17
Jul
2023
07
Oct
2015
Open letter to General Mills’ Gluten-Free Cheerios Team on Behalf of the Gluten Free Watchdog Community
Dear General Mills' Cheerios Team, Your recent recall of 13 lots of Honey Nut and 4 lots of Yellow Box Cheerios and subsequent explanation of how these products made it to market has raised many questions. One of the biggest concerns is the apparent discrepancy between what you told the community about your testing protocols and what you were actually doing. It is important that you provide a thorough and honest explanation. What you were actually doing You stated to me in an...
09
Jul
2015
Green Tea & Possible Gluten Contamination
Many of you may have heard about an FDA study published in June entitled, “Survey of Tea for the Presence of Gluten.” Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration conducted this study. What follows is a brief summary of the situation. Background: A health care professional recently sent out a mass email with a link to the aforementioned study abstract on PubMed. The email suggested (in my opinion) that gluten contamination found in the study was coming from the tea bags...
05
Feb
2026
Gluten Free Watchdog testing experiments using the updated Nima Sensor 2026
Gluten Free Watchdog is not planning an in-depth assessment of the “new” Nima Sensor. We will test products as issues are brought to our attention. To that end, we tried unsuccessfully to update the first generation Nima we purchased years ago. Unfortunately, it is too old to receive firmware updates. As a result, a new Nima and two boxes of capsules were sent free of charge from Nima Now. From what we understand, if you have a first generation Nima...
22
Jan
2026
A silly thing is happening with the relaunch of the Nima Sensor
A silly thing is happening with the relaunch of the Nima Sensor. The fact that Gluten Free Watchdog sends samples to the lab Bia Diagnostics for testing using the scientifically validated R5 ELISA is seemingly being used as a talking point to help confirm the validity of the sensor. From the Nima Now website: “That performance was validated by BIA Diagnostics, a globally recognized allergen-testing laboratory whose work is trusted by the celiac community and organizations such as Gluten Free Watchdog.” “For the...
16
Jan
2026
Is the FDA enforcing the gluten-free labeling rule: You be the judge!
On October 1, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration updated the way in which consumers must go about reporting food-related issues to the agency. Instead of contacting an FDA consumer complaint coordinator, reports are now filed with the Human Foods Program either by phone or through the online safety reporting portal. Gluten Free Watchdog also was asked to use the portal. According to an email sent out by the FDA, “This streamlined process will expedite delivery of inquiries and complaints to...
08
Jan
2026
Gluten Free Watchdog 2025 Summary Report
Testing: Testing was commissioned by GFWD and done by Bia Diagnostics, LLC. The sandwich R5 ELISA and cocktail extraction were used. When appropriate, the competitive R5 ELISA also was used. Most samples were tested in duplicate; oat samples were tested in triplicate due to the heterogeneous (uneven) distribution of potential gluten cross contact. Findings: 104 unique products were tested and released in 2025—almost all of them subscriber requests. 75 unique products were labeled/represented as gluten-free. 6 unique products labeled gluten free contained quantifiable gluten...
16
Oct
2025
Heartfelt Thanks and Gluten-Free Tidbits from FNCE
The honor of a lifetime: The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference 2025 recently wrapped. As some of you know, my main reason for attending the conference this year was to accept an excellence in practice award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for entrepreneurship (i.e., the work we do through Gluten Free Watchdog). It is thanks to all of you that this work gets done. As I said pretty much verbatim at the ceremony, receiving this...
06
Oct
2025
Kirkland Signature Roasted Turkey Breast and Yeast Extract
Product warning for Kirkland Signature Roasted Turkey Breast. This product is labeled gluten-free and it contains yeast extract. Based on email correspondence with Costco, the yeast extract in this product may be brewer’s yeast sourced from the beer brewing process. (Brewer’s yeast from the beer brewing process is known as spent brewer’s yeast-- what’s left of yeast once it has been used to make beer. Consequently, spent brewer’s yeast may include gluten from malt and grain.) Correspondence from Costco: “Our supplier uses PHR-YL...
26
Jun
2025
