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  1. psawyer
    Hello, all. I hope everybody had a pleasant Easter. Dinner with the in-laws went very well. FIL has taken to beer of late (he used to mostly drink wine), and he tried La Messagere, the only beer I have in the house cuz it's the only gluten-free one available in Ontario. He thought it was good. Of course, his usual is Coors. Janet, I hope...
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    I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough. There is no gluten in yeast extract. You may choose to avoid it if you are concerned about MSG, but there are no celiac issues with it. Enjoy! The book is aimed at the USA and Canada. Ms Case is a Canadian dietitian who is a professional affiliated with the Gluten Intolerance Group and Celiac Disease Foundation in the...
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    Yeast extract, or autolyzed yeast, is made from pure yeast which has been partially broken down by salt and the enzymes in the yeast itself. The MSG in the resulting product is formed naturally in the breakdown and is not added from an external source. No grains are involved in the process--just yeast and salt. This information can be found in Shelley...
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    In practical terms, it seems that nobody will guarantee gluten-free for anything anymore. There have been too many lawsuits, so prudent legal advice is to say things like "we don't add any gluten [on purpose]" while denying any responsibility for any inadvertent contamination which may occur. Most manufacturers obtain at least some ingredients from third...
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    Yes, it is the barley that almost all beers are malted from that is the issue. Fermentation, per se, is not a concern, but the concern is just what you ferment.
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    We're having Jacquie's parents over for roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and other gluten-free food. FIL deserves a good dinner, so I shall keep my shotgun ready in case MIL tries to go anywhere near the kitchen. JK. (MIL has Alzheimer's and is losing her cognitive faculties slowly but surely).
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    There are major differences in the ingredient lists of different pet foods, but just about every ingredient is a commodity. A commodity is a generic thing, such as wheat, where it does not matter qualitatively from whom you obtain it. Wheat is wheat, coal is coal, celery is celery, and so on. You buy them based solely on market price, since there is...
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    Cats are obligate carnivores, but dogs are omnivores. Dogs can survive on a vegetarian diet, and a number do. Grain is present in dry foods, not because of a cost issue, but because to make kibble you need something to bind the chunks together. The prey of most cats, wild and domestic, are herbivorous animals. Upon a kill, the cat first eats the internal...
  9. psawyer
    The recalls began in March of 2007. The problem was not the wheat gluten itself, but the fact that it had been deliberately contaminated at source (in China) with Open Original Shared Link, in order to cause the testing for protein content to read higher. Melamine is nasty stuff whose toxicity is not fully understood. I work in the pet food business...
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    psawyer replied to kenlove's topic in Publications & Publicity

    Ken, I also wish the science was perfect and zero content could be proven. But, people have explained how reality intrudes and prevents that which we all dream about. A claim which is meaningful must be verifiable. To be verifiable, there must be a test. All tests have a lower bound of detectability, and that can never be zero. This is reality, so get...
  11. psawyer
    It wasn't up for long. It was a photo of Patti and her family. It did provide confirmation of an earlier discussion: Patti is shortvertically challenged. Just a short post to let everyone know I'm still around. Not the usual Wednesday, as we got our weekly delivery yesterday, as Good Friday is a public holiday in these parts.
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    Kraft does not use the term "malt" in their ingredients without specifying the source. If is is barley it will say so. Maltodextrin, when listed as that single word, is from corn. If it is from another source, then by law that source must be specifically named. With Kraft, as well as a large number of other food companies, their policy is to identify ingredients...
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    A true gluten-free claim is impossible. Scientifically you can not prove the absence of any substance, whether it be gluten, arsenic, cyanide, or rodent droppings. You can only test a sample, which is not 100% of the total. Your test has a sensitivity, below which the substance being tested for can not be detected. When a supplier says that their product...
  14. psawyer
    This discussion began in the summer of 2006. What was true of ingredients at that time may no longer be true. Formulas change all the time. Werther's is a brand which applies to a number of candies. Christian, which ones specifically do you mean? The original poster asked about Werther's Original, which I have also eaten without incident, although not...
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    I believe that all Kraft peanut butter is gluten-free. The regular smooth certainly is; it is what we use. Kraft is a company that has a policy of always clearly disclosing any gluten in the ingredient list. Read the ingredients, and if you don't see wheat, barley, rye or oats mentioned by name, then the product does not contain gluten. I have never...
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    It is in the International section, Open Original Shared Link It is a very old thread, now in its fourth year and on its fourth life.
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    I'm old enough to be a grandfather, but we have no children, so take this with a grain of salt, Manda. Landen seems to be happy spending time with you and John. Both of you enjoy having Landen around. Jen needs a minder for her son and would pay something for it. You and John are saving for a home. Unless I am missing something, the answer is clear...
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    ML no problem. It has been a touchy subject, but you are a relatively new member and would have missed the previous eruptions. Most posts have used the word communion which is a synonym for the less common word eucharist. Be well.
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    Where I used to work in the early 1990s, we used to make fun of political correctness, by finding instances of the letters "man" in words that had nothing to do with gender and replacing them anyway with "person." There was a football (soccer) club we called Personchester United. My job title was personager. The books we gave customers to help them use...
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    It is my understanding that Western Family is owned by ConAgra and as such follows their gluten disclosure policy. We use Western Family products and trust the ingredient lists not to hide gluten.
  21. psawyer
    I don't know what you used to search. I know that this topic has come up many times in multiple threads. A search of this site using Google and the argument communion wafer will produce about 90 hits. About half are duplicates since there are two versions of this board, and Google finds both this one and the one at www.glutenfreeforum.com/lofiversion but...
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    Thanks, I've edited it out and removed it from my copy of the list.
  23. psawyer
    Good afternoon. Not much to say, just popping in to see if there are any hot discussion about unique furniture or unusual jewelery. I guess not yet today.
  24. psawyer

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    psawyer replied to roxie's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Welcome, Roxie, Your diagnosis is actually good news. The death sentence is having celiac disease without knowing it, continuing to eat gluten, and developing some of the related conditions including cancer. Even if you have not been experiencing the debilitating digestive symptoms of celiac disease, you will be much healthier and will live longer by following...
  25. psawyer
    Immodium tablet are gluten-free, and very effective. Many of us carry them with us at all times in case of an unexpected gluten incident. If you can let nature run her course that is best, but when life gets in the way, I trust Immodium.
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