No Cross-Contamination!

Hey World!

Gluten-free life is proving to be an interesting experience. This week I learned about cross-contamination. Let me break it down for you. Imagine this. You spend hours cleaning your desk at work. It sparkly clean and free of germs, smelling so fresh and so clean. Then your slob of a desk mate comes in coughing, sneezing, and wheezing without covering his mouth. Who does that?He's just contaminated the entire office with his nasty germs. The same thing happens when non-gluten crops are grown near gluten crops or naturally gluten-free grains are ground in the same mill as gluten grains. So, what's a gluten-free girl to do? Research! Find out which products aren't cross-contaminated. I used to wonder why there was a gluten-free label on a bag of oats. Now, I totally get it. The company wants you to know that they don't handle gluten and gluten-free food in the same location.

So, if you're living a gluten-free life, beware of cross-contamination. Read your labels and research the claims of these companies to see if they're telling you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.