GFCF Diet and cornflakes

[Fionamg]

Hi

My name is Fiona and I have started my daughter Alison (3) on a GF diet. We are now into the second week and have already seen improvements. Alison has lost the sensitivity she had about her head and I have been able to brush her teeth and wash her hair for the first time in 18 months without screaming, yelling, running round the house (and that's just me!).

 

I'm a bit confused about the status of cornflakes. Most own brand corn flakes appear on the gluten free list but they also contain barley extract which I thought was a source of gluten. I know that coeliacs can tolerate a certain amount of barley but wasn't sure if it was the same for GF diets for autistics. Are corn flakes alright?

 

I am an old hand at milk-free diets as my son (8) is also autistic and is lactose intolerent as well as allergic to cows milk so the CF diet is situation normal as far as we are concerned.

 

Hope someone can help

 

Fiona

[Flora]

Hi Fiona, welcome to the forum. There are quite a few gf experts on the forum who will be able to answer your question when they come along.

 

Lauren

[KarenT]

Fiona

 

I've just had a quick scan through the Coeliac UK directory under Breakfast Cereals and there aren't many cornflakes listed. Doves Farm, Glutano and Whole Earth do organic cornflakes which comply with the directory standards, whereas none are listed for the main supermarkets.

 

HTH

 

Karen

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[call me jaded]

This is what Doves Farm have to say:

 

http://www.dovesfarm-glutenfree.co.uk/about-gluten.htm

 

You need to contact the manufacturer of each particular brand to be absolutely sure.

[Fionamg]

Thanks for the link, it's a bit clearer now. M&S and Sainsbury's both have corn flakes in their gluten-free lists but their lists may be out of date so I shall have to check.

 

Fiona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what Doves Farm have to say:

 

http://www.dovesfarm-glutenfree.co.uk/about-gluten.htm

 

You need to contact the manufacturer of each particular brand to be absolutely sure.

[baddad]

Hi fiona -

 

I'm lucky, Ben can handle cornflakes/rice crispies that contain malt EXTRACT... He can't handle the name brands, but Tesco's own have no side effects for him...

 

starting out on the diet I'd be inclined to go for a specialist brand like Kallo, and once you've established whether the diet(s) ARE helpful you can slowly test individual products to see just what effect they do (or don't) have...

 

hope that's helpful

 

BD

[Fionamg]

Thanks for that, that's a good idea. On the coeliacs website Tesco's own brand has just been put back on the list of gluten-free but the name brands are definitely out. I shall try a specialist brand just to be on the safe side.

 

Fiona

 

 

 

Hi fiona -

 

I'm lucky, Ben can handle cornflakes/rice crispies that contain malt EXTRACT... He can't handle the name brands, but Tesco's own have no side effects for him...

 

starting out on the diet I'd be inclined to go for a specialist brand like Kallo, and once you've established whether the diet(s) ARE helpful you can slowly test individual products to see just what effect they do (or don't) have...

 

hope that's helpful

 

BD

[MumTee]

Just a quickie to say we got Whole Earth cornflakes in Waitrose last week - reasonably priced and the ingredients are just corn, raw cane sugar, salt and sunflower lecethin.

 

Also to anyone who is struggling trying to make creations that look like chicken nuggets or fish fingers (which I was for ages!) STRUGGLE NO MORE! Take a look at the new range of stuff at Sainsburys in the free from section - so much child friendly stuff I literally nearly sobbed!

[baddad]

Just a quickie to say we got Whole Earth cornflakes in Waitrose last week - reasonably priced and the ingredients are just corn, raw cane sugar, salt and sunflower lecethin.

 

Also to anyone who is struggling trying to make creations that look like chicken nuggets or fish fingers (which I was for ages!) STRUGGLE NO MORE! Take a look at the new range of stuff at Sainsburys in the free from section - so much child friendly stuff I literally nearly sobbed!

 

 

These have actually been around for quite a while, but it may be that your local branch has only just expanded the range... I went into my local S the other week (usually go to T's as their range locally is bigger) and they are doing the swedish glace CORNETS (like cornetto's) and CHOC ICEY MAGNUM THINGIES!! T's haven't caught onto these yet... also a SG soft (soya) cheese that can make a reasonable cheesecake if you whip it up with plain soya yoghurt! Ben's getting such a 'pot' I've had to start monitoring his 'treat' intake!!

 

L&P

 

BD

[MumTee]

Cool! (literally!) - I need to have another good look in there - if I cant find the magnum thingies you may be hearing about a one-woman protest Anyone got a choc-ice costume....!

[Fionamg]

We get the gluten free chicken nuggets and fish fingers from Sainsbury's but their sausages were tough going so we get gluten free sausages from M&S. There are also a lot of 100% beef beef-burgers which are gluten free. There's so much stuff out at the moment that Alison has hardly noticed the difference. Our only difficult time is breakfast (hence the corn flake question).

 

Fiona

 

 

Just a quickie to say we got Whole Earth cornflakes in Waitrose last week - reasonably priced and the ingredients are just corn, raw cane sugar, salt and sunflower lecethin.

 

Also to anyone who is struggling trying to make creations that look like chicken nuggets or fish fingers (which I was for ages!) STRUGGLE NO MORE! Take a look at the new range of stuff at Sainsburys in the free from section - so much child friendly stuff I literally nearly sobbed!