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I can't imagine any food company that processes oats wanting to certify that
their oats are 100% gluten free.  They do not grow or harvest the oats.
They simply buy them by the truckload.

Considering the risk that such a claim would involve, what would be the
point?  The gf market is still a small one in the eyes of many
manufacturers.

I stated that my experience with the organic rolled oats marketed by this
company has been that the ones I have eaten have been 100% safe.  I have
eaten them about 250 times a year for the last two or three years.  I am a
properly diagnosed celiac (whatever that means) and have been on and
studying the gluten free diet for over thirty years.

I am not saying that anyone else should eat the foods I report on, I am just
reporting my experience in the hope that it might be of help to someone else
on the list. I believe that we need to try any new food with caution. We may
react differently to a certain food than another celiac, even if it is
gluten free.

The life of a celiac is one of careful trial and error, with as little error
as possible.  As there is no test for gluten our labs are our tummies.
There is an ever increasing supply of gf foods on the market.  There are
also lots of good foods that are gf but no such claim is made.  The later we
learn about from each other, or discover by careful reading and experiment.

Any 'new' food should be approached with caution.  I try a small quantity on
a Saturday, being sure of every other food I eat that day.  (You cannot
easily solve for two unknowns.)  The results have given me a great and
varied choice of foods.

As far as canola is concerned, it is a small seed that follows a yellow
flower on a very distinctive plant known as the rape plant.  The seed has a
high oil content.   I have used canola products for years with absolutely no
reaction.

For some time Canadian growers tried to market the oil as rape seed oil.  It
did not sell well.  So they decided to call it Canadian oil,  reduced to
Canola.   "What's in a name?"

Neither the oat grain, nor the canola seed contain gluten.  Beyond that, we
have to use our own judgement.  I suggest that everyone read the posts
carefully.

Bon aperitif

Jessie