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Since posting about my experience of getting sick from Lawry's Seasoned
Salt, I have received several reponses from people who say Lawry's is GF.  I
have no reason to doubt this.  Let me relate the details of my experience w/
this product as far as I can remember.

I believe Lawry's Seasoned Salt was GF when I first started using it nearly
5 years ago.  I used it w/o difficulty for nearly a year after going GFr.
Then I bought a new bottle that contained product of a distinctively
different color (pale pink rather than the deeper red it had been before).
This is THE bottle of Lawry's Seasoned Salt that made me sick for the next
five months.  When I stopped using it, I got well.  (Nothing else changed in
my diet.)  A friend of mine checked it out at that time (about 3 years ago)
& said that Lawry's was being removed from some GF lists because of variable
suppliers for ingredients.

But hearing that Lawry's in on several GF lists NOW & that others are using
it w/o problems causes me to believe that it may NOW be GF (again!).
Hopefully the Lawry's people are more aware of the gluten issue, are being
more careful about their ingredients.  Who knows?????

I personally don't trust multiple ingredient products anymore.  They could
change suppliers for ingredients such as starches or natural flavors at any
time w/o having to reflect that change on their labeling.  In spite of the
newer labeling legislation, gluten can slip into our food supply.

So what I often do now for seasoning meat is to imitate Lawry's.  It's main
ingredients are turmeric, paprika, garlic & onion powder in a salted starch
base.  I season my foods liberally with the basic pure spices & get the same
flavor -- no, actually a better flavor -- than Lawry's.  This way I can be
99.99% sure it's GF!!!!  (It's a toxic world we live in!  ha ha ha!)

Valerie in Tacoma

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