Not so much a lie but jumping on the bandwagon. A lot of traditional products that never had gluten in them to begin with now show “Gluten Free!” on the label, as if they did something good for you rather than simply redesigning a product label.
I feel like in that case it’s more like “We now double-check this food wasn’t made in the same area as foods with gluten”. Cross-contamination can be a pita for celiacs
Someone already mentioned the shared facilities thing that can lead to cross contamination. Another reason is: gluten-containing products aren’t intuitive. Soy sauce, malt vinegar, a lot of sauces and seasonings, most canned soups(where I live,) and some cheeses contain gluten.
Unless you are hypersensitive to gluten, gluten free beer is nonsensical. A slice of bread contains 124,000 ppm of gluten. Lagers have 63 ppm, stouts 360 ppm, and ales can have up to 3,000 ppm. So even an ale has roughly 3% of the gluten a single slice of bread has.
87% of beer sold in the US is a lager. That is .0005% of a slice of bread’s gluten.
you would have celiacs at that point, sensitivity to gluten is just marketing for the gluten free companies that people that dont have celiacs. wheat allergy is a different disease. best way to check is through blood tests, and noticible symptoms. most people that buy gluten free foods, that doesnt have the disease dont even know the connection between the proteins and the disease.
Not so much a lie but jumping on the bandwagon. A lot of traditional products that never had gluten in them to begin with now show “Gluten Free!” on the label, as if they did something good for you rather than simply redesigning a product label.
I feel like in that case it’s more like “We now double-check this food wasn’t made in the same area as foods with gluten”. Cross-contamination can be a pita for celiacs
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Pita is bad for celiacs because of the gluten.
I honestly do not trust those labels without proof
Someone already mentioned the shared facilities thing that can lead to cross contamination. Another reason is: gluten-containing products aren’t intuitive. Soy sauce, malt vinegar, a lot of sauces and seasonings, most canned soups(where I live,) and some cheeses contain gluten.
https://xkcd.com/641/
Oh yes, so many products claim this pointlessly.
Gluten free beer, corn chips, ketchup, fruit snacks, dairy products, etc.
beer usually has grain. it’s reasonable to demand the mash bill.
Unless you are hypersensitive to gluten, gluten free beer is nonsensical. A slice of bread contains 124,000 ppm of gluten. Lagers have 63 ppm, stouts 360 ppm, and ales can have up to 3,000 ppm. So even an ale has roughly 3% of the gluten a single slice of bread has.
87% of beer sold in the US is a lager. That is .0005% of a slice of bread’s gluten.
you would have celiacs at that point, sensitivity to gluten is just marketing for the gluten free companies that people that dont have celiacs. wheat allergy is a different disease. best way to check is through blood tests, and noticible symptoms. most people that buy gluten free foods, that doesnt have the disease dont even know the connection between the proteins and the disease.