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All of the Atkins Syrups and Ready to Drink Shakes are gluten-free.


The following Atkins Advantage Bars are gluten-free: Almond Brownie,
Chocolate Coconut, Chunky Peanut Butter, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Creamy
Berry Cheesecake, Creamy Lemon Chiffon, Frosted Cinnamon Swirl, and Chocolate
Raspberry . The following Breakfast Bar is gluten-free: Cinnamon Bun . The
Praline Crunch, Chocolate Mocha Crunch are not gluten-free due to the soy
'crunchies'. The four flavored Atkins Shake Mixes are not gluten-free,
primarily due to the use of glutamine peptide in the Lipo-ProTM protein blend.


The Brownie, Blueberry Muffin, Pancake & Waffle Mixes are not gluten-free due
to the use of Wheat Gluten.


The Atkins Bake Mix by definition is gluten-free, even though oat fiber is
listed on the Nutrition Facts panel.  According to the FAO/WHO, "products
containing greater than 0.30% (300ppm) protein from wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, etc. should not be labeled as gluten-free."  Products with 0.02-0.03%
(200-300 ppm) gluten are "borderline gluten-free", while those products
containing less than 0.01% (100 ppm) gluten are considered gluten-free.


The oat fiber that we use in our Atkins Bake Mix is purchased from Canadian
Harvest (Cambridge, MN) as Snowite 300.  This Snowite 300 product is an
extract of the oat hull, which botanically speaking is a modified leaf.
Based on studies performed by Dr. Bruce Hamaker at Purdue University, the
Snowite 300 product has gluten levels of 800 ppm.  In our Atkins Bake Mix ,
Snowite 300 is formulated at a 5.5% level, which dilutes/drops the maximum
gluten content of our mix to 88 ppm.   Thus, this level is below the 0.01%
(100 ppm) level required to allow a gluten-free claim.


The following Atkins products are also gluten-free:

Asian Sauces, Assorted Chocolate Candies, BBQ Sauce, Caramel Nut Clusters,
Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Extract, Chocolate Truffles, ( all flavors )
Endulge Chocolate Candy Bars, ( all flavors ) Frozen Desert Mix, Frozen Fudge
Bar Mix, Senator Goldwater's Chili Mix, Just The Cheese, ( all flavors )
Macadamia Nut Butter, Margarita Mix, Lemonade Mix, Moo Not Soy Milk, Mousse
Mix, Nutlettes Cereal, Oven Fried Chicken Seasoning, Pudding Mix, Pumpkorn,
Quiche, ( all flavors ) Rocky Mountain BBQ Sauce, Rocky Mountain Sweet
Ketchup, Souffles, Sugar-free Cocoa, Sugar-free Cappuccino, Sugar-free Gum,
Sugar-free Mints, Steele's Fudge Sauce, Steele's Jams ( all flavors )
,Thicken Thin Not Starch, Vanilla Extract.


We hope this information will be helpful to you. If you still need further
assistance, please feel free to e-mail us again, or contact our Customer
Support Department by phone at 1-800-2-ATKINS, Monday - Thursday 8 am to 7pm
EST and Friday 8am to 6 pm EST. If you are calling from outside the U.S. and
Canada, please reach us at 631.738.7370.

Sincerely,

Marisa Purcell

Customer Support

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

1-800-2-ATKINS

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