Is wheat free gluten free?
I am very new to this and have purchased some products that say “wheatfree”, I have looked through the ingredients and there was no wheat.Are these safe for GFCF diets? Does wheat free mean Gluten free? Howcan one be absolutely sure the product doesn’t have gluten?
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Harry Seville said,
Wrote on April 12, 2007 @ 5:01 am
no but gluten free is wheat free.
Loyd Cashmore said,
Wrote on April 13, 2007 @ 8:53 am
Wheat free does NOT mean gluten free. There could be a source of oats,barley, or other non-GF grains in there, even if they’re not evident on the box.
Bethanie Milin said,
Wrote on April 15, 2007 @ 3:13 am
Gluten is primarily in wheat, oats, barley and rye. That means thatif something is marked wheat-free, it still could have one of thoseother ingredients. Most of the time when something is marked wheat-free but does not also say gluten-free, it is not. The only way to beabsolutely sure about a product is to call the manufacturer.Sometimes gluten can be in a product but not on the list ofingredients. Examples of this would be raisins (some manufacturersdust the container to prevent sticking - they don’t consider it aningredient but packaging), Rice Dream (barley is used in theprocessing), original fritos (made on the same lines as flavored onesso there is cross-contamination) or spices (some spice blends addflour to prevent clumping).
Elly Harcourt said,
Wrote on April 15, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
Thank you for your detailed response. So basically, I should lookfor products specifically stating GLUTEN free. If it doesn’t saythat, there is a high probability gluten is hidden in theresomewhere. Is that how most of you all shop?
Now that brings me to the question of Casein. Does Goat’s milk havecasein? Is there any “real” cheese that is casein free?
Harry Seville said,
Wrote on April 15, 2007 @ 9:00 pm
there is a really good cookbook out there called special diets for specia kidsby Lisa Lewis. It gives you all of the ingredient words to stay away from andgives you some yummy recipes too. Also the website http://www.gfcfdiet.com is anexcellent source.
Bethanie Milin said,
Wrote on April 17, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
If a product says gluten-free it should be safe (but does not addressif it is casein-free). If it says wheat-free, it is most likely ithas some other form of gluten. If it does not say anything, you haveto check it out. Some companies don’t feel it is necessary to putgluten-free on it (issue is not common enough). Some companies suchas Brach’s refuse to state if something is GF or not for fear oflawsuits. There are new labeling laws that I believe go into effectJan. 1st that require they state if it contains wheat but does notinclude other gluten sources. It helps but only to narrow down whatto check out. Thankfully more and more companies are starting to putgluten-free on their packaging. I bought some Nestle hot chocolatethe other day and was shocked to see gluten-free on the box (my boysare not dairy-free).