Testing for Gluten Contamination

Green Tea & Possible Gluten Contamination

Tricia Thompson2015-09-08T14:25:29+00:00Many 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...

Gluten Contamination in Labeled Gluten-Free Foods

Tricia Thompson2015-06-25T17:40:41+00:00Gluten 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...

Five Percent of Tested Foods Making Gluten-Free Claims are not Gluten-Free Study Finds

Tricia Thompson2015-06-25T17:41:14+00:00For 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...

Gluten Contamination of Gluten-Free Foods Sold in the US

Tricia Thompson2015-06-25T17:44:16+00:00Thomas Grace and I recently published two years worth of testing data from Gluten Free Watchdog in the journal Practical Gastroenterology. The pdf is available here. Excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the long awaited rule on the labeling of food as gluten-free. Labeled gluten-free food regulated by the FDA and sold in the United States must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the actual gluten content...