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Okay, apparently I don't know enough to keep info to myself.  I've been at this diet since my son 
was diagnosed eight years ago.  I know what to ask and I know what I can personally accept as 
valuable information. If you are not comfortable with it as stated, you are welcome to contact 
McDonald's yourself for clarification. Their phone number and email address are listed on their 
website.

My understanding is that modified food starch is NOT the problem everyone thought it was years 
ago. To quote Ann Whelan in the Spring 2006 issue of Gluten-free Living...

"In all my 13 years of following the GF diet, and ten years studying ingredients, I don't know of a 
single instance where a modified food starch turned out to be modified wheat starch.  That's not a 
guarantee, but it's enough eveidence for me not ot worry about this ingredient. It also suggests 
that all the years celiacs spent worrying about modified food starch and avoiding thousands of 
products due to unidentified "modiified foot starch" may have ben unnecessary." pg 9

Now, if you still think distilled vinegar is a problem, then by all means don't eat sauces with it in it.  
If you think McD's is dishonest in reporting their information because "they lied to us about their 
fries," then please don't eat there. 

All I know is that my son has perfect annual blood tests (so I'm doing something right), and we eat 
at McD's far more often than I care to admit only because we tend to travel a lot and I have found 
them to be a safe place to get my son a burger.  Bon appetit.

Joy

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