<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> HI, I am a new member to this list and not yet officially diagnosed with CD. However, I have been GF for about a week and have been feeling tremendously better. I have been frantically reading labels since then, and discovered on my vitamin bottles a substance called "croscarmellose". Does anyone know what this is and/or if it is safe? Also is "annato", used as a coloring in some yogurts, safe? Safe meaning GF. Thanks for your help. joan Joan K. Davitt Coordinator, Geriatric Practice Learning Center Consortium and Instructor Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research 300 Airdale Rd. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (610)520-2627 (610)520-2655 (fax) [log in to unmask]