Are Egg Beaters Gluten Free?

Before I had posted the recipe for the delicious Crustless Thanksgiving Pie, which originally called for egg beaters instead of regular eggs,  I had contacted the company to find out if egg beaters were indeed gluten free. Since I hadn't heard back from them in time for pie making over the holiday, I used real eggs, which made the pie come out excellent by the way, but I did receive a email from the company upon my return that I would like to share...

 

 

Sharon,

 

Thank you for your email concerning our Egg Beaters.

We understand how important it is for people who have been medically diagnosed with gluten sensitivity to obtain accurate information about our food to help plan their meals and diets. And we continue to look for ways to meet the dietary needs of our consumers.

Since wheat is a major food allergen, if it is used in the product it would be listed in the contains statement following the ingredients list. The flour used in many of our products is wheat flour and you should avoid these products if you have gluten sensitivities. If any ingredient in the product includes rye or barley, it will be listed in parentheses immediately following the ingredient. Oats do not contain gluten, but they frequently have been exposed to wheat or barley and are not recommended for Celiac patients. If Natural Flavors, Artificial Flavors, or Spices listed in the ingredients list contain wheat, rye or barley, these ingredients would be listed in parenthesis immediately following the ingredient. Some fermented or distilled products such as vinegar may be derived from wheat. Most of the vinegar in our products is distilled and through the distilling process protein gluten is removed.

Starting January of 2012, we began producing the following brands validated as gluten-free with gluten-free printed on their labels:

-Cocoa: Swiss Miss all varieties
-Egg Beaters: all varieties-Tomatoes: Hunt's all varieties (excluding Pasta Sauces, Tomato Sauces and Ketchup's)
-Orville Redenbacher's: all Ready to Eat varieties
-Pudding: Swiss Miss & Snack Pack, excludes those containing Tapioca

Below is a list of some of our other products that do not contain added gluten*

Category/Brand/Items:

-PAM Cooking Spray: all varieties except PAM Baking
-Hebrew National: all items except Franks in a Blanket
-Wesson oils: all varieties
-Peter Pan Peanut Butter: all varieties
-Popcorn: Act II microwave, Orville Redenbacher jar and microwave, excluding Crunch n Munch and Poppycock
-Spreads: Parkay, Blue Bonnet, Fleischmann's and Move Over Butter
-David Seeds: all varieties
-Tomato Sauces: Hunt's tomato paste and sauces excluding pasta sauces
-Ketchup: Hunt's all varieties
-Reddi-Whip: all varieties
-Ro*Tel Tomatoes (excluding sauces)

*These items have been identified as not containing gluten. They are not currently routinely tested to affirm they contain less than 20ppm gluten for a 'gluten-free' claim.

We always advise consumers who may have sensitivities to recheck the ingredient list on each package. Products are oftentimes reformulated and the ingredients may change. If you have additional questions about your personal dietary needs, please consult your doctor or a registered dietitian.

Christine Consumer Affairs Representative ConAgra Foods Case: 61320050 If you have any questions or concerns about any of their products you may contact them at the number listed (1-877-266-2472) or visit them at this site: http://www.congrafoods.com Most companies will answer any questions or concerns that you are unsure of, if you will contact them. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Holiday, and as always....Have a GREAT wheat free day!!! Sharon

Holiday Baking Ingredients...

If you are fairly new to gluten free holiday baking, as I am, then you know how hard it can be sorting and reading through labels on all those baking products needed to make your favorite cookies and other holiday treats into gluten free.. I have added a list of  just a few of the most used  gluten free ingredients needed in making those beautiful Holiday delicacies. I hope the list helps to make your holiday baking a little easier this year, and  that you can use the time saved to spend with friends and family!.


  Jellies, Peanut Butters & Spreads:
  
   Polaner All Fruit

Jiff Peanut butter-all types

Skippy Peanut butter-creamy, crunchy, reduced fat, and roasted honey nut

Smuckers Jellies and Jams

Smuckers All Fruit

Smuckers Natural Peanut butter

Welch’s Grape jelly and jam

Marshmallow Fluff

 

Molasses and Karo:

 

Brer Rabbit Molasses

Grandma’s molasses

Karo corn syrups-light and dark

 

Butters, Shortenings, Oils, Spreads, and Sprays:

 

Cabot Butter

Cabot Whipped Butter

Crisco Oil

Crisco Shortening-regular and butter

Fleishman’s Light Margarine

Mazola oils and sprays

Smart Balance Shortening and Cooking Spray

Smart Balance Buttery Spread

I Can’t believe it’s not Butter, -all types

Benecol spread (reg and light)

Land O Lakes butter-salted, unsalted and whipped (NOTE: light butter is NOT gluten free)

 

Sour Creams, Yogurts:

 

Axelrod sour cream

Cabot Sour Cream-regular and lite

Columbo yogurts-fat free, light, low fat, classic

Yoplait yogurts-original, light, thick and creamy, whips, go gurts, smoothies

Axelrod Yogurt

Dannon plain yogurt-low fat, nonfat, natural

Dannon Dan Active plain yogurt

 

 

Baking Goods/milks:

 

Carnation Evaporated and Fat Free Evaporated Milk

Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk

Carnation Instant Nonfat Dry Milk

Thai Kitchen Light Coconut Milk

Thai Kitchen Premium Coconut Milk

A Taste of Thai Coconut Milk

 

Sugars and Misc:

 

Arm and Hammer Baking Soda

Domino’s sugar-brown-light and dark, confectionery, and granulated white

Fleishmann’s Yeast

Splenda Sweetener

 

 

Chocolate and Chocolate chips:

 

Hershey’s chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, baking chips

Ghiradelli unsweetened cocoa, unsweetened baking bar,

bittersweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips,

semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and baking bar

 

 

Spices and Extracts:

 

McCormick’s extracts (all flavors, pure and imitation)

McCormick’s spices (not blends)

McCormick’s food color

Real Lemon and Real lime juice

Nestles Toll House morsels

Betty Crocker candy sprinkles

Betty Crocker Neon decorating gels

Splenda Sweetener

Durkee Spices

 

Pie Fillings:

 

Comstock pie fillings-all flavors 

Lucky leaf pie fillings

Libby’s pure pumpkin

* As always it is up to the individual to read labels to make sure that products used in recipes posted are gluten free, as companies do change ingredients from time to time.

* Splenda...There are no gluten containing, grain based ingredients derived from wheat, rye, or barley, nor any ingredients derived from oats, used to produce SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) or the SPLENDA^® Sweetener Products. However they do not test their finished products for the presence of gluten.

As always have a great wheat free day!
Sharon