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Price hikes pushing consumers to abandon their favorite brands (www.denver7.com)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if you are aware, but Cheerios aren't actually gluten free. They use some crazy process to blow the gluten off of the oats with air... When I first read about it I decided I wasn't going to try them. Since then, I believe the gluten free claim was removed in Canada.

https://www.celiac.ca/439-2/

If your family doesn't have symptoms or feel ok after eating them, maybe they are comfortable with the risk.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    That site doesn't claim that they aren't actually gluten free. What it does claim is that the data General Mills provided has not convinced the Canadian Celiac Association that the process for verifying that that there was no cross contamination was not rigorous enough. That is good info, but starting off with "Cheerios aren’t actually gluten free" is simply not true. My family has not had any issues due to any cross contamination with them (we would know immediately), but this does make me want to cut it out as the risk is simply too high. Thanks for the heads up.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    No disagreement there at all. I should have started with the oats don't start out gluten free instead.

    Personally, I do know a couple people who had reactions when they first came out. For me it was enough risk to say no to them, plus, I didn't eat Cheerios to begin with.

    I just didn't trust their method of removing the gluten from the oats, it sounded like there was room for errors in the process.

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