Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Chicken Caesar Salad

I've been buying pre-packaged chicken ceasar salads from Giant. It contains: romaine lettuce, roasted chicken meat, caesar dressing, and shredded cheese- no croutons. I noticed, however, that under it's allergy information it listed wheat (as well as milk, egg, and fish).

The seasoning for the chicken contains wheat gluten protein and it also contains caramel* color as part of the dressing.

*caramel color often contains gluten.

It also has HFCS- which is just no good for anybody.

Monday, June 04, 2007

Stoneyfield Farms Yogurt

So, this is Stoneyfield Farm's response to the gluten question:

Does your plain, organic yogurt contain gluten? Two Stonyfield products, Yo Baby Plus Cereal Yogurt and Cookies and Dream Premium Ice Cream, do contain gluten. All other Stonyfield yogurt products, frozen yogurt, and ice cream do not contain any gluten source ingredients. We do not add gluten to our products; however, some of the natural flavors used to make our products may have used a grain alcohol in the extraction process.

We are still in the process of learning more about Celiac disease and have been told that some individuals are sensitive to even miniscule amounts of gluten. We have difficulty answering questions because we are concerned about giving out information to individuals who have unique and sensitive health issues without the person going through their doctor, especially since the outcome could be very serious.


http://www.stonyfield.com/Wellness/Faqs.cfm

I hate answers like that. It's a cop out CYA move. The doctor isn't going to be able to tell me if there is gluten in THEIR product.

They have this answer on another one of their pages:

Does your yogurt contain gluten? Our nonfat, lowfat and whole milk plain yogurts do not contain any gluten source ingredients. We do not add gluten to our products; however, some of the natural flavors used to make our products may contain gluten-derived stabilizers.

http://www.stonyfield.com/Wellness/HealthandNutritionGuide.cfm