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Shopping Guide Corrections:
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Please note the following changes to TCCSSG shopping guide:
Pg. 37, under "CONDIMENTS--Barbecue Sauce": Delete K.C. Masterpiece
Pg. 74, under "SOUPS & SAUCES--Canned": Delete Healthy Choice Beef
& Potato
We have a letter from The Clorox Co. dated July 7, 1995 which states
that all of the K.C. Masterpiece barbecue sauces are GF. However,
one of our members sent us the label from a bottle of K.C. Masterpiece
Honey Teriyaki Barbecue and Grilling Sauce, and it states clearly that
one of the ingredients is soy sauce made from wheat and soybeans.
(Thank you to Karen Jo Meyers for pointing this out!)
Similarly, we have a food sensitivities booklet we received from
Hunt-Wesson, Inc. on July 25, 1995 which lists Healthy Choice Beef &
Potato Soup as Gluten-Free. However, one of our members reports that
the label for this soup lists wheat flour as an ingredient. (Thank
you this time to Marcia Campbell.)
Either the manufacturers overlooked these items in compiling their
lists, or the ingredients have recently changed. Please be sure to
strike these items from your list of GF products. These changes show
why it is important to always check the label, regardless of your past
experiences with a product or its appearance in a GF product listing.
Shopping Guide Q&A from the October Meeting:
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We distributed the new shopping guide at our last meeting, which led
to a few questions. Some of those questions and the answers provided
by Jim Lyles are listed here:
Q: Why is there no information from Kraft or General Mills?
A: Kraft will not provide a list of GF products in writing. Some
people have had success in calling them regarding the GF status of
a specific product, but that is as far as they will go.
General Mills does not consider any of their products to be GF,
due to cross-contamination problems. They are listed in the first
section (pg. 5) under "Companies with No GF Products".
Q: If a product is in last year's guide, but isn't in this year's,
does that mean we should not use it anymore?
A: Not necessarily. It could be that the manufacturer didn't answer
our letter this year. If the information was more than 18 months
old, we would have discarded it. Or the manufacturer might have
let caution be the better part of valor and decided not to provide
GF information any longer. In that case, you may wish to look at
the ingredients and judge for yourself if the product is safe; or
you may wish to play it safe and avoid the product.
Q: Should we throw last year's guide away?
A: Absolutely. It is old information, and there are products that
have been intentionally removed from this year's guide because
they are no longer GF.
Q: If a product is not in the shopping guide, then does that mean I
shouldn't eat it?
A: No, it means we don't have specific information about it. The
only brands we know you can't eat are those listed in the
"Companies With No GF Products" section on page 5.
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