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Feb
2015
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Feb
2015
Gluten Free Watchdog Now Testing Rice-Based Gluten-Free Foods for Arsenic
Update: Test results have been posted for breakfast cereals, pastas, flours/mixes, rice grain, breads, and misc. rice products. Please visit the Product Reports page for more information. The first batch of test results will post this week on Gluten Free Watchdog. Five popular gluten-free brands of breakfast cereals were tested for arsenic, namely General Mills Rice Chex, Kellogg's Rice Krispies, Erewhon Cocoa Crispy, Enjoy Life Foods Perky's Crunchy Rice, and Cream of Rice. The next batch of products to be tested...
12
Feb
2015
General Mills “Gluten-Free” Cheerios: Comment from Gluten Free Watchdog
Update July 22, 2015: Please see Gluten Free Watchdog's updated statement on Gluten-Free Cheerios https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/news/gluten-free-cheerios-take-two/ Update March 29, 2015: Gluten-Free Cheerios, Grain Millers, Oats, and Mechanical “Cleaning” As Gluten Free Watchdog reported in February, General Mills is using a proprietary mechanical sorting process to remove wheat and barley from the oats they will use in their gluten-free Cheerios. In general, mechanical cleaning of grains separates out unwanted materials based on size, shape, and color among other attributes. Mechanical sorting/cleaning of grains is nothing new....
11
Feb
2015
Manufacturer Use of Regular Oats in Gluten-Free Foods: Statement from Gluten Free Watchdog
Ten years ago individuals with celiac disease were advised against eating oats. This was not because oats inherently contain gluten but because oats available commercially were highly likely to be contaminated with wheat or barley. Ten years ago we did not have oats that were specially produced and processed to be gluten-free. Today, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Cream Hill Estates, Avena Foods, Great Northern Growers/Montana Gluten-Free, and Gluten-Free Harvest specially produced and processed gluten-free oats and oat ingredients...
02
Feb
2015
Gluten-Free Foods Still Contain Barley Malt
Despite having a gluten-free labeling rule in place, there are manufacturers who still believe that if they test their final food product for gluten using the sandwich R5 ELISA and it tests below 20 parts per million of gluten then they can label the product gluten-free, regardless of ingredients. As a result manufacturers are labeling food gluten-free even though these products may contain such ingredients as malt, malt extract, malt syrup, extracts of rye, extracts of barley, soy sauce (with...
21
Oct
2014
Cottage Food Industry Laws & Allergen Labeling by State
Gluten Free Watchdog subscriber extraordinaire Becky has put together a state-by-state listing of cottage food industry laws and requirements regarding allergen labeling. Compiling this information was a ton of work. Thank you, Becky!!! Gluten Free Watchdog has awesome subscribers! Please feel free to share this document by linking to this news page. Please do not link directly to the pdf. Thank you. https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/reportUploads/Cottage_Food_Laws.pdf
10
Oct
2014
Gluten Contamination in Labeled Gluten-Free Foods
Gluten Contamination in Labeled Gluten-Free Foods The good news: Three studies on gluten contamination in labeled gluten-free foods have been published in the past few weeks. The bad news: The findings are wildly different. ……………………………………. Study One: Girdhari M. Sharma, Marion Pereira, Kristina M. Williams. Gluten detection in foods available in the United States – A market Survey. Food Chemistry 169 (2015) 120–126. (Published online ahead of print) Note: Study authors are from the Food and Drug Administration. Number of labeled gluten-free foods tested: 275; Food purchased...
01
Oct
2014
Five Percent of Tested Foods Making Gluten-Free Claims are not Gluten-Free Study Finds
For Immediate Release Five Percent of Tested Foods Making Gluten-Free Claims are not Gluten-Free Study Finds Three years of testing data from Gluten Free Watchdog Published Thompson T, Simpson, S. A comparison of gluten levels in labeled gluten-free and certified gluten-free foods sold in the United States. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication, 1 October 2014; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2014.211 http://celiacdiseasecenter.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/2-2014-A-comparison-of-gluten-levels-in-labeled-gluten-free-and-certified-gluten-free-foods-sold-in-the-United-States.pdf _______________________________________________________ October 1, 2014 Under the Food and Drug Administration's gluten-free labeling rule, food labeled gluten-free must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. In a...
08
Sep
2014
Open letter to store managers regarding gluten-free products made by their retail establishment
Gluten Free Watchdog has received emails from concerned consumers about baked goods made in-house by grocery stores and food co-ops. We can not test all products available only in local markets. As a first step, please speak directly with the store manager about your concerns. If it is helpful to you, please feel free to print this letter from Gluten Free Watchdog and distribute it to stores making gluten-free products. If you feel your concerns are not being taken seriously...
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Aug
2014