Rice Chex and Corn Chex go Gluten Free!

What a blessing this would have been last week when I was traveling and realized I'd forgotten my cereal.  I saw this in an email from NTGIG President Betty Barfield:

http://glutenfreepost.com/?p=909 Good news from General Mills! Not only have they made their Rice Chex cereal gluten free, they have also made their Corn Chex cereal gluten free. Click to contact General Mills or call 800-248-7310 and thank them for this move to serve a large consumer group who desperately needs more main-stream grocery store products to eat that are also cost effective. Check the boxes closely to make sure the Corn Chex you pick up says “gluten free” on the box. Some older boxes may still be on the shelf. Betty

Nature's Path Gluten Free cereals

There was a recent report circulating that some of Nature's Path EnviroKidz cereals are not gluten free.  This is completely true.  I called their corporate office yesterday and found out that the entire EnviroKidz line was never supposed to be gluten free.  Certain of the products are and are appropriately labelled.

 The confusion came from Celiacs thinking that everything with the EnviroKidz label was gluten free and not realizing that kamut, one of the ingredients in some of the EnviroKidz cereals is a type of wheat.

I was most concerned that there had been some contamination issue, so I called to make sure my precious Nature's Path Organic Cornflakes were still safe - they are.  I eat them every morning, so it would be really upsetting if they had been glutened!

The company spokeswoman I talked to said they will be changing their packaging on products containing kamut and labeling the ingredient as "kamut - wheat" to avoid confusion in the future.