Spicy gluten

I was a bit shocked yesterday to discover that one of the spices I'd been using from time to time contains wheat. I am pretty good at checking labels before purchasing something new and, perhaps because of this, I tend to get complacent with things that are in my cupboard.

I was most surprised to discover that the (Gregg's) curry powder I'd been using from time to time contained wheat!

Like I said, this is a product I'd used and bought before so wouldn't normally look at the label. I was fairly shocked and went through all our spices, only to find that the (Gregg's) mixed spice that I had used in this Christmas cake and these hot cross buns also contains wheat! I doubt there's enough gluten in these products to have caused me any grief (I did have some unexplained reactions around Christmas and easter but think they are more likely due to something else).

While on the topic of Gregg's I also recently noticed rather surprisingly that their jelly mixes contain wheat. On the bright side though, many of their spice mixes such as their excellent garlic and herb salt which used to contain wheat flour have changed to rice flour over the last couple years which is fantastic.

Posted by Rory on Sep 11th, 2011 under Gluten In Unexpected Places | Permalink | Comments(1) | Tweet | Facebook