{"id":2396,"date":"2010-02-11T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T23:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2010-02-11T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T01:43:23","slug":"some-disappointing-news-a-hot-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2396","title":{"rendered":"Some Disappointing News & a Hot Topic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I heard through the grapevine that General Mills<\/a> has discontinued Strawberry Chex due to poor sales. This means no more Chocolate Chex mixed with Strawberry! I guess I should cherish my half open box in my pantry, huh? RIP, Strawberry Chex. Feel free to call & voice your opinion: 1-800-248-7310.<\/p>\n

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Another discontinued product – Whole Foods has discontinued it’s 365 Everyday Value <\/a> Gluten-free Mixes line. I found this upsetting news on Gluten-free Philly’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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With Valentine’s day coming up, I thought it was important to share this article<\/a> I wrote for Celiac-Disease.com. Some candy that is gluten-free in its regular form may not be gluten-free in its holiday form. Please beware!<\/p>\n

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There has been yet another recall for undeclared wheat. You can read more about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now, a possible hot topic<\/strong>. I was on Twitter today when I came across a Tweet from @jenniferGFinGA mentioning that “Tofurky’s Lemon Pepper Tempeh is labeled #GF, but wheat is in the ingredient listing”. I went to Tofurky’s<\/a><\/strong> site to investigate this. Here is what I found:<\/p>\n

Ingredients: Organic soybeans, water, shoyu soy sauce (water, GMO-free soybeans, wheat, salt, culture), garlic, organic evaporated cane juice, lemon juice concentrate, organic apple cider vinegar, sea salt, black pepper, culture (rhizopus oligosporous).
\nContains: Soybeans, wheat*.
\n*Wheat used in fermentation of soy sauce but independent lab tests detect no residual gluten.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What are your<\/strong> thoughts on that? Would you<\/strong> eat the product? Is this a situation like that of the McD’s fries where there is no gluten present after the processing of the flavoring in the oil? Or like vinegars & alcohols that are made from fermented grains & then distilled and then considered to be “gluten-free? I did send an email to Tofurky just to get their thoughts (that was also before I saw the part about the independent lab tests). Is that enough for you?<\/strong> I’ll share my thoughts in another post. I am curious to see what you all have to say.<\/p>\n

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