I think it was Tara Gum you were wondering about. If you type in Safe gluten-free ingredients in the computer a list comes up and Tara gum is on the safe list. Check it out, the list is pretty extensive and there is a unsafe list too. I could'nt understand the whey thing either - theres no gluten in that!! ?
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Whey by: Anonymous
Hi,
I also have a strong allergy to whey along with gluten.
Last fall when I was diagnosed and treated with the 2 week elimination diet, I was told to stay away from Whey.
When I do accidentally have whey, I get so bloated that I seriously look 6 months pregnant! It takes a good week to get it out of my system.
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Gluten free ice cream by: Kathy
Lee,
I did not take into account cross contamination.
Blizzards are made with a lot of different ingredients, including candy and cookies. They may not have washed the blender they use after making a Blizzard with cookies in it.
The only ice cream I have found without Gluten ingredients is Bryers natural vanilla.
I know Gluten is often an ingredient that is used to bind caramel to candy bars such as milky way and used in jelly beans to hold the shell on them.
After almost a year of being gluten free, I let my guard down and did not consider hidden gluten or contamination by other ingredients.
Kathy
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Response to Lee by: Anonymous
Lee,
Thank you for your response. I thought I read in one of my gluten free books that whey contained gluten. I guess I'll have to keep trying to track down where I am getting gluten from. I know I am eating something with gluten, because the symptoms are the same as when I was first diagnosed. I also have developed the rash that goes along with Celiac disease.
Kathy
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Whey is a dairy product by: Lee
I don't understand Kathy's story.
Whey is not a wheat product it's a diary, the liquid from milk that is in the making of cheese products.
So the Dairy Queen Blizzard sounds like it upset the gluten-free diet she was on and created another problem alone with the ice cream.
We really have to be vigilant in knowing exactly what's in our foods that we eat out or bring home.
It's difficult when eating out, because the restaurants really are not educated on what a gluten-free diet is. Even it you explain it to them, it kind of goes in and out the ears. Maybe more awareness to these establishments from expert people in the field of gluten-free living could be a start.
