ready cooked chicken

[barny]

i had some ready cooked chicken from asda onley had a sandwich no skin on it but wes ill after can any 1 say if it is done in anything as carnt think what else it could have been oh and it was at my nieces i had it took my own bread thanks

[meanioni]

Ready cooked chicken usually contains dextrose which can cause problems in some coeliacs.

[barny in reply to meanioni]

thanks a lot meanioni thats put my mind at rest been ok today xxx

[Lynxcat]

If it was already sliced chicken besides added wheat sugars the slices are often separated with flour!

[barny in reply to Lynxcat]

ty it was from asda whole chicken it was x

[barny]

no it was a barbi cook chicken didnt have the skin xx

[Lynxcat in reply to barny]

I think that they inject stuff into the chickens before cooking - I could be wrong but even some fresh chickens do say that they're ready basted, etc.

[judyblue]

Hi Barny, I remember when I was first diagnosed with cd, I asked the staff at my local Asda if the hot cooked chicken was safe to eat, and I was told it wasn't, something to do with the coating. I have bought cold cooked chicken from the Co-op and Tescos that I have ben ok, and usually avoid the hot, cooked chicken. Did you put any spread or butter on your sandwich, could that have been contaminated with breadcrumbs?

[barny in reply to judyblue]

have been ceiliec for 10 months so sopose still learning same when i have mas a bit aswell but not to bad xxx

[barny]

hiya judy i did my spread be4 went out so think it was the chicken did ask when i went there aswell so think i did have gluton been fine 2 day thank goodness i will be extra carfull in future lol xxx

[barny]

ty all for your advice feel better now xxx

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Wonder if possible to buy fresh chicken from butcher and be sure nothing ingected into flesh, or would they get super market type injected chicken.

[barny]

hiya osborne have brought fresh chicken from buchers and had no trouble so it must of had coating on i brought turkey leg once from supermarket and had a reaction so be carefull xx

[purplehaze]

I asked at Morrisons hot chicken counter if the plain chicken was gluten free- they couldn't tell me!!!

[barny in reply to purplehaze]

same as some frozen chicken it dont say but i am warey of buying them i ask my bucher to chop a fresh 1 up into poitions xx

[barny]

can believe that aswell i havnt brought 1 since was diagnosed any way so its best xx

[Fifitricks]

I can buy chicken leg/breast from Co-op and it suits me or the whole chicken but not extra tasty as that has coating on it my mate works behind the dele so I know it's right. All I can have from Tesco is whole chicken as the portions have coating.

[barny]

ty fif it does help and there is a coap near me thanks a lot xxx

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In addition to wheat sugar used to flavour the skin, ready cooked meat also sometimes contains wheat protein, i.e. gluten, throughout. The wheat protein is injected before cooking, so that when the meat is cooked it does not shrink, but retains the moisture. This means they can sell you moist meat, weighing more than it would if they had just cooked it normally.

I think this only applies in some varieties of sliced ham or pre-cooked chicken slices or portions, usually the cheaper ones (at least they seem cheaper, in fact you are paying for added water...).

If there is any gluten added this way, it will be on the label, so you can avoid it by reading the label.