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Some recent posts about San-J Soy Sauce

At 7:00 AM -0800 11/6/03, helen wrote:

>I stopped by the brand new P.F. Chang's ... They use soy sauce in
>quite a few of their
>dishes.  He went to the kitchen  and brought back a bottle of San-J Soy
>sauce which he assured me was gluten-free.  I called San-J.  They said they
>cannot call it gluten-free because of the possible cross-contamination
>problem at the plant.  So be warned.  The manager's mother-in-law has CD so
>he may make an effort to locate one they can use.   Helen Hecker R.N.

Given the above, I have been searching for a soy sauce that I like,
and that is also gluten free.  I had a very bad reaction after eating
at our local PF Chang's (ordering from their GF menu), where they use
San-J soy sauce.  I have no idea if this was what was behind my
reaction, because I have used it at home (though only in small
amounts), without incident.  But, if cross-contamination is an issue
with San-J, I guess that would suggest to me, per Helen's note, that
it is possibly not always safe. (I am not particularly fond of La
Choy, which many have noted is GF.)

I did find a sauce, and it is Tree of Life Organic Wheat-Free Tamari.
I wrote to the company, and explained that "wheat-free" and
"gluten-free" are not always the same, and this was the answer that I
received.  Assuming this is correct information, I'm a pretty happy
camper now.  If anyone knows anything different about this product, I
will pass the information back to the group.

-Suzanne


>From: "Politi, Pat" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Tree of Life Organic Tamari
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:15:48 -0600
>
>Dear Suzanne,
>
>Thank you for your email.  Yes, Tree of Life Organic Tamari is also
>gluten-free.
>
>Pat Politi
>Executive Assistant to Larry La Pare
>American Natural & Specialty Brands
>Division of Tree of Life
>405 Golfway West Drive
>St. Augustine, FL  32095
>Tel. 904-940-2318
>Fax 904-940-2334
>
>

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