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Laurie--

Welcome to an incredible journey through the FDA!  Reading labels is not
such a difficult task in itself . . . the difficulty lies in interpreting
the meaning of the "official" names given to ingredients by the
government.  Things to watch out for in all medications are the
excipients (inactive ingredients.)  Manufacturers of drugs are only
"required" to label the ACTIVE ingredients, some choose to include the
fillers and starches used to shape, form or otherwise make the product
into an easily identifiable and deliverable package.

Questionable ingredients will be labeled as pregeletanized starch,
modified food starch,  etc.  Any item identified solely as STARCH, by FDA
definition MUST be corn starch.  All other terms including the word
starch may be from many different food sources.  Any given manufacturer
may select from available ingredients based on supply, price, quality and
other factors, so the product may change from one purchase to the next.
It will be important to determine from the manufacturer (not a
distributor) exactly what lot the product is from and what sources were
used in the starches.

If you can get a manufacturer to guarantee the GF status of a product
from one batch to the next, then stick with the product!  And try not to
panic if you discover you have been feeding your child gluten . . . you
are doing a great job and accidents will happen.

Danelle Sorensen
Kansas City, KS, USA
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