by Sue N on November 27, 2011
I was researching seafood the other day and I was surprised by what I found in the frozen shrimp section.
When I see “Sweet and Sour” anything, I expect that it has soy sauce in and most soy sauce used as a commercial ingredient seems to have wheat in it. I picked up a Thai Sweet and Sour Shrimp package and was pleasantly surprised to see no soy sauce listed and the product ingredients were gluten free.
But when I picked up the Herb and Garlic shrimp package lying beside it in the freezer, I was shocked to see “soy sauce powder (contains wheat)” listed on the ingredients. Certainly not what I would predict.
by Sue N on November 27, 2011
Maltitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sugar substitute in candy and other produts aimed at the diabetic market. It has been made from corn or corn syrup and has been considered as safe by most celiac organizations. It has a reputation for causing gas, bloating and for having a laxitive effect, which has caused confusion in the celiac community sometimes, but when it is made from corn, there has never been a question of gluten.
However, at least one candy manufacturer is now using Maltitol derived from wheat. It was declared on the package label: Maltitol (from wheat). As a highly processed ingredient, I believe it will join glucose, maltodextrin and citric acid as ingredients that are so highly processed and purified that no traces of gluten protein will be present in the finished product. For now, it just creates more confusion.
