Prevent Cross Contamination – Gluten Free Ingredients
My wife almost killed me the other day when I attemptedto pull another fast one with the cutting board. I had just finished making omelettes and the cutting board looked ‘clean enough’ in my opinion after chopping the onions. I knew I’d use it again soon so I just left it there around the counter. She decided which it will be nice on an orange as being a breakfast dessert and also, since she hates all traces from the white elements of oranges, she cuts your skin off… over a cutting board. Prove me wrong if you need to waste an orange, but cross contaminating these with an onion flavoured cutting board is surely an affront for the palette.
Now let’s discuss cross contamination as it would have to do with your gluten free ingredients and what you must do in order to protect yourself. I recently read a tale about someone who may have gluten sensitivity and was getting sick each time her mother made her lunch. She finally learned that her mother was toasting the bread she made her sandwiches with. The problem with this could be that the toaster was being employed for other gluten containing breads too, but tend to easily solved by devoting a second toaster to gluten free breads only. But think about goods that we buy that say they’re gluten free. Are they?
Just because the toaster example shows, for a lot of with celiac disease even trace quantities of Gluten free bread could cause big problems. This is why it’s suggested which you require a risk-free method of your gluten free ingredients shopping. Even quinoa, which we realize is gluten free, was processed or packaged inside the same facility as other gluten containing grains. Quinoa flour or flakes, by way of example, are the upper chances because there’s more processing involved. Raw quinoa seeds below the knob on processing therefore the risk is gloomier.
Consideration should also be giving to the labelling of goods that boast gluten free ingredients. This practice has greatly improved over the past several years because awareness has built a bigger demand and food producers are recognizing an expanding market. I would still adopt the ritual of reading labels on many new products you are trying even if they’re colourfully labelled gluten free. I’ve seen some packages claiming gluten free status when inside ingredients they clearly list wheat and other grains containing gluten.
Some producers might not be as picky as you and I could be in relation to gluten because they’ve never been doubled over in pain as being a result of their careless contamination. They may also believe it is great enough to take into consideration ‘gluten-reduced’ as gluten free ingredients if this simply isn’t true.
The Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) has much finer guidelines, even more so as opposed to FDA, when it comes to labelling products gluten free. They stand behind a firm rule that gluten have to be unquantifiable at 5 parts per million (ppm). In all my research, the CSA has got the strictest of labelling criteria which 5 ppm would come with even cross contamination of gluten. If you see something while using CSA seal, make no mistake that it is completely free of wheat, barley, rye and oats, but interestingly enough, it won’t actually make use of the term “gluten free”
When you’re on the food store the next occasion, be sure you pay close attention on the labels. I would suggest an all-natural discount vitamin store for two reasons. The first being that the staff are more knowledgeable and can better be capable to direct you towards your alternatives of gluten free ingredients and the second is because are likely to have a greater collection of reputable, certified gluten free foods.
Good luck using your shopping and for one final tip on keeping resistant to loved ones who don’t experience signs and symptoms of gluten intolerance and share the identical kitchen. You may think that washing the colander will rid it of it’s pesky gluten containing starch, but with each of the little holes and corners it’s near impossible. Get yourself your own private strainer and label it “Gluten Free – Use Upon Pain Of Death”