As many of you may know, the gluten free label and gluten free sales are not currently regulated by the Food and Drug Association. For this reason, you are apt to find products falsely tagged and falsely advertised as gluten free. The Amazon Store has been tagged by several customers for displaying products as gluten free that are not.
For Example:
Amazon's Gluten Free Store????????????????
This is what happens when companies try to make money off of concepts they are unfamiliar with.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Benefits of giving up gluten are few, unless you’re a celiac - thestar.com
Benefits of giving up gluten are few, unless you’re a celiac - thestar.com
We all know that a gluten free diet is necessary for Celiac Diease and that the gluten-free fad prevents people from being diagnosed properly with Celiac Disease. However, we often forget about people like me that were put on a gluten-free diet years ago, before being tested for Celiac Disease. The gluten-free fad is not changing whether or not people get diagnosed properly, MIS-EDUCATION is what is PREVENTING both CELIAC DIAGNOSIS and diagnosis of gluten sensitivity. It's time to educate on how to get tested for Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity and the mirage of symptoms that are correlated with both. Let's stop focusing on who should and shouldn't be eating a gluten free diet and let's start focusing on getting the 97% to 99% of un-diagnosed Celiacs diagnosed. It's true that people can eat an un-healthy gluten-free diet, just like they can eat an un-healthy gluten-filled diet.
We all know that a gluten free diet is necessary for Celiac Diease and that the gluten-free fad prevents people from being diagnosed properly with Celiac Disease. However, we often forget about people like me that were put on a gluten-free diet years ago, before being tested for Celiac Disease. The gluten-free fad is not changing whether or not people get diagnosed properly, MIS-EDUCATION is what is PREVENTING both CELIAC DIAGNOSIS and diagnosis of gluten sensitivity. It's time to educate on how to get tested for Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity and the mirage of symptoms that are correlated with both. Let's stop focusing on who should and shouldn't be eating a gluten free diet and let's start focusing on getting the 97% to 99% of un-diagnosed Celiacs diagnosed. It's true that people can eat an un-healthy gluten-free diet, just like they can eat an un-healthy gluten-filled diet.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Gluten Free Allergen Free - Food Technologist Research Job Available
Food Technologist-Research and Development
Job Duties:
- Research & development and sensory testing of baked products.
- Benchmark testing with new and existing ingredients.
- Work independently on bench projects.
- Assist with personnel and management on scale-up and production of new products
- Will be working with Allergen free/gluten free products
Required skills:
-BS Food Science with 3-5 years of experience or MS Food Science or BS Food Science with good internship experience
-Technically strong in culinary arts with formulation experience
Contact:
Anne Nelson
Job Type: Employee
Job Status: Full Time
Locations: Iowa-Cedar Rapids
Categories: Food & Beverage
Posted July 7th, 2010
Apply Online At: https://www.oalabsupport.com/oalab/apply-now/apply-online.html?orderID=2361049
Job Duties:
- Research & development and sensory testing of baked products.
- Benchmark testing with new and existing ingredients.
- Work independently on bench projects.
- Assist with personnel and management on scale-up and production of new products
- Will be working with Allergen free/gluten free products
Required skills:
-BS Food Science with 3-5 years of experience or MS Food Science or BS Food Science with good internship experience
-Technically strong in culinary arts with formulation experience
Contact:
Anne Nelson
Job Type: Employee
Job Status: Full Time
Locations: Iowa-Cedar Rapids
Categories: Food & Beverage
Posted July 7th, 2010
Apply Online At: https://www.oalabsupport.com/oalab/apply-now/apply-online.html?orderID=2361049
Friday, June 18, 2010
Gluten Free I Phone Applications
There are some I Phone Applications worth having available, but many still have inaccurate information (for example: Bob's Red Mill Buckwheat Hot Cereal is listed as gluten-free despite the change in the factory this Spring and despite a selection of both gluten-free and non-gluten free batches being available at different markets).
Gluten Scan - moderate pricing, some accurate information and some not accurate information, but better than any other data base that I've seen so far. I recommend that you start here and then contact companies directly for further information. Ingredient dictionary is similar to the one found at: csaceliacs.org
Gluten Freeda - feeds in data from other sites, some interesting ideas for gluten free options, but more of a brainstorm project than a final draft. Reviews are often not updated and sometimes appear and sometimes don't. I'm not sure why.
Is That Gluten Free - My favorite application so far, because of how items are categorically listed and because dates are listed for when the product was last updated. Additionally, information on how to contact company's that manufacture gluten free products is extremely helpful. It is however difficult to find products available throughout the United States by independent companies, because many of the products reviewed are store brands. I personally always worry when asking a representative company how the company they are representing manufactures their products. I much prefer to talk directly to the source. For this reason, I recommend you double check your resources.
Gluten Scan - moderate pricing, some accurate information and some not accurate information, but better than any other data base that I've seen so far. I recommend that you start here and then contact companies directly for further information. Ingredient dictionary is similar to the one found at: csaceliacs.org
Gluten Freeda - feeds in data from other sites, some interesting ideas for gluten free options, but more of a brainstorm project than a final draft. Reviews are often not updated and sometimes appear and sometimes don't. I'm not sure why.
Is That Gluten Free - My favorite application so far, because of how items are categorically listed and because dates are listed for when the product was last updated. Additionally, information on how to contact company's that manufacture gluten free products is extremely helpful. It is however difficult to find products available throughout the United States by independent companies, because many of the products reviewed are store brands. I personally always worry when asking a representative company how the company they are representing manufactures their products. I much prefer to talk directly to the source. For this reason, I recommend you double check your resources.
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