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Hi Everyone,


There was a post a week or two ago asking about what store brands of oats people eat. I would strongly advise against eating oats that are not specially produced to be gluten free. A few years ago I did a study on gluten contamination of commercial oat products (i.e., Quaker, Country Choice, McCanns) that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Gluten content ranged from less than 3 ppm to over 1,800 ppm. For more information on this study please see my website www.glutenfreedietitian.com. Click on newsletter and then click on scientific articles. Scroll down to the section on oats.

The companies producing gluten-free oats include:
Bob's Red Mill (www.bobsredmill.com)
Cream Hill Estates (www.pureoats.com)
Gifts of Nature (www.giftsofnature.net)
Gluten-Free Oats (www.glutenfreeoats.com)
Only Oats (www.onlyoats.com)

Over the past 12 years there have been a number of well-designed studies assessing the safety of oats. These studies have found that the moderate (approximately 50 grams dry oats a day) consumption of uncontaminated oats is safe for most people with celiac disease. Some studies did find that in a very small minority of people with celiac disease oats could cause an immune system reaction.

Also, keep in mind that in the FDA's proposed rule for gluten-free labeling, oat products would be allowed to carry a gluten-free claim if the final food product contains less than 20 ppm gluten.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Tricia Thompson, MS, RD
The Gluten-Free Dietitian
Nutrition Consultant Celiac Disease
348 Summer Street
Manchester, Massachusetts 01944
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