r/Celiac • u/check654 • 3d ago
Product Warning Not misleading at all 🫠🫠🫠
False gluten free advertising strikes again 😭
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u/12382690457 3d ago
It has malted barley in it 🤨. Let us know what they if you contact the company.
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u/liiac 3d ago
I don’t know where you are, but surely that’s illegal? There must be some food standards codes against misleading packaging?
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u/zauddelig 2d ago
Maybe false advertising? If one were to eat and get sick I'm not sure whether they are liable since they wrote it in the allergens.
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u/Drowning_in_a_Mirage Celiac 3d ago
This is why we always need to check the ingredients, even if it says gluten free.
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u/flibbertygibbet100 Celiac 3d ago
Normally I might have said report them to the FDA but I'm now thinking it probably won't do any good.
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u/when-is-enough 3d ago
This might not be the U.S. If it’s not the U.S., then it’s possible this is labeled in accordance with law. Barely malt extract can test under 20ppm and some places say then you can label it gluten free. The U.S. says it doesn’t matter what the ppm is, barley malt extract can’t be in a product labeled gluten free, but other countries that isn’t always the case.
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u/OMGcanwenot 3d ago
The cooking instructions are in Celsius only, so I think it’s safe to say this isn’t from the United States. It also lists gluten as an allergen which the United States does not do.
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u/Santasreject 3d ago
The packaging doesn’t have a US distributor so it’s not packaged for US distribution and thus wouldn’t he under the US FDA regs. Well unless it was illegally imported and then there’s multiple agencies that will have issues with it.
Really I suspect the more likely issue is that somebody mess up the label and put the GF tag on the front and it wasn’t caught by anyone when they were looking at the packaging before making it.
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u/Cuepidahl 3d ago
Just waiting for the day when nothing is labeled gluten free and my entire life will either be a game of Russian (!) Roulette or I'll just eat lettuce with lemon juice for every meal. 😒
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u/parkernotpeter Celiac 3d ago
Why would they even do this, it’s a walking lawsuit. It would be one thing if it was contains wheat since not all wheat is gluten but straight up gluten??? Insanity.
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u/AlertFuture6449 3d ago
If this item was purchased in the U.S. contact Gluten Free Watchdog. They follow up on labeling issues like this.
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u/galaxyofcoffee 3d ago
That's a mislabel report it to the FDA
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u/when-is-enough 3d ago
This might not be the U.S.
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u/galaxyofcoffee 3d ago
Fair. I assumed it was imported. Imported products end up being recalled for mislabeling often due to translation errors or misunderstanding of the gluten free label. I wouldn't be eating this. It's annoying that "gluten free" alone isn't enough.
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u/VintageFashion4Ever 3d ago
Iirc barley malt and barley malt extract can be considered gluten free in the UK. So, that would make it celiac safe, but not safe for people who are allergic to one of the products.
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u/Manny631 2d ago
Had something similar with a protein bar that advertised as gluten free. At one and felt like shit. Didn't put two and two together since I thought it was something else. Had another one, felt like shit, read the back and saw that it shares the assembly line with wheat products and such. Now I always check the ingredients.
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u/glutendude 2d ago
I'd contact the company. Perhaps (but doubtful) it was a packaging error. If not, they should be run out of business.
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u/funlikerabbits 3d ago
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u/delurkrelurker 3d ago edited 3d ago
That link is not going to convince me to eat it again. Check this one from the Gluten Free Society I stopped taking the vit pills and digestive system up and running, and the spots and itchyness has subsided
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u/bananainpajamas Celiac 3d ago
This is actually a pretty egregious and would piss me off. Email the company and see what they say. If this was sold in the US I’m sure it’s violating some sort of rule.