{"id":957,"date":"2016-08-12T05:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyglutenfree.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2020-03-20T19:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:54:49","slug":"how-to-tell-if-a-food-is-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyglutenfree.com\/how-to-tell-if-a-food-is-gluten-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell if a Food Is Gluten-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished updating one of the most popular (in terms of page-views) posts on this website – our post on gluten-free infant and toddler foods<\/a> – and it brought up something that’s important to share…<\/p>\n

It’s the question of how to tell if a food is gluten-free…<\/p>\n

There’s really only one totally safe and reliable way to check if a food is gluten-free or not…<\/p>\n

And that is by checking with whoever made the food to find out – whether that’s a manufacturer like Gerber or a cook in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Go to the source…that’s always the best way.<\/p>\n

I’m bringing this up because it’s really common for people to search online and use blogs or other non-source websites to find out if a food is gluten free.<\/p>\n

It’s like the shortcut. Just a quick post to my favorite gluten free Facebook group (with a picture) asking – “hey, do y’all know if this is gluten free?”<\/p>\n

I see this constantly…<\/p>\n

And I get it.<\/p>\n

Some people respond with GIYF<\/p>\n

(google is your friend) – in other words, look it up yourself!<\/p>\n

But even that can lead down a dozen different rabbit holes with no clear answer.<\/p>\n

Here Is How to Check the Gluten Free Status of Any Food<\/p>\n

When I set out to write the Gluten-Free Shopping Guide…I realized right away that if I was going to make that kind of resource available and share it with others…<\/p>\n

…the information inside would need to be absolutely reliable.<\/p>\n

And the only way I could ensure that the foods I listed as gluten-free were indeed reliably gluten-free was to talk directly to the manufacturers of all those foods<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

YOU should also make a point of checking if a food is gluten-free by going straight to the source.<\/p>\n

Here’s How to Find Out From the Source if a Food is Gluten-Free<\/h3>\n

It’s usually easy to find out this information from the manufacturer…<\/p>\n

The easiest way is to go to the manufacturer website. Let’s take Gerber for example…<\/p>\n

(Follow along if you want)…go over to Gerber.com <\/a>and start looking around for an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) or Common questions.<\/p>\n

In this case, the link is all the way at the bottom of the page and it’s called Common Questions…<\/p>\n

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If you click that link a new page opens and you’ll see questions organized by topic…<\/p>\n

It actually took me a little while to figure out how the questions were organized, but then I figured out that I needed to scroll to the right a little to see more topics…<\/p>\n

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Almost every food manufacturer I’ve come across has this information spelled out on their website.<\/p>\n

Not all of them are as clear about labeling practices…<\/p>\n

Not all foods end up being gluten-free…<\/p>\n

But at least I know straight from Gerber, in this case, how to tell if my baby food is gf or not.<\/p>\n

Worst case scenario is when the website doesn’t tell you anything – or at least you can’t find it – in that case, you have to pick up the phone and call.<\/p>\n

And be sure if you call that you can either tell them specifically which product you want to know about…or ask if you can have a list of their gluten-free foods (along with any information they can provide about their manufacturing facilities etc.)<\/p>\n

This way, I’m not relying on information on someone’s blog that’s dated four years ago…<\/p>\n

That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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