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Gluten free sodas are gluten free to a point
So I'm enjoying a lovely beverage at Hunters & Gatherers [1] when I notice
something odd on the label:
[I don't care about the wheat content as much as I care about the corn
content.] [2]
“Pardon my asking,” I said to the proprietor, “but I thought all soda was
gluten free.”
“I would think so too,” said the proprietor. “Perhaps for sweetening? Like
stevia?”
“No,” I said. “It's usually corn they use for sweetening.”
“Oh,” said the proprietor, who was doing a search on the Intarwebs [3],
“sodas might be bottled in a shared facility.”
“Okay, that makes sense.”
“And if gluten is less than 20 parts-per-million, it's considered ‘gluten-
free.’”
“How about that?”
“Well, the more you know [4] …
[1]
http://coolamericanproducts.com/
[2]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2016/04/13/Gluten.jpg
[3]
http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/Gluten-Free-Beverages/a/Gluten-Free-Soda.htm
[4]
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-more-you-know
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