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  1. psawyer
    Yay! Welcome back. We missed you, too.
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    I agree with Richard and Lisa.
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    If you are in the US, milk is considered a top allergen according to FALCPA (Federal law). If dairy, including casein, is present, the word "milk" must appear on the label, either in the ingredient list, or in a separate "contains" statement. If the word "milk" is not there, then the product is dairy- and casein-free. The rules in Canada are essentially the...
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    ARCHIVED Mcdonalds

    psawyer replied to MasterGberry's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Amber, In the US (and in Canada), McDonald's potato products are fried in dedicated fryers at the front of the store by the window crew. Everything else that is fried is done in the back by the grill crew. There is no risk of contamination via the fryers. I eat the fries and the hash browns without concern, and have never had a problem. I can't offer...
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    There are preservatives, and there are preservatives. There is good reason for everybody, including those of us with celiac disease, to avoid BHA, BHT and ethoxyquin. I do not know of any reason why people with celiac disease should be any more concerned about preservatives than people who do not have celiac disease.
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    ARCHIVED "Don

    psawyer replied to Menic's topic in Publications & Publicity

    If coffee had gluten I would have been dead years ago. Even if it isn't "gluten," I consume enough of it that if it was problematic, I would certainly know by now. Enjoy your coffee!
  7. psawyer
    If coffee had gluten I would have been dead years ago. Even if it isn't "gluten," I consume enough of it that if it was problematic, I would certainly know by now. Enjoy your coffee!
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    While "natural flavors" can contain gluten, they very rarely actually do. The most likely source would be barley malt, and that is a relatively expensive ingredient, so it is usually explicitly declared as "malt flavor." If there were wheat in it, in the US and Canada it would be required by law to be disclosed as just that, "wheat." Open Original...
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    Constipation is a common symptom, although not as common as diarrhea.
  10. psawyer
    If it was wheat (which is extremely rare), the word "wheat" would appear. MFS is commonly tapioca or corn. Ragu is a Unilever brand. They will clearly disclose any gluten source.
  11. psawyer
    It isn't perfect. But what I meant was that there must be something on the list to cover each ingredient. What melikamaui suggested was "stuff you can't see." At least here, everything must be disclosed, even if by an ambiguous term. There is nothing you "can't see," although there may be things that you cannot be sure about.
  12. psawyer
    I gather that they are good. Glutino make a lot of great products. But surely a link could have been found to a site that provided info about the product without including an F-bomb.
  13. psawyer
    This question keeps coming up here. If this is an issue, why do NONE of the major advocacy groups list it as a concern? The Canadian Celiac Association declares wine to be gluten-free, without qualification. Every other large support organization has the same view. What do you know that they don't?
  14. psawyer
    Okay, I'm confused. What things can't you see? And how does gluten hide in them? Where I am (Canada), everything in the medicine must be accounted for on the label--you can see everything. It is just hard to see the label on prescription meds when the pharmacist keeps the bottle and you just get the prepared sticker on the dispensed package.
  15. psawyer
    A lollipop?
  16. psawyer
    Gluten-free Rice Chex are not made in a dedicated facility, but they ARE made on dedicated equipment. Here is an old post. Nothing has changed.
  17. psawyer
    Coffee is an essential nutrient. I have a great porcelain mug that holds one US pint (16 oz). My travel mug holds the same. Then a refill at Starbucks most days at work.
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    As I have said many times before, the Canadian Celiac Association considers all tocopherols to be safe in food for people with celiac disease. If is is safe to eat, it is safe to put in my hair. Even if the original source was wheat, there is no detectable gluten in the resulting ingredient. The tocopherol then becomes a minor ingredient (the 18th in order...
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    Another voice from Ontario here. Based on my experience over almost twelve years, gluten is vary rarely--if ever--found in a prescription drug in Ontario. That probably applies across Canada. The starch in most tablets is corn. It is more stable than wheat, and doesn't cost more. The pharmacists that I have dealt with during that time have all understood...
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    I'm back to say that I forgot to mention toasters. You can't share a toaster. You just can't clean all the crumbs out. You can't. The good news is that it doesn't cost a fortune to buy a toaster.
  21. psawyer
    As Skylark said, the dietary rules followed by Orthodox Jews with respect to Passover are inflexible. There must be absolutely no chance of any trace of a prohibited (chametz) grain being in the home during Pesach. Even among Orthodox Rabbis, there is no universal agreement on what the rule means. I don't think the religious concerns raised by the Chicago...
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    ARCHIVED Olive Garden

    psawyer replied to Marilyn R's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Dusted with flour to prevent sticking? Not likely. Wet flour acts as a glue. When an anti-stick agent is added to shredded or ground cheese, it is almost always cellulose. Cellulose is gluten-free. I'm not saying this place isn't dumb enough to try flour, just saying that it would not work.
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    A modern dishwasher will do a fine job of cleaning most items. We had a mixed-use kitchen for years without any trouble. Thorough rinsing prior to placing contaminated items in the dishwasher will help. A few things to be careful of, though: A pot used regularly to boil pasta is likely to develop stuck-on residue that the dishwasher cannot remove....
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    Flavored coffee could possibly (although not likely) have gluten in the flavor. The principal source of gluten in flavoring is barley malt, as a sweetener. It is an expensive ingredient, so it is very rarely hidden.
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    Okay, it took a while to get to it, but today I had a sandwich at lunch. Not grilled cheese, but a plain sandwich on Glutino Genius White Sandwich bread. It didn't crumble. It held together very well. The consistency is not quite as soft as what I remember from before I went gluten-free, but after almost 12 years, memory fades. It gets my strong...
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