PennyLH

Looking for these links I saw on wikipedia this practice of adding liquid is called 'plumping', the grocer's label says something about flavor and moisture.

They did on the label after broth I think it says wheat, maybe gluten derived from wheat. Now the same grocery at my sister's in Indiana says their chicken is gluten free. Meijers turkeys were labeled gluten free this past Thanksgiving but the self-basting ones did not used to be. We had an easier time finding gluten free turkey this year. Sam's Club...

Michigan began labeling the maximum % added ingredients during processing. I cannot find the particular link I wanted, our grocery used to say boneless breasts were gluten free but not thighs, then they said they were processing the entire chicken on the same equipment at the same time so you could not be certain any of it was gluten free. Right now they...

I tend to not handle maltodextrin very well, I have read that it is often imported and considered gluten free even when made with wheat (very tiny amounts) and that China often uses wheat, the US manufactured normally not (or can not). Sorry this was awhile ago, I do not have a link. My daughter started having trouble with maltodextrin also after 5 plus...

My appendix ruptured when I was 14 after just a few days of excruciating pain, it was a miracle it was diagnosed correctly because I did not have a high white blood cell count among other things. A friend of my Dad's was passing by the ER and referred me to a Dr at the hospital in town. Otherwise they were going to send me home with meds for gas pain.....

I am also new here (again)? I have followed this website for years, it is full of tons of wonderful information! My daughter had a similar history, I can not count the times she became to sick to stay at school after her lunch hour. Many teachers, the counselor thought it was anxiety or stress related. Wound up in the after hours med center and the ER...