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Hi,

I'm a new Celiac doing due diligence-thought I'd share the results about 
Tabasco Sauce-(and hopefully get some help orienting to them as well as other 
related issues, since).  What do people make of .016% gluten?  Is this a 
reasonable dectection limit  for a  gluten test or are there more sensitive 
tests that they could have used?   Is this the test that is generally used 
when products are labelled gluteen free?   I will also contact the lab that 
did the test, but thought I might garner your collective practical wisdom as 
well.  

(Thank you for your interest in our TABASCO® and McIlhenny Farms® products. 

 All of our products that contain vinegar as an ingredient, use the same 

grain vinegar.  Vinegar is produced by fermenting a grain based alcohol. 

The principal grains used in alcohol production are wheat and milo. Gluten 

and other proteins are removed during the alcohol fermentation process. 


McIlhenny Company uses a single supplier, National Vinegar Company in 

Houston, TX for all its vinegar needs. The raw material supplier to 

National Vinegar Company has assured us that in the process of making the 

distilled alcohol from grain, gluten and all other proteins are removed. 

Thus the vinegar is free of gluten.


As an added precaution, McIlhenny Company has tested all its sauces and 

vinegar to ensure that the product is gluten free. The tests were 

conducted by the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program at the 

University of Nebraska Lincoln. The detection limit of the test used was 

0.016%. No gluten was detected in TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce using this 

test. 


Even though no gluten was detected in TABASCO® sauce this does not 

indicate that the sauce is gluten free. McIlhenny Company strongly 

suggests that consumers, who are affected by Celiac Sprue or are affected 

by the consumption of gluten in any way, consult a doctor prior to using 

TABASCO® brand products.


Thank you for your interest in our company and our products. )


Lois Isenman
Newton, MA

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