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Plain yogurt gluten free ? even if no indication on label

  • 08-09-2010 1:29pm
    #1
    0lddog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭


    I'm wondering if one of the tricks that the supermarkets get up to is to sometimes not label 'economy range' product as gluten free even if it is.

    For example, both Tesco and Lidl ( havn't looked in the others ) have 500ml pots of plain low fat yoghurt which they dont claim to be gluten free. They both also have more expensive plain low fat youghurts which do claim to be gluten free.

    Before I try to take up the topic with the retailers I was wondering if anyone has already looked into this ? and if so whats the story ?


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  • #2
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    Plain yogurt in the 'plainest' sense does not contain gluten. Gluten is a protein in grains such as oat, wheat, rye, barley.

    Flavoured yogurts could be a different story as they have all sorts of crap added like starches. These starches could be from grains. So just plain yogurt should in no way contain gluten as the ingredients should just be along the lines of 'Milk, cultures'. If wheat, barley, rye. oats, starches have been added, then obviously it is not gluten free.


  • #3
    0lddog
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    ULstudent wrote: »
    Plain yogurt in the 'plainest' sense does not contain gluten. Gluten is a protein in grains such as oat, wheat, rye, barley.

    Flavoured yogurts could be a different story as they have all sorts of crap added like starches. These starches could be from grains. So just plain yogurt should in no way contain gluten as the ingredients should just be along the lines of 'Milk, cultures'. If wheat, barley, rye. oats, starches have been added, then obviously it is not gluten free.

    Yes ULstudent, I too understand this to be the position.

    I guess my issue is that if this is correct then why are economy / basic plain youghurts not marked as gluten free. Is it just another way that supermarkets push the punter upmarket ?

    Also, the same thing seems to crop up with economy version rice cakes.....but this is a more complicated story what with the various materials that some throw in when manufacturing the product:confused:


  • #4
    jdivision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭jdivision


    There are labelling laws now where allergy information should be published. So if it says at some point- Contains: cows milk, that's usually their attempt at allergy info. If not just email them and ask.


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