The so-called Gluten Free Products

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:29 pm

Hi all,

The market of gluten free products have increased by 63% the last two years in my country. Apparently the producers see a huge potential and "invent" new products to satisfy the market, and of course to make money.

I have tried some of the products, in search for variety, but I get sick each time. Well, not sick per se, but I get a lot of foul smelling gas, and my stomach gets bloated. When I have to go to the toilet after having had a "gluten free product", my pooh sticks to the porcelaine like glue, and it's almost impossible to flush down.

The products may be free of gluten, but they certainly are not good for my CC.

Lilia

Post by **tex** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:24 pm

Hi Lilia,

Early on, I tried a lot of so-called gluten-free products when I was recovering, but I had the same experience. They usually would not make me totally sick, just moderately sick, but who wants to be sick at any level? And if I continued to eat them, I would eventually become totally sick.

I suspect that in addition to having way too many ingredients, a lot of them are cross-contaminated. After all, the more ingredients they have, the higher the risk of cross-contamination.

Tex

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 5:11 pm

5-10 years ago a lot of the gf products were high in soy, cause it is cheap.

Nowadays in Aus, 60% of gf products are soy free.

Lilja, I don't do so well with process flour/blended products like cereal, cake mixes, pancake mixes.
They are sometimes foods for me, ie no more than 3 times a week.

Post by **tex** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:06 pm

Gabes wrote:Lilja, I don't do so well with process flour/blended products like cereal, cake mixes, pancake mixes.
They are sometimes foods for me, ie no more than 3 times a week.

That appears to be due to the fact that a lot of GF flours are apparently cross-contaminated with gluten during the milling process.

The following products contained above the limit of quantification for gluten:

Product/Mean ppm

Millet flour/305
Millet flour/327
Millet grain/14
Millet grain/25
White rice flour/8.5
Buckwheat flour/65
Sorghum flour/234
Soy flour/2,925
Soy flour/92

The following products tested below the limit of quantification for gluten: basmati rice; long grain brown rice; enriched corn meal; instant polenta; 1 sample of rice flour; hulled buckwheat; buckwheat groats; amaranth flour; flax seed; and amaranth seed.

Contamination of naturally gluten-free grains

Tex

DebE13 · Post by **DebE13** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:34 pm

I don't even look into GF sections most times because of the the soy and legnthy ingredient list. It's too disappointing. There are only a couple products I routinely purchase. The "easiest" thing for me is to eat fresh.

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:08 pm

Even before I knew that I had CC, I was cutting back on gluten, but so many gluten free products contain what I call "empty calories" - overly processed starches of various kinds trying to imitate the inimitable qualities of wheat, and often a lot of sugar.

And because I am (was?) an artisanal bread maker, these products just tasted like crap anyways, barely mimicking the real thing. So why eat them?

I think we're better off eating whole foods whenever possible. The whole animal including fat, bones, organ meats. The whole vegetable (even though we have to peel and overcook it) rather than juicing it. Homegrown, local, pasture raised, if possible.

That said, if anyone finds a tasty rice cracker, please let me know!!

Post by **tex** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:53 pm

Have you tried these?

Edward & Sons Baked Brown Rice Snaps®

You have to read the labels, because some of these are safe for most of us and some are not, but they are very tasty, and they're available in most health food stores or can be ordered online.

Tex

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:16 am

Dear all,

I now have learned my lesson. I was in a coffee bar with some friends, just drinking coffee, when one of the girls went to the counter and bought a glutenfree biscuit. She felt sorry for me, since they all had creamy cakes with their coffee. Nice people with good intentions :-)

We don't have the product you linked to, Tex.

Lilia

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:44 am

Thanks, Tex. I usually get their plain ones - pretty tasteless but crunchy! I just tried the toasted onion which is more savory. I figure there's not that much onion in a few small crackers.

These look good. I've asked my local market to try to stock them. The toasted sesame looks ok. I have enjoyed their other crackers in the past:
https://www.crunchmaster.com/products/b ... ckers.aspx

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:16 am

Back to Nature gluten free sesame rice crackers are pretty good, as are their gf multigrain ones. My husband thinks they taste bland, but I like them okay. I ate them a lot for snacks a couple of years ago, but I got tired of them, and then couldn't find them any more.

I've found some recipes for bread, cinnamon rolls, and cookies that are good, using a mixture of gluten free flours. If the flours are contaminated with gluten, then of course they might cause a problem, but so far I haven't noticed any problem for me. I find that I prefer to make my own mixtures from the single flours than to buy a gluten-free flour mixture. That's mostly because each recipe calls for a different mixture, so if you buy some company's mixture, you're sort of limited to their recipes.

Post by **tex** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:58 am

Chris,

Those should be OK, but I've never tried them. My favorite of the Edward & Sons Rice Snaps was the Onion Garlic.

Tex

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:34 pm

Hi,
Oh, my goodness...

But this "glutenfree" biscuit gives me knife-resembling, stinging pains just above the anal opening, 30 hours after eating it. I have never experienced anything like it.
I apologize for the frank language, but this is crazy. I hope it will pass soon!
Lilis

mbozard · Post by **mbozard** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:13 pm

Lilis, Sorry to hear you are hurting. It will pass! Quickly I hope. Feel better!

Marcia K · Post by **Marcia K** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:08 pm

Most of the gf pretzels contain soy but the ones I can buy at my grocery store (I believe the brand name is EnerG) do not contain soy. They are good, my husband likes them better than regular pretzels. I can't buy them often though because I end up eating the entire bag. While it's not a large bag I know there are a lot of empty calories in that bag. Sometimes I just need a pretzel.

Marcia