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Hi everyone,
This is in case more than the one person (who responded to my query
wanting the results) wanted to know which emulsifiers are gf/not gf. I
got no replies at all, which is a bit of a surprise.

 I talked to my dietician who also says not all emulsifiers are gf,
since wheat flour is an emulsifier (but of course wasn't able to be more
enlightening on which additives it's in). I gather I'm supposed to stick
to our NZ GF food list. Not as easy to do as she thinks, specially when
confronted with the choice of an unlisted brand or nothing.

I've just had an email from a company that has just discovered that the
"non gf" cheese flavouring in several of their snack foods is now gf -
made with tapioca starch, and when I rang to enquire how I could tell
from the packet, was told the starch in the flavouring would have
changed sometime in the two years or so since they last analysed the
product, possibly a year ago! Somehow my confidence in relying on the
"list" has been somewhat undermined.

I'm still interested in knowing more about emulsifiers if anyone has the
information, but meanwhile have bought "A pocket guide to Food
Additives" by Donald and Elisabeth Saulson (c.1991, VPS Publishing,
P.O.Box 2705-261, Huntington Beach CA 92649.
It is a little more enlightening about the source and safety of
additives without being over technical.
Stella
New Zealand