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In brief, I asked if Maltose was safe for Celiacs.
A concise, yet fairly complete answer was:
You are not wrong that maltose is a fermentation product of barley, but it
is generically a special type of sugar that can be produced in a number of
different ways. In fact, "high maltose corn syrup" is available to food
producers ( http://www.ifpc.com/products.htm
http://linda1982.en.ec21.com/GC00696820/CA00696825/corn_maltose_syrup___oral_syrup_.html
http://monggo.en.ec21.com/GC00742571/CA00742591/Starch_syrup.html )
Therefore, if there is maltose in your food, you don't know whether it
came from corn, barley or the laboratory. You and I are not worried about
chemically pure maltose because it is a sugar and sugars do not adversely
affect celiacs, but we are concerned about contaminating barley proteins
that might be present because the maltose was derived from barley or some
other grain that is not safe for celiacs.
A couple of people also said that they did react to maltose, this response
was typical:
The two celiacs in our family react to maltose containing products as
if they had eaten gluten. No, this isn't proof, just our experience.
It seems as if it might be possible to safely consume Maltose if you can
confirm the source and the manufacturing process, although some may still
react. Unfortunately for me, the product I was interested in was a
delightful rice cake that is produced in mainland China, so the chances of
identifying the source of Maltose used is not very high. I am one of
those Celiacs (lucky or not, depending on your point of view) that is
fairly asymptomatic to gluten. So I can't judge by my reaction whether
food is safe or not. I really like these little rice cakes, but I think
I'll have to give them up.
Thanks for your help!
Fred
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