree with it. There are so many safe foods from companies with shared facilities. And, of course, if we follow your advice we can NEVER eat a restaurant--but I do at carefully chosen ones.
  10. psawyer
    I eat them regularly, and have never had a problem.
  11. psawyer
    Modified food starch is not a concern today, although it was once a possible one years ago. Wheat must now be disclosed in the rare case that it is the starch. MFS is tapioca or corn. If you ave an issue with either of those, it is a concern, but it is not hidden gluten. Baking soda is a single ingredient, and will always be gluten-free. Baking powder could...
  12. psawyer
    Correct. None of the ingredients listed could conceal gluten.
  13. psawyer
    Modified potato starch does not contain wheat or any other grain--the sole starch used is potato. No other food is added, but enzymes or other chemicals may be used in the process.
  14. psawyer
    Ghee is clarified butter--essentially pure fat. It has no detectable lactose or casein. Whey is a by-product of cheese production, and is not found in butter or ghee.
  15. psawyer
    Two other big companies that will clearly disclose any gluten source are Unilever and General Mills.
  16. psawyer
    My thought too. No point worrying about CC until you have eliminated gluten from direct sources.
  17. psawyer
    We found them at Whole Foods and tried them. No problems. We bought two more bags of other flavors, but they are unopened.
  18. psawyer
    Type 1 diabetes is autoimmune; type 2 is not. I wrote about them in another topic here a week ago. There is a correlation between type 1 diabetes and celiac disease. Type 1 diabetes occurs more frequently among persons with celiac disease than among the general population. The reverse is also true: celiac disease occurs more frequently in type 1 diabetics...
  19. psawyer
    Welcome to our community. To the question in the quote, there are other things that can cause symptoms similar to celiac disease, and celiac disease is associated with other issues, including colon cancer. Even if you do have celiac disease, it is important to have the colonoscopy to be sure that you do not have other issues as well. As to the warfarin question...
  20. psawyer
    I have late onset type 1 diabetes. Twenty-eight years ago, I was experiencing symptoms that I recognized as probable diabetes, at the age of 41. A random (not fasting) sample on this date in 1986 was over 500 mg/dl. I began taking insulin within 48 hours, and have been ever since. I have had minor retinopathy in one eye, but other than I have had no...
  21. psawyer
    The two types have similar symptoms, but the cause differs. Type 1, formerly (incorrectly) known as juvenile diabetes is an autoimmune wherein the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are destroyed. These cells are called the Open Original Shared Link The body can no longer produce any insulin, and frequent injections are required (several per day...
  22. psawyer
    No, they could not include that "smoke powder" and list it simply as "smoke flavor" because it contains other things besides flavor. The meaning of "flavor" in the US is found in Open Original Shared Link. "Flour" is not flavor. Believe what you want, but smoke flavor is safe. And, while this sidebar about flavor in the US is of some relevance, the product...
  23. psawyer
    Indeed there is, and if you read the ingredients for that product, it contains hickory smoke flavor and barley malt flour as two distinct ingredients. The smoke flavor was gluten-free until they added flour to make a powder.
  24. psawyer
    For the record, only the part that I bolded is from Shelley Case. She does not make an exception for smoke. The person claiming that smoke is an exception is not Shelley Case. Smoke flavoring is listed here on our list of safe ingredients.
  25. psawyer
    I am in Canada. I have never heard of smoke being derived from barley. I consider it a safe ingredient. You are correct that, in Canada, barley is an allergen that must be clearly disclosed.
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