Avoiding Gluten

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

SheilaVG - 10 Apr 2007 02:09 GMT

I have found a food that both I and my cat are happy with that I'm 99% sure
does not contain gluten. I say 99% because I know that there may be another
name for gluten I am unaware of. My questions are: does anyone know of
another name or names for gluten AND is there one central place to get info
about this ingredient you might suggest?

Thanks,
Sheila

Reply to this Message

William Graham - 10 Apr 2007 03:20 GMT

>I have found a food that both I and my cat are happy with that I'm 99% sure
> does not contain gluten. I say 99% because I know that there may be
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Thanks,
> Sheila

No, but a number of cat foods out there contain something called, "Corn
gluten." I have not heard that it is contaminated, so I have been feeding it
to my cats....So far, so good........The US produces vast amounts of corn,
so I doubt if we import any from China or anywhere else......Also, they feed
lots of it to cows, and if any of them got sick, there would be hell to
pay.....(People eat cows)

Reply to this Message

flitterbit - 13 Apr 2007 15:28 GMT

>> I have found a food that both I and my cat are happy with that I'm 99% sure
>> does not contain gluten. I say 99% because I know that there may be
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> lots of it to cows, and if any of them got sick, there would be hell to
> pay.....(People eat cows)

The U.S. also grows vast amounts of wheat and in theory there should be
no need to import wheat gluten from China either.

In any event, the importer of the contaminated wheat gluten is
apparently ChemNutra, a U.S. company operating out of Las Vegas, whose
market niche is sourcing Chinese raw materials for "food, feed and pharma":

http://www.chemnutra.com/

Pet food ingredients aren't the only problematic foods coming out of
China; this article talks about the various ongoing problems China is
experiencing in dealing with the situation:

<http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/202639>

Reply to this Message

~Jan~ - 14 Apr 2007 02:57 GMT

>>I have found a food that both I and my cat are happy with that I'm 99%
>>sure
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> cows) ----------------------------------------------------------
>wow! I never thought of that

I switched to organic foods until this recall
passes.

Reply to this Message