Ive paid my membership fee and had a look at the lists for gluten free food in supermarkets such as Aldi and tesco but there is things I dont think should be there Im abit gob smacked as most crisps are gluten free from Aldi? Is all this information gluten free?
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If Coeliac UK say it's ok, then I always go by that. Of course though products change, so I always double check a label anyway, especially for something I've not bought before.
Aldi are generally quite good for GF offerings, what specifically are you having concerns about ? Have you seen a label saying Contains Gluten on a product listed in the CUK guide ?
we've started to shop in Aldi and are surprised by just how many of their finest products (like Tesco's finest) are GF - I always check the label as they change the recipes and you never know but so far haven't been glutened by their products that state GF
Hi Sammie, if Coeliac UK list it, then it is within codex i.e. 20ppm and if it has malt added it should have a symbol beside it to denote that it contains a low but an allowable level of gluten.
They also list supermarket own brand cornflakes that have barley malt added but are below codex so will say contains barley gluten on the label but be within codex. Branston pickle is on the list when that says contains hydrolysed barley and gluten on the label.
Some of us cannot tolerate any barley malt so have to avoid these foods.
So I guess its how sensitive you are or how you feel about eating foods with traces of gluten in, I personally don't get on with them so read all labels carefully.
A lot of people think that coeliac UK say things are gluten free when we don't think they are - sometimes they don't seem to be as strict as we are ourselves. I go on what I think myself after checking labels and this works for me - I've found that most things that I think aren't really GF e.g. Branston pickle that someone mentioned do have an alternative - in the pickle case Asda do a branston-like version which is GF so I go for that!
Heinz (Chunky Classic) Ploughman's Pickle is Gf. From what I remember 
it's fairly similar.
As a rule of thumb I would say CUK would have to be accurate, they cannot afford to be anything less in today's litigious society but if you are at all concerned about any product listed do contact them. They are a very helpful bunch of people 
Section 1 is food tested to be less than 20ppm - I think the key word is tested. The free-from stuff is listed here.
Section 2 contains "foods made without gluten containing ingredients and controls to minimise cross-contamination". So shop brands etc.
Read labels (shopping takes ages!) and sign up to the Food Standards Agency alerts then if something gets into the production you'll be informed.
Yes of course it is you will be surprised at how many supermarket brands are gluten free we are still
Learning after 2 years but with our coeliac membership we are getting there
I think Coeliac UK are a reliable indicator of what falls within the UK "gluten free" definition (which isn't entirely gluten free). I personally have found that I react to things which fall below this level, so I no longer stick to their guidelines and tend to also avoid most of the GF processed food, which still has a minimal amount of gluten in it, otherwise I'm just tired, nauseous and fuzzy-headed all the time.
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