PF Changs Gluten Free Alert

GF Menu Notes:

White rice and brown rice are both gluten free, even though they are not listed as gluten free on the gf menu.

Chili paste and mustard on the table are sourced with gluten free ingredients.


PF Changs alert #1

When ordering the Trio Sauce for Lettuce Wraps,you need to ask for gluten free sauce even if you are already ordering from the gluten free menu.

PF Changs alert #2

With take out:
Before leaving restaurant, double check that no glutenous sauces, cookies, ect... Have been placed in you gluten free containers. Every bag, container and sauce container should have a gluten free sticker. No gluten free sticker? Ask for your meal to be re-made. Additionally, hold on to the product presented to you without a gluten free sticker, until the new meal item has been correctly stickered and brought out to you. At this time, the old meal can be sent back to the kitchen. This same technique should be done for dining in too, when your dinner does not arrive on a gluten free plate (different than the standard plate). Keep plate on the table until a gluten free plate arrives. Then send the old plate back to the kitchen.

As a community we can politely insist that gluten free menus be treated with great care.

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. 

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:

Ian’s Gluten Free Product Recalls

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.

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

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

 

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.