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Stephanie, In my experience, natural flavor has always been problematical as far as gluten is concerned. “Natural flavor” can mean an extract. Extracts are normally made using alcohol distilled from wheat.

Whether it is spiced or not isn't the issue for those of us that are gluten intolerant. The fact that it's made from a mash containing gluten will make people that are intolerant sick. Yes, the gluten protein is too large to pass through the distillation process. However, the liquid that does pass through has been cross contaminated because it contained...

The distillation process does prevent the gluten protein from passing through the filtration process. However for people who are gluten intolerant like I am, the cross contamination that occurs prior to distillation is still present after distillation. Therefore while the protein molecule isn't present, the distilled liquid is cross contaminated by containing...

Maltodextrin may or may not be a gluten ingredient. If the dextrin portion is made from wheat it is. However it can also be made from corn or rice. Here's the problem. Kraft doesn't make the maltodextrin so according to the company, any ingredient that's supplied by an outside supplier, we don't know if it contains gluten or not. I just drank some cherry...

Hi, I know this thread is old but I'm in Swansboro. My husband and I moved here almost 6 years ago and I was diagnosed with Celiac 3 years ago. I can't find a support group, meetup group or anyone else that has Celiac even close to me. I would happily drive to Jacksonville or host a group if people are willing to come to Swansboro. I've learned a...

I understand that the contents of Lipton tea are gluten free. However, my concern is do they use a wheat glue as an adhesive for their tea bags. Yes, I'm that sensitive to gluten. I'm out of loose tea and so I was wondering if it's possible to safely buy Lipton tea bags or if I need to continue using loose leaf tea.

I know this is probably going to sound crazy but here goes. If you enjoy tea and are very sensitive to gluten, you might want to switch to loose tea instead of tea bags. I learned last week that companies use wheat glue to glue the tea bags together on the assembly lines. I was getting sick even after drinking "gluten free" teas. When I looked into it...

I live in a small town in coastal NC. They are finally starting to stock some gluten free items. Udi's bread is just too expensive so I make my own. My husband and I through trial and error have found a great bread recipe that tastes just like regular bread. The texture is a little firmer but other than that, it's wonderful. Depending on the things you...

Are you taking any medications? Doing any cooking with natural flavors ie vanilla, eating pickles on a regular basis, etc.? I can only speak from my experience but I discovered that my meds contained gluten, natural flavors can contain gluten. If natural vanilla flavoring is made from vodka distilled from wheat, it will make me react. Dextrin makes me...

I would be careful with the Omeprazole and use Prilosec instead. There is a great website, www.glutenfreedrugs.com If the drug is listed, it's gluten free. Omeprazole, is not listed but Prilosec is. I used to take Omeprazole and would get ill not long after taking any of my drugs that contained gluten. When I switched from the generic ones that contained...

There is a great website, www.glutenfreemeds.com It won't tell you about soy, dairy, nuts, etc. but it does give you a pretty complete list of drugs both RX and OTC that contain gluten. They also keep it up to date.

Last night my husband and I had potato skins made by Heinz. I did my research, searched numerous websites including Heinz's website. Everywhere I looked said they were gluten free so I ate them. This morning I am ill from gluten ingestion. I read the label and noticed that there is dextrin listed in the ingredient label. How do I know if dextrin...

I'm still waiting to find out which girl scouts troops in our area are selling the gluten free cookies.

We don't have Kroger's here either. Unfortunately, there is now no French Onion soup that I can use. I've started making it from scratch which is not a lot of fun but it's better than having nothing.

I know the view on vinegar/alcohol is that the distilling process makes it "gluten free". However, I react to it if it's not distilled from corn, rice or potatoes. I know I'm in the minority but there those of us out there that the distillation process doesn't make it safe.