<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear Listmembers, I recently posted the following questions: Does anyone know about the GF status of a Rice Innovations macaroni product that I found in our local Whole Foods store...in the bulk food section and it was labeled "wheat free". After reading the ingredients, it looked safe to me. If anyone could share their knowledge about this product I would be very grateful. I received a total of 12 responses. A few people wrote in to specify their favorite brands - Tinkyada and Bi-Aglut were the pasta favorites and one person recommended Food-for-Life rice-based pasta. Below are excerpts from the other responses received: Their pasta is gf. I use it myself. You can buy it at the Gluten Free Trading Company at 1-888-993-9933 ------------ wheat free is hardly ever Gluten Free. It can have oats, barley and rye in it. ------------- Don't know- but I hate bulk products becuase of rick of cross contamination. Try Tinkyada pasta - the BEST! ------------- This is definitely gluten free, right here in Ontario. They also have kids Kraft dinner too. Rice Innovations - Pastariso, Pastato & Celifibr. Email them at: [log in to unmask] ------------- What concerned me about your question is the fact that you get the pasta in the bulk food section. I never do that because the possibilities for cross- contamination are too numerous. It might be that the pasta itself is fine but that it has been contaminated by other bulk items. ------------- I'm very pleased with Food for Life elbow macaroni (rice-based, gluten-free). ------------------ I'm not sure about the macaroni you found but I can tell you that my daughter loves Bi-Aglut pasta. It cooks and tastes like the real thing. ----------------- I wanted to give you a heads up about buying foods from bulk bins. I've been a bulk foods manager in the past...I have quite a bit of hands-on time at the bulk department. There is quite a bit of cross contamination in the department. Wheat flour spills quite a bit, and we use feather dusters to sweep it off the tops of the bins and on to the floor. We don't use separate dusters for the different bins. I have also seen flour fall into the bins on the lower tiers. This isn't usually a problem as the flours tend to be grouped together (unless you're buying rice flour out of the bin--= a definite problem). On the contamination issue: I'm not super picky. But the amount of flour I see spilled concerns me. I'll buy rice, beans, nuts, or anything that comes from the gravity fed bins. If the dried fruits are far enough away, I'll sometimes buy something from them as well. If you're concerned with the possibility of flour getting into the bin, ask any team member there to get you some from the back stock, which will be safe. On a final note, after I received the above responses I found Pastoriso pasta (made by Rice Innovations) at my local grocery store (Stop & Shop) in a 10oz. box and it seems to be the same pasta that I bought in a bulk bin...different shape but same ingredients. We have since cooked it and my daughter really likes it. Thanks to all of you that helped us on this one. Anne