[Tax-chick]

Do you really need a label declaring your orange juice Kosher?

I agree, gluten-free is a fad and a swindle in most cases. Celiac disease is a major exception to the basic human ability to digest bread products.

[null and void]

Do you really need a label declaring your orange juice Kosher?

Only if you are an observant Jew.

[Ditter]

I do not have celiac disease according to 2 separate tests 2 years apart. But about 10 years ago when I was 65 , I began having trouble when I ate wheat. Severe constipation leading to gut infections that would send me to the ER if I did not recognize it before it got really bad.

I can eat a little wheat once in a while but no more toast for breakfast, sandwich for lunch and pasta for dinner, those days are gone.

[taxcontrol]

Do you really need a label declaring your orange juice Kosher?

Not really, but I would appreciate a warning label on anything Halal, especially meats. I try to follow the scriptures warning against eating anything that has been sacrificed to other gods.

[Rockingham]

In addition to celiac disease, a different ailment known as gluten sensitivity has recently been medically validated. When the individual incidence of both diseases is combined and extended to households affected, a commercial market of millions of households for gluten free foods emerges.

In addition, new FDA labeling rules provide standards and a safe harbor for manufacturers to label products as gluten free. In a bow to the interests of manufacturers though, gluten free need not be completely gluten free but can have minor traces.

For especially impaired celiacs like me, even minor traces of gluten causes problems, so a gluten free marking is less an assurance than an invitation to careful scrutiny of the detailed list of ingredients.