Is Bob’s Red Mill shredded Coconut unsweetened gluten free?

i want to change my diet

I have been living gluten-free now for about seven years after contracting salmonella poisoning and subsequently developing colitis. I can no longer tolerate even trace amounts of gluten in food. A couple of more items to add to your lists:

1. Hotdogs should not be on a safe list. I have found a number of brands, especially those branded "low-fat" as having fillers that contain gluten.

2. Frappucinos from Starbucks should be avoided. The emulsifier used to create them contains gluten.

3. Be very careful with canned soups. Even those labeled gluten-free personally cause me digestive distress. Key words to search for in the ingredient list: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MODIFIED STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH. I completely avoid anything that contains any of those phrases in the ingredient list.

4. Preshredded cheeses are usually tossed with some type of starch or flour to prevent clumping in the package. To be completely safe, buy cheese by the brick and grate yourself.

5. LaChoy soy sauce is gluten-free.

6. Know what goes into your smoothie, whether it is made fresh or purchased prepackaged at the store. Again, the emulsifiers and protein enhancers can contain gluten.

My partner and I eat very little that comes from a box, bag or can. It does mean we have to cook, but we know what is going into our food. Anyone who comes to my house eats gluten free, too. I do not buy regular flour or anything like that. If it truly isn't worth me making it gluten free - such as a cake to feed a horde of people - I'll buy it ready-made at the store and then avoid it.

Hope these pointers help anyone out there trying to navigate the GF world.

FYI... Cheerios (all favors) have "gluten free" on the front of their box, as does all Chex cereals (except for wheat Chex, of course!)
Maltodextrin is considered GF unless the word wheat precedes it in the ingredients.
Thank you Bob's Red Mill for the great selection of GF mixes and flours. My husband says your GF cornbread mix is "the best", and he does not need to eat GF.

I've recently changed my diet to wheat free and with this list it shopping has become a no-brainer. Thank you so much for the list.

I have not seen this often but after I was diagnosed I contained having issues after going completely GF and I discovered distilled vinager caused the same reaction as gluten. This might be useful for other people to know.

The best thing I did when I was diagnosed fifteen years ago,was get the ingredients book fron the Celiac Spruce Association

The best thing you can do is read every label and get a ingredients book from the celiac spruce foundation

This is a little off-topic, but I'm hoping someone can help me...
A few days back I came across a link to a page that listed many of the different types of flours, including nut flours. It gave a description of each one, the source, flavor profile, and what I'm especially looking for, how it's best used (esp. when substituting). I'm pretty sure it was actually a list of flours sold by Bob's Red Mill, but I could be mistaken. I do remember that the article mentioned an upcoming one dedicated to bean flours.

I've found several blogs that talk about alternative flours and such, but none that seemed as comprehensive as the one I'm looking for. I remember one particular flour was mentioned as being a bit coarser and would make a good substitution for cornmeal, and that's what I'm looking for. I haven't been able to find that anywhere else and I'm kicking myself for not printing that page when I had it. >.<

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many sausages are gluten free. Hillshire Farms brand and Aidells brand both say gluten free on the package.

Schools should provide choices for kids with celiac .It's a killer to some.

Milk duds contain malt!!
Thank you,

Mike duds are not gluten free!!

Relatives & friends need to be educated how not to cross-contaminate. First year our DIL was diagnosed she happened to observe that The Turkey was about to be carved in a butcher block where the hot bread had been placed & sliced. Knife had to be washed & meat cut w/o touching the block.
Our son has used the computer to find if products have hidden gluten & has contacted companies to determine if there is could be danger of cross contamination.
She is highly sensitive to gluten such as French fries cooked in oil that has also cooked breaded foods or. a few croutons dropped top of a salad ( then removed will make her sick for at least 2 days)
Celiac is not fun! Their children were taught not to touch mommy until they leave the table w hands up in air and wash WITH soap.

Thank you so much for this up dated gluten free food list. Companies make changes to their products all the time and don't always inform the consumers. Which for us little celiac disease people can send us to ER and days, weeks and months trying to recover.
So thank you so much.
HL Stephens

This was very helpful especially could of used this when I was first diagnosed. Thanks for posting. I will be sharing this site.