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Originally Posted by SusieQOH
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My husband is a food chemist and he told me there is all kinds of misinformation on labels. They have clever ways of making you think something is one thing when it's really quite another!
over other similar ones (when truly it does not!). When some consumers get on a "bandwagon" ... then food marketers jump right on with them! Almost like taking advantage? |
Labels are an interesting conversation. Here is something you never see on labels and it's pretty scary: https://www.biosludge.news/
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Originally Posted by ladyinpurple135
(Post 8294305)
The gluten-free labels have gotten quite amusing indeed. I just read that people who are going gluten-free just as a choice and nit because of a medical reason aren’t doing their bodies any good at all as they are missing certain ingredients that are needed. I understand about the medical reasons, but it seems to me that the gluten-free idea is just another bandwagon people are jumping on without investigating the products. And the GF products costs more. I’m also very Leary if the term “organic” because any company can slap that name and raise the price. True organic products have very stringent rules that must be followed when growing the products - even a farm right next to an organic farm can spread the pesticides, etc. that delete the true organic product.
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This is what I have believed gluten to be:
https://celiac.org/gluten-free-living/what-is-gluten/ It is naturally occurring in some grains. |
Originally Posted by bearisgray
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This is what I have believed gluten to be:
https://celiac.org/gluten-free-living/what-is-gluten/ It is naturally occurring in some grains. |
I am an avid label reader and have learned what most of the tricks are. I stick to as few ingredient as possible on the label. I won't buy grown in Mexico food or pet food manufactured in China.
My DD had a college friend that was vegan and gluten free and all her food had to be organic and nothing with a face being a part of it. I thought she was recovering from an illness when I first met her. She didn't know that organic growers at the farmer's market used animal manure as fertilizer. She tried to get others to protest that and make a scene over it. My DD distanced herself from her and I was curious to what the sad girl ever found to eat |
Originally Posted by ptquilts
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Right. You could eat all natural, organic whole wheat and you would get tons of gluten. I never heard of it being an additive, except maybe for high-gluten flour.
eating any more gluten than if you ate non-organic whole wheat. Organic has nothing to do with gluten and vice-verse! When reading products labels you can often find gluten-containing ingredients in foods that you would not expect to have grains in ..... BearIsGray's link gives a good explanation about gluten. ... as well as as an overview as to where one may find gluten that they would not expect. For example, food colouring was a total surprise!! Like who would ever have thought that? Well, at least not me! |
Even in foods that do not naturally contain gluten, people who are very sensitive to it need to look for the GF label, to make sure there is not cross-contamination in the manufacturing and packaging. For instance, Cheerios have the GF label, store brand "toasty-o's" do not.
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I work in a supermarket deli; all of our lunchmeat and cheeses are gluten free, but marketed in different ways.
the name brand hams and turkeys come in with the name of the company and 99% fat free and gluten free already printed on the wrapper. the gluten free part is about the size of my house key. the store brand hams and turkeys come in with a plain clear wrapper. Interestingly, they are also a name brand meat, just seasoned to our chain's individual specifications. We have a big roll of stickers with our store name on it, plus the words gluten free. the sticker is about the size of my hand. We don't have always have the stickers to put on the store brand meats, but you would be surprised at how many more customers buy the store brand 'because it's gluten free' when we have and use them. these are the same customers who refuse to buy anything but the name brand lunchmeats when we don't use the giant gluten free store brand stickers. I am not sure how many people are very educated about what gluten-free is by their buying habits. I think they mostly know that there is a diet thing going around about gluten, and it is a snap decision to be a little more healthy. I only have a handful of customers with actual gluten allergies, and they always make sure to educate themselves on how we slice and handle our products before they buy anything. In fact, I have one customer who is so sensitive to gluten they cannot buy our lunchmeats because we share prep areas and a kitchen with the bakery, and don't have separate sinks, etcs. |
Remember “ one size fits all” clothing labels?
Now they read “one size fits most”. |
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