<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> List Mates, I've received a few more responses to my original post questioning Lawry's gluten status. So I wanted to include them. I also wanted to share my personal experience with this product now that I've had a little more time to organize my thoughts. When I started the GF diet 1 1/2 years ago, I felt happier & healthier than I had in many years. My chronic depression, mental fogginess, fatigue, sinusitis, gingivitis, vaginitis I'd been fighting for several years disappeared! I was able to stop taking the antidepressants, antibiotics, sinus medications and pain pills that I had used almost daily for two years and begin full time employment. But, for some reason I didn't understand at the time, about a year after beginning the GF diet, I began little by little to be revisited with the same symptoms I'd suffered before going GF. I once again was vulnerable to every viral infection that came around after enjoying excellent resistance to infections for a year. This continued for over five months. The fatigue forced me to cut back my work schedule to part time. I searched for answers, running from doctor to doctor trying to find out what was happening to me. I thought that perhaps I was developing another auto immune disease such as Lupus, hypothyroid or diabetes, but all tests came back negative. Then one evening just a couple weeks ago, I made my famous chicken recipe more heavily seasoned with Lawry's seasoned salt than I usually did. I got a pretty bad belly ache that evening & found myself unusually fatigued & unable to focus at work the next few days. As I reviewed the situation, I remembered that I'd had similar reactions to my chicken dishes in the past months, but had chalked it up to overeating, too greasy a meal, stress, my supplements, etc. I thought I had followed the diet perfectly so had a hard time even considering that I could be getting gluten from some hidden source. Lawry's had been listed as gluten free on several reputable lists & web sites and I had used it for well over a year w/o having symptoms, so why now? Then I remembered having purchased a new container of Lawry's about 5 months earlier -- about the same time I began having symptoms. I did a little investigating & found that Lawry's no longer guarantees that their season salt as GF because they sometimes buy ingredients from different suppliers. I stopped using the Lawry's season salt and within a week felt much better. That's when I posted the original post about Lawry's. Now, almost two weeks later, I feel even better. I've since experimented with the various ingredients found in Lawry's by using turmeric, paprika, corn starch, etc. in excess to see if I have an allergic reaction. I've had no reactions to the spices at all. I'm now convinced that the container of Lawry's seasoned salt I purchased this summer was contaminated with gluten. And that the tiny amount of gluten in that container was the cause of my 5 1/2 month illness. This "shows to go ya" that only tiny, minute amounts of gluten used occasionally can cause profound illness. Is it worth it to me to eat "just a little" gluten here and there? No! I'll adopt my high school English teacher's rule about coma usage and apply it to my gluten consumption: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT! Below are a few of the additional contributions I've received related to this topic. [My comments in brackets.] ------------------ One person suggested this experience was a personal isolated event that isn't significant to the celiac list. I don't see it that way. Five months of illness that forced me to cut back on my work schedule from full time to part time is significant to me if there's even a chance that it's related to Lawry's seasoned salt. [I almost lost my job entirely!] Besides that, I've posted recipes on the list using Lawry's season salt & I feel a sense of responsibility to correct this error. My hope is that my experience will help others avoid similar pitfalls. If I had read from someone else's post that Lawry's was NOT GF, I may have stopped using it sooner & avoided months of grief & pain. I want to hear from others who have had reactions to various products presumed GF. ----------------- Penzey's Spices ( which are fantastic all the way around) makes a blend called Old World Seasoning which is like Lawry's but less salt. Penzeys.com ~Lynn ------------------ I'm newly diagnosed with celiac. What is the problem with chicken that I need to be aware of? I have not seen or read anything about this. ~brian [Some fresh chicken, pork & turkey is injected with solutions to "enhance flavor." The ingredients in these solutions is questionable & some who have tried & failed to ascertain the ingredients by calling the meat packers. Many celiacs have reacted to these treated foods. The label will tell you if it the chicken has additional ingredients or not. After having a nasty reaction to treated chicken, I always buy fresh "all natural" chicken with no additives.] ----------------- Is it possible that you are reacting to MSG? ~Gayle [I doubt it because the label says "NO MSG."] ----------------- ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*