Sunday, February 11, 2007

Questionable Ingredients

The following ingredients are questionable and should not be consumed unless you can verify they do not contain or are derived from prohibited grains:

Brown rice syrup (frequently made with barley)
Caramel color
Dextrin (usually corn, but may be derived from wheat)
Flour or cereal products
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), vegetable protein, hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP), or textured vegetable protein (TVP)
Malt or malt flavoring (usually made from barley. Okay if made from corn)
Modified food starch or modified starch
Mono- & di-glycerides (in dry products only)
Natural and artificial flavors
Soy sauce or soy sauce solids (many soy sauces contain wheat)


Additional components frequently overlooked that often contain gluten:
Breading
Broth
Coating mixes
Communion Wafers
Croutons
Imitation bacon
Imitation seafood
Marinades
Pastas
Processed Meats
Roux
Sauces
Self-basting poultry
Soup base
Stuffing
Thickeners

Excerpted from DCCeliacs@yahoogroups.com posting by R. Paul

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