Food items containing wheat/gluten......

[hennipenni]

My DD is going on a school residential trip soon, as she has a wheat/gluten intolerance the school have asked me to list foods that contain wheat/gluten. Know, I know that they know about the usual bread,pasta,pastry, binding agents in sausage/burgers but the school are understandably concerned about the hidden contents in things like gravy, cereals, sauces etc. Any other things that they may not have thought about would be a great help, unfortunatly I have drawn a blank now because we just live with it now and don't think about it
TIA

Kellogs cornflakes are not GF and their rice crispies and coco pops contain (barley)malt extract so are not strictly gluten free but levels are very low so some coeliacs can tolerate them. This is indicated in the Coeliac UK food directory if you have it. Same applies to most supermarket own brand cornflakes/rice crispies. Dietary Specials and Whole Earth both do gluten (and malt) free cornflakes. I would definitely want a list of exactly what food was going to be offered during the stay so that you could be very specific about brands. The problem is on a residential school trip that they will tend to use cheap brands of thing like beans, sausages etc so they would have to know that brands do differ. I think it would be fairer on the teachers and helpers too as they will probably have more than enough to cope with anyway.

Sainsburys have recently changed their free from range and it now much better than it used to be. Also they have quite a good frozen range in their bigger stores.

why can't they just read the label; before handing something to her? it's what we have to do as the parents! every produict has to have the allergy information panel anyway so it takes 2 seconds

Rice, potatoes, fruit, salad, meat, vegetables - as long as they are unprocessed. Any sauce is potentialy unsafe, and almost all processed food contains gluten.

Argh, confused now, what to do re the corn flakes thing? ( we usually always use the doves farm cereals) Also I know that she has reacted to rice crispies not so long ago.

Pinktulips, they will obviously read the labels, but she seems to have such a very fine thresh-hold to things that she reacts to that they don't want to take any risks and spoil the trip for her.

I think I will just tell them all fresh food, no processed meals etc.

Peachyclair, thankyou for requesting the file, it will be great help, I wish they would hurry the dieticians referral through tho',

pinktulips - EU labelling regulations are that all ingredients must be listed but there is no requirement to have an allergy panel, although in practise many companies do have. Even if there is an allergy panel you do still have to read the ingredient list, unless it specifically states 'gluten free'.

wheat derived glucose syrups are exempt from the recent labelling legislation. This means that manufacturers do not need to list
either in the ingredients list or allergy advice box 'glucose-syrup(from wheat)'.

There you go, they don't have to specify whether all food items contain wheat/gluten. E-mail received from Coeliac uk dietician.

have you tried peter rabbit organics? They do gluten free cornflakes and a lot of other thigns like pasta sauces, cookies, ketchup I think most waitrose stock them but I bought some from here 'cos we are in the middle of nowhere. The owner also sent me a list of their food with a key saying which was dairy/gluten/wheat/soya/nut free. Really helpful!

There is a problem with the whole labelling issue. Coeliac UK say "some ingredients that are derived from gluten containing cereals are exempt from labelling e.g. glucose syrup, maltodextrin and dextrose. These ingredients are highly processed and have a negligible level of gluten, so can be eaten safely by people with coeliac disease".

Now I don't really agree with that statement - nor do I agree that codex wheat flour can be eaten by most coeliacs which is what CUK say. That's really why you need to read the ingredients list and not rely on the allergy panel.

Anyway - hope your DD enjoys her trip and I agree you probably are safest to ask them to give her unprocessed food if they can.

Henni- where should I send the file please? Its in an attachment

it's law over here!

Hi Peachyclare, could you send the file to mikedotjuliedotatdotntlworldotcom only just leave the last ot in, thankyou, you are very kin.

FGS I WISH THE DDDD BUTTON WORKED ALL THE TIME!!!

Henni

cant get it to go

could you e-mail me on
peachesandcream04 at btinternet dot com and I will reply?

Ta

Hve just done it.

is it true that wacky warehouse provide gluten free meals???? in britain??? not that long ago she couldnt even eat the chips there as they couldnt guarantee it was gluten free. Saying that tho she could have a jacket pot but doesnt like them!!! What food do they do then.

My daughter cannot eat rice crispies or cornflakes or tolerate anything that has had even a hint of gluten wheat rye or barley....or oats either.....bah hardwork

if they can't give you the menu might be easier to draw up a list of stuff that is suitable.