Is yeast extract gluten free?

[paulb44]

[Lynxcat]

Hi Paul, Marmite is often considered a grey area - many saying it's safe others saying that it definitely isn't safe for anyone with coeliacs. Brewer's yeast is unsafe and Marmite and other Yeast Extracts are it is said made from Brewer's yeast so personally I wouldn't take the risk - I tend to have peanut butter these days. Here is a breakdown which shows how Marmite was tested:

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A link that also declares Vegimite as not suitable for coeliacs:

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[Hidden in reply to Lynxcat]

I asked the dietician if Marmite was GF and she said if its made in England its gf in America its not . I use it but dont have any problems .

I dont like it but my doctor told me to eat it because i have low sodium.Does any one else have this problem ?

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

it is easy to add extra sodium..I started adding a bit of salt to cooking as had low blood pressure. Seems a terrible thing to eat marmite if you don't like it!

[Hidden in reply to Lynxcat]

A very interesting link Lynxcat, it confirms what some of us already knew.

Also the video is interesting as I used to eat Marmite many years ago but always ended up with mouth ulcers the next day, So thanks for sharing them.

[paulb44]

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Thanks but i,ve just purchased this to make chicken kebebs and dont want to do an intensive investigation just to eat my dinner. so pi**ed off.

[Eccentrica]

Is there not something about the extraction process that causes it to be either GF or not?? Something to do with how it is dried. Some on beds of GF material....some not.

SO....if it is the beds of GF material, they have to provide the Gluten warning and if not then they don't??

E,x

[paulb44]

I'm going to risk it. :/

[sassyl]

Yeah, I've eaten that one loads of times, no probs.

[Hidden]

Marmite is made with spent brewers yeast and the Marmite factory is a mile away from the Bass brewery who pay Marmite to take the sludge away to be processed into Marmite.

Marmite also contains ''plant extract'' in NZ where they make Marmite under licence it lists wheat germ extract. But they have stricter labelling laws than us and have to list the grain source of wheat derivatives. In the EU Wheat derivatives do not have to be listed as such.

I asked CUK about Marmite and they told me that did not bother labelling foods that are at the lower end of codex.

To me things like Marmite malt vinegar malted breakfast cereals are low gluten foods and can fall into the category of ''allowed'' gluten. And I am very sensitive to ALL gluten so I avoid many foods clearly labelled as gluten free and I had to stop using CUK's food directory as I kept getting ill with these allowed levels of gluten.

[Lynxcat in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for the added information above Jerry, I too no longer use the CUK directory for exactly the same reasons .. and needless to say I have not carried on my subscription to them. I suppose I could almost confirm my diet as being as near to - in modern day times, that is - a cave-man-woman diet that it is possible to be (at least within reason). I prefer meat that is straight from the animal, vegetables from the ground including the wild varieties, stoned fruits in season, berries even elderberries, English apples and pears in season, bananas, which sadly cannot be grown here, a variety of dried fruits to boost my energy levels, nuts, seeds, ginger, sea salt, pepper and honey .. well honey is of the caveman era too! Lol!!

[jan44]

i rang CUK about marmite and was told it is not in the book this year as Unilever hadn't said it was under 20ppm gluten. Marmite crisps are in the book. Rang Unilevers helpline and they said it should be gluten free. They e-mailed me a copy of their gluten free list (foods under 20ppm gluten) and marmite wasn't on there. Teabags were how ironic!! I haven't dared to eat marmite or marmite rice cakes since because I just don't know if it is safe. Marmite is one of those things that if you looked at the label in isolation you'd think it was ok as the only allergen mentioned is celery. I'd love to eat marmite again as it was great on toast and I really miss it.

[Penel]

I used to love Marmite, but I've found that I cannot tolerate yeast in any form (including bread) or other food which could be described as being associated with 'mould' (blue cheese, mushrooms, xanthan gum). Nothing to do with gluten, just another problem to keep me reading labels!

[meanioni]

Marmite is generally regarded as gluten free in UK.

Some people have problems with it, but that can be a sign of yeast intolerance.

Vegemite contains gluten.

[ValW]

I contacted Unilever about this last year & they helpfully sent me a list of gluten free foods which included Marmite. I'm unable to tolerate the low barley levels in cereals & have had no problems with Marmite.