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Regarding two recent postings about Mission Valley tortillas, lime water and gluten status:

Lime water does not contain gluten by nature.  It is just a basic chemical (calcium) dissolved in water to form a chemical solution called calcium hydroxide.  The corn kernels are soaked in the lime water to soften them before additional processing.  Hominy grits (or often called just hominy) are made in a similar way. Someone would have to deliberately contaminate the lime water solution or the corn with gluten to make the tortillas non-gluten free.

http://www.foodsubs.com/GrainCorn.html  explains how corn is processed into various forms

http://web.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/archemg.html defines lime water as
lime-water: a saturated aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide (liquor calcis)

I have had contact with Mission Valley in the recent past and even posted information about their gluten-free products to this list service.  They are very responsive and very responsible regarding the gluten or gluten-free status of their products.  This is one company that I truly believe understands the importance (medically and commercially) of the needs of the celiac community.  I have no financial interest in Mission Valley other than to see them survive as a resource for gluten-free products in an otherwise limited and complicated supply chain.

AJ
Florida



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