Friday, February 25, 2011

Kraft Foods A1 Sauce NOT GLUTEN FREE

Kraft says a1 sauce is safe because it does not disclose it's vinegar source http://brands.kraftfoods.com/kraftnutrition/pdf/KNU-SpecialTopic-Choosing-Gluten-Free-Foods.pdf. A1 sauce says on the label vinegar without disclosure vinegar, the website says contains malted vinegar. http://www.a1sauce.com/faq.htm

Guess who's right? I rarely ate kraft foods before, but they are going to be added to my personal boycott list! I will do my best to avoid touching any food produced by kraft in the future.

This is issue #2 I've had with this company. 

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Ian's GF Product Recall

Ian’s has voluntarily recalled 2 gluten free products.  

(1) Ian’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free Mac and No Cheese
(2) Ian’s Wheat Free, Gluten Free French Bread Pizza


Double click on the link below for more info:

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

No Nuttin - Facility Status Update

As of February 15th, 2011, No Nuttin Foods will no longer be manufacturing sesames in their Canadian facility.  All products produced before 2/15/11, may contain sesames.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Marcona Almond Update

 In Elana Amsterdam's book, The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook, she recommends using Marcona Almonds.  We cannot currently determine that the almonds are definitely gluten free due to that fact that the nuts are shipped from overseas.

For more information go to:

Marcona Almonds Status Unconfirmed

Monday, December 13, 2010

Shopping Online... Be Careful Of What You're Buying

As many of you may know, the gluten free label and gluten free sales are not currently regulated by the Food and Drug Association.  For this reason, you are apt to find products falsely tagged and falsely advertised as gluten free.  The Amazon Store has been tagged by several customers for displaying products as gluten free that are not. 

For Example:
Amazon's Gluten Free Store????????????????

This is what happens when companies try to make money off of concepts they are unfamiliar with.

The Following Items ARE NOT GLUTEN FREE!

McDougall's Lentil CousCous
McDougall's Oatmeal
McDougall's Split Pea Soup

Newman's Fig Newtons

Barbaras Organic Wild Puffs

 

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Farmer's Market Beef Jerky - Teriyaki NOT GLUTEN FREE

To all individuals and companies that might have received incorrect information regarding
Farmer's Market Beef Jerky - Teriyaki Flavor IS NOT GLUTEN FREE

Farmer's Market Beef Jerky - Original
INGREDIENTS WERE CONFIRMED ON THE PHONE WITH COMPANY AS NOT CONTAINING GLUTEN.
Product is produced in a facility that produced wheat.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Bob's Corn Masa Flour NOT GLUTEN FREE

Despite generated lists that show Bob's Red Mill as having a corn masa that is gluten-free, this is not currently true as of 11/22/10.  If a product of Bob's Red Mill is made in the dedicated facility, and tested below 20ppm, then it will state gluten free on the top of the bag and/or will have a gluten free logo toward the bottom of the bag (front label not back). 

A SAFETY NOTE FROM MELANIE:
Always check your Bob's Red Mill package before consuming the product.  On some occasions, like last year's gluten free recall of the creamy buckwheat cereal, the status changed and the label was removed from the package immediately, before the gluten free list was updated.