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>In response to the recent inquiries about Dairy Ease and Lactaid,
>I look in my "just-received" "A Passover Guide to Cosmetics and
>Medications" from the Kollel-Los Angeles.  It doesn't list Dairy
>Ease at all, but it does list Lactaid and indicates that in both
>caplet and drop form it is "chometz."  Chometz means that it
>contains ingredients derived from any of the following grains:
>wheat, barley, oats, rye or spelt.  So chometz means it is not
>gluten free.  I understand that the Kollel - Los Angeles works
>very hard checking with manufacturers to provide the most accurate
>information.  This guide was just updated in March 1995, so I
>would tend to trust it.
>
>Debra Boutin

There are Passover products made from wheat.  Matza is a good example.
It is unleavened bread.  Therefore, most likely Matza or any Passover
products made from matza flour would contain gluten.  However, I don't
know if these Matza products would contain as a high a gluten content as
non Passover wheat products.

If I am wrong on this would somebody in the discussion group please
comment on this.

David Smolkin
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