X-Post to General Board: If you are GFCF could you answer a few questions for me? TIA

[Jennefer@SSA]

What is the consensus about these items - I have seen conflicting information in my online research:

Baking Soda - I have bought gfcf baking powder but what about baking soda?

Vanilla and other extracts - many celiac sites say that b/c the alcohol in extracts are distilled then there is no gluten in regular extracts yet many sites say to stick with gfcf extracts. This is a tough one for me b/c I love to bake and all the gfcf extracts we've tried are not quality imho.

Can we drink orange juice that is calcium fortified? I have seen a source that says their source of calcium is from milk but I cannot verify that. We've been drinking Minute Maid OJ and Tropicana both with calcium.

Can someone help me out with the Rice Dream dilemma? So many sites say this product has gluten and to avoid it yet their packaging states that it is in fact gluten free. Ds6 has grown to enjoy this drink and I love that is is available with as much calcium as a glass of milk. Does anyone have a website or a source that explains how this controversy started? I need to eliminate it quickly if I discover it in fact does contain gluten.

Do you have any other hidden sources of gluten/casein that are not commonly known? We've gotten all the biggies out and many that were surprises to me.

Here is a helpful pdf I found from TACA that lists 160 GFCF items that can be purchased in grocery stores.

http://gfcf-diet.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcf-foodlist.pdf

Thanks so much in advance!
Jennefer

[Kathy in MD]

trial because Rice Dream at the time was processed in such a way that it was contaminated with some form of gluten. Rice Dream may have changed it's manufacturing process since then. You might try an almond milk or hazelnut milk to replace Rice Dream if you want to replace it.