Unusual Risk Sources of Gluten - Mushrooms and Strawberries, Soy and Lentils

I've come across an interesting article stating that the following risk gluten contamination:

- Mushrooms and strawberries - can be grown on straw beds that contain wheat, rye, barley straw.

- Soy - same machinery used to harvest as used to harvest wheat/barley/rye.

- Lentils - a rotational crop for wheat/grains. So wheat grown one year, lentils the following to put nutrients back into the soil.

The soy one I was aware of recently in reading this elsewhere. I had also read lentils high risk for cross contamination but wasn't aware why.

What about mushrooms and strawberries - has anyone had any negative experiences with these or know what the UK standards for this are?

The article is here: verywellfit.com/surprising-...

[Hidden]

Hello Hidden , I eat organic mushrooms most days and just wash them thoroughly and the same goes with strawberries, so yes I've known about this. Also gluten is in the seeds and they've been harvested so even though I worry about tiny amounts of gluten with a thorough wash they're fine in my opinion.

I see supermarket conveyor belts as a big risk of contamination and am mindful of that every time I go shopping much more than of my organic mushrooms.

Jerry 😊

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Jerry.

Thanks for that. That's giving me more confidence now on continuing to use mushrooms/strawberries. The other two I avoid. I suppose strawberries having the word 'straw' in them is a big of hint to their origins.....

Yes, the conveyor belts are a worry. Those fresh instore baked baguettes don't half leave a trail of crumbs in their wake. Wonder is stores ever give that consideration, particularly with check-out staff handling gluten items.

[Regalbirdy]

Hi,

This coeliac munches regularly on both strawberries and mushrooms (almost daily in fact).

No problems to report with these - and last time I had a routine blood test screening done, it came back saying I had a ‘normal’ Ttg level (and it was so normal, that the doctor initially thought I wasn’t a coeliac!!).

I’m definitely more cautious with soya and lentils though. I always read the labels before buying; and on the rare occasions I succumb to eating lentils, I wash them very thoroughly.

[Hidden in reply to Regalbirdy]

Thanks Regalbirdy.

That's good to know on the shrooms and strawberries. Personally I've never had issue, but do wash/peel mushrooms and seldom have strawberries as avoiding fruit.

Yes, lentils are the unexpected baddie in this, and soy.

[dobido]

Hi mise I eat alot of mushrooms and I have never had a problem the strawberries make sense due to cross contamination I have never even thought of it but they are washed after picking aren't they so would that clear any gluten I really hope someone as the answer as I do love strawberries I am extremely sensitive to gluten and can't even cope with the codex level so I think I would definitely reacted to mushrooms be interested to follow your post and find out for sure

[Whydothis]

Crops grown on straw are not a problem. The straw does not contain gluten, and if it did it would not transfer into the crop, although washing the food in case it has been in conr

[Whydothis in reply to Whydothis]

Whoops, wrong button!

Washing in case of contamination always a good idea. Crops like lentils, oats etc that have been harvested with the same machinery as gluten cereals are much more important - try to buy them labelled as gluten free. Whole lentils can be washed, but avoid anything cooked or processed that is not labelled GF