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1 note:  apparently it's seasonings which contain gluten, in potato chips.

2 more items:
 - "Dirty" potato chips are highly recommended by 2 people
    and http://www.dirtys.com/ indeed trumpets containing
    no Wheat Gluten, MSG, hydrogenated oil, etc. - only Peanut oil (no
Canola)

 - Cape Cod Chips writes back to name their GF labels & point out others
with
    seasonings containing gluten

    AND they say:
    We do wash and sanitize our equipment between production runs
    of gluten free and gluten containing products.
    ! ! !
    Caveat:  the GF packaging etc. happens in the same room with the
Non-GF,
    and there is therefore apparently a possibility of [slight]
contamination.

   GF:
   Cape Cod No Salt, Salted, Golden Russet, Dark Russet and Reduced Fat
Potato Chips
   are gluten free.
   The only ingredients are potatoes, oil and salt (except on the no
salt).

  Cape Cod Sea Salt & Vinegar, Nantucket Spice and Jalapeno & Cheddar
Potato
  Chips are also gluten free.

  Not GF:
  However, we do produce seasoned items, such as Firecracker Barbecue,
that do contain
  gluten (the gluten is in the seasoning) at the same time ( on
different machines, in the same room).
  Our unseasoned items are produced on the same packaging lines as the
seasoned items.


Chris Barr wrote:

> Summary of GF Potato Chips replies.
>
> A number of respondents liked Lays (reg. & wavy),
> but one confirmed my experience:  not good.
>
> I'm in Massachusetts.
>
> I'm going to try
>  Utz (various flavors)
>  and probably: Boulder Totally Natural .. (boulderchips.com)
>
> See Websites below ..
>
> Utz's website is clearly the best for nutrion/GF info.
> (Frito-Lay's is second-best, but notes possible contamination).
>
> Others say they regularly eat:
>  Lays
>  Cape Cod (usually made w/ Canola)
>
> but one reports bad luck w/ Lays and notes that
>  Kettle
> reports their chips are not GF, despite labelling.
>
> Some asked "why no canola oil?"
> Well, it's another food intolerance for me, known to appear with
> Celiac Sprue ..
> or so a nutritionist warned, and experimentation seems to prove.
>
> (Canola oil is the Canadian-invented name for rapeseed oil, which we all
> know to be a low-cholesterol choice which is well-suited to high heat
> cooking)
>
> One person said that, in the past, she had been sensitive to Canola
> oil, but
> not after 3 years of being GF.
> And indeed, she likes Cape Cod chips, which are cooked in Canola.
>
> In detail:
>
> OK, GF:
>  Cape Cod: 2
>  Utz Russett/peanut oil: 1
>  Utz: 1
>  Utz: 1 (no canola)
>  Lays: 4
>  Boulder Totally Natural: 1
>  generic "olive oil": 1
>
> We found a couple of brands that I think are OK.  The only one I can
> remember is: Boulder Totally Natural Intense Potato Chips (a division of
> Poore Brothers - www.boulderchips.com)
>
> Only one response reports a Not OK potato chip:
> Lays:  1
>  .. websites claims GF but "..disclaimer at the bottom admits the cross
>  contamination. Our daughter gets sick when she eats them.   Also, Kettle
>  Chips don't use canola oil but ARE NOT GF"
>
> why canola?: 2
> please summarize: 3
> unhealthy: 1
> unhealthy but fun: 1
>
> Utz' website seems most GF-conscientious:
>   http://www.utzsnacks.com/Productinfo.shtml
>
> Lays:  Goes to some trouble to list & explain:
>  Note: msg is used ..
>  Gluten-free products:
> http://www.fritolay.com/nutrition/glutefree.shtml
>  FAQ:  http://www.fritolay.com/nutrition/faq.shtml
>
> Boulder Totally:
> http://www.boulderchips.com
> ( no nutritional info ... waiting for email reply)
>
>

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