Glucose Syrup! Yep IT IS GLUTEN FREE!!!

One of my most asked questions "....glucose syrup's not gluten free...is it?" sure is people!! I must get asked this question 2 to 3 times a day! Usually after customers spot the Jelly Belly's on the top shelf! Glucose syrup is a liquid sweetener found in many candies and other desserts that contains wheat starch.

Obviously when the word "wheat" appears, most of us have our Spidey sense's tingling! However the Australian Coeliac Society assure's as that.. "Some ingredients are so highly processed, that they are gluten free even though a

gluten source is indicated. The most commonly used are:

▪ Glucose or glucose syrup from wheat

▪ Caramel colour (150) from wheat

▪ Dextrose from wheat

These ingredients are suitable for a gluten free diet"

And not to forget that under the Australian Food Standards code even if any ingredient is wheat derived (comes from wheat) rye, barley or oats, this it must be declared!
Therefore ingredients where the source of grain is NOT identified are from a non-gluten containg grain and gluten free! are therefore from a non-gluten containing .

So remember!!! There are some exceptions to the rules! and Glucose Syrup is one of them ITS GLUTEN FREE!!

Something for us all to think about...

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." --Martin Luther King, Jr