I've eaten hash browns before with no problem, but I had a reaction to a different brand today. The ingredients were listed as - potato, veg oil, salt, dextrose, potato starch, emulsifier: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; spice.
Wonder what it is I'm reacting to ???
Hi Beehive, I think your problem is dextrose, which I believe is made from both wheat and barley. Also avoid maltodextrose.
Thanks, that's useful but frustrating.
Most likely dextrose, but vegetable oil could also be a potential cause as sometimes it is made from wheat.
i hace been coeliac for over 40 years and my sensetivity is extreem, a few crumbs will make me ill within 30 mins. i have always cooked with veg. oil with no reaction. seems we all have a different type of coeliac. wouldn't it be a good idea if a specialist could put in book form the whole spectrum of reactions and from that some sort of chart could be made.
No not different types of coeliac, but different levels of sensitivity and we use different products.
Vegetable oil can be made from lots of different plants, seeds, etc. Wheat being one of them. Vegetable oil can also include maize, palm oil, linseed, rapeseed, sunflowers.....
Many supermarket veg oils are now derived from rapeseed.
Problem is you don't know what manufacturers use and whether it is wheat based. I know from practical experience I have had issues with some foods whose ingredients are gluten free and yet contain vegetable oil.
As a consequence I tend to avoid any unless it specifically says the source, e.g. Sunflower or rapeseed.
Never thought that veg oil could come from wheat, will take more care in future
Tony62, Some bacon effect me wondered why, could bethe dextrose.
Hi, stick to McCains....they are GF
Oooh, will definitely be buying McCains - hash browns are a big weakness of mine.
can you make cheese sauce (and other sauces) with potato flour?
Just for a laugh...!
Gluten free flours
Milk reaction 
