Gluten free porridge?

2rkehij30qtza5

Is porridge not gluten free? By porridge I mean oats. I see on the side of the porridge it says it contains oats and gluten. Wondering if it would be ok to chance it? Maybe they say gluten due to potential line cross contamination. My understanding of oats is that they are gluten free?

Play To Kill

Most porridge has gluten but you can get some that are gluten free.

2rkehij30qtza5

Play To Kill wrote: »

Most porridge has gluten but you can get some that are gluten free.

Thanks. I've noticed the gluten free ones don't have oats though-they have things like millet in them instead. Are there pay-only porridges without gluten do you know? Thanks

Play To Kill

The only ones I know of are labeled as pure oats, I haven't seen many but Sainsburys in the north have their own label brand that are gluten free and are 100% pure oats.

adox

http://www.evergreen.ie/nairns-gluten-free-real-porridge-oats/202419pd.aspx?trigger=CS&celRecommendationType=Product&celCampaignName=undefined&celPHName=Evergreen_CSCrossSell&celSourceId=000073&celTargetId=202419

Stench Blossoms

Porridge itself is gluten free but is usually processed in the same place as wheat products so there can be cross contamination.
It depends how sensitive the intolerance is.

Seaneh

Pin head oats (oatmeal) is processed in a way that wheat isn't so are usually labled gluten free. Oats in general are gluten free but as said before are milled in the same place as wheat and rye products and because cross contamination is possible, usually aren't labled GF.

If you are coeliac, then make sure they are certified GF, if you are just trying to avoid gluten or have a mild intolerance you'll be grand eating any porridge.

annamcmahon

If the field used to grow the oats had previously been used to grow wheat some wheat plants may have come back leading to contamination as well

2rkehij30qtza5

Thanks all.

The Hill Billy

Moved from Cooking & Recipes.

tHB

2rkehij30qtza5

I'm just updating my thread here.
I contacted Flahavans and they told me that their porridge IS gluten free. However, they cannot guarantee that the combine harvesters used to cut the oats had not been used in a field where there was wheat beforehand. They also said that the oats could have been sewn in a field where wheat was sewn the previous year or two..so again, cross contamination couldn't be fully ruled out.
I guess if you are not very intolerant to wheat you could eat it.

cormie

Interesting, I always just thought oats had a small % of gluten, good to know it's mostly gluten free

How can Nairns say "gluten free" and the others not I wonder? Do they have a special oat production then?


Here's some good info actually: http://nouveauraw.com/special-raw-ingredients/truly-raw-oats-vs-standard-oats/

There's a link there to some bob red mills oats which go into how they guarantee their oats are gluten free.

2rkehij30qtza5

cormie wrote: »

Interesting, I always just thought oats had a small % of gluten, good to know it's mostly gluten free

How can Nairns say "gluten free" and the others not I wonder? Do they have a special oat production then?


Here's some good info actually: http://nouveauraw.com/special-raw-ingredients/truly-raw-oats-vs-standard-oats/

There's a link there to some bob red mills oats which go into how they guarantee their oats are gluten free.

Nairns are able to say gluten-free as the oats are sewn in a field where wheat hasn't been for the previous number of years AND the combine harvesters and production lines are totally cleaned of possible cross contamination. More work on their part to produce the goods therefore more expensive product.

Ruu

I like bobs red mill gluten free oats, order them from amazon. I like the quick cooking oats.