andrea and I regularly contact companies, restaurants and bakeries to ensure that the products we recommend are gluten free from the ingredients used to the way the product is produced and handled. two updates we would like to provide to our readers are for L'Ancetre cheese and General Mills gluten free baking and cereal products.
we were a bit disappointed to hear back from General Mills that the products we featured in november are only available in the U.S. however, andrea and I are working to lobby such companies to encourage more wide spread availability of gluten free products such as these. part of the research we are undertaking currently is to explore the differences in food regulations between Canada and the U.S. that may have an effect on what products are allowed to be sold in Canada under the label of 'gluten free'.
we were, however, thrilled to hear back from L'Ancetre cheese in Montreal that all of their cheeses are gluten free with the exception of two products that may contain gluten: the organic emmental and the organic parmesan. L'Ancetre indicated that it is the bacterial culture in these two products that may contain gluten, but they are working to find new cultures to ensure that all of their product line is gluten free. fantastic! Robyn.
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Interesting. Today I was in my local grocery store 'health food' section. I asked...
Do you have a GF section or is in throughout the store. Oh...says the lady with the special apron identifying her as working in the Health Food section....it is all throughout the store.
What brands do you recommend I ask. She looked at me blanking and then she said....'Red Mill'.
'Oh I say...ARGH!!!!!.... That is NOT a GF only brand...but there are some products which MIGHT be GF. What about Glutino...do you carry that?
She shakes her head 'no....never heard of it...
I smile (grimace) and ask her what it is she is stocking the freezer with....it was Glutino Mac and Cheese!
So it goes...NO idea out there right?
But she did show an interest so we looked at Kinnikinnik bread and she pointed out the assurance she thot...which was their ALTA GFGC little logo. Now....I don't know that that means anything...I couldn't find it on the web at all. I did find this link though... which I am sure you have seen... http://www.calgaryceliac.com/awareness/Definition%20of%20Gluten-Free.pdf
Do you know if there is any 'eye catching' logo that I would be able to just see and have some assurance?
Oh, she also was clueless about cross contamination...speaking of which...grin...I'll post on your Big City Cupcakes!!!!!
hi trish,
GFGC is short for gluten free / casein free. kinnikinnick uses the ALTA GFCF logo so customers know what products are gluten and casein free, pretty great!
according to wikipedia, casein is found in dairy products and some substitute dairy product ssuch as milk or cheese, but is also present in smaller amounts in many modified dairy products and is used to provide texture. despite this I still miss cheez-wiz and kraft cheese slices!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten-free,_casein-free_diet
oops I meant GFCF in the first sentence...
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