chapotraphouse

"Gluten Free" is a regulated term in the US. One of the few that actually have to meet specific requirements. In this case its <20ppm.

A big problem is that there can be cross contamination. For instance, potato chips are naturally gluten free. But some seasonings may have gluten in them. If the manufacturer makes one with the contaminated seasoning and then immediately makes the "gluten free" chip, its very likely to not meet the 20 ppm requirement.

Doritos are an example of that. Even though the chips and the seasoning are gluten free, Frito Lay can't guarantee that they are gluten free and thus won't put the label on.

I'm coming at this from a vegan perspective where you'll find an insane amount of products that are, vegan, but have like 1,2% milk powder added for what I assume is either filler or some tax loophole in select market since milk powder is dirt cheap and would usually be classified a dairy product. Doesn't seem out of the question there's lots of shit out there where they just huck in a sprinkling of gluten to save 2 cents per 1000 pcs or so

TBF, there are a lot of weird additives that have gluten in them that end up in foods you wouldn't expect.

My wife has celiac and has to be extremely cautious about gluten bc like the other person said, a lot of things you’d think are safe actually can have gluten either bc they have little enough amount to escape having to mention it but still contain enough to harm someone who can literally have none of it, or there’s no regulation at all for that thing so they just don’t bother

A bigger issue really (for us at least) is when they say something is gluten free and does in fact include some amount

If we're being honest with ourselves the answer is really probably about the same as for people from anywhere else in the imperial core — but I still think that "overapplying" Celiac labels is really just an example of good universal design, so I don't see what's worthy of mockery about it.

Probably plenty? Because of diabetes. Or because they remember high school science/chemistry. Our education system sucks, and we suck at remembering shit, but there are some things a huge number of Americants remember because our system(s) forces us to.

Some are jokes at this point (Mitochondrion are the powerhouse of the cell), others are dangerous (Shit about the Slaving Fathers), others are just wrong ("Everyone" thought the world was small, because Columbus sucked at math). Sure average joe might not know what glucose exactly is, but even I sometimes mix it up.

I like mentioning chirality to people, but even I couldn't remember if dextrose WAS glucose or if it was an isomer the other day. The average American might have some trouble with THAT sentence, but thats because its been 20 years since they've had to think about chemistry.

Couple personal examples: We had a program about maple syrup, and the older (like 30+ older) understood me better when I said "carbohydrates, like sugar" versus just saying "carbohydrates". Neurons sometimes need to be reattached, but the ideas are still floating around our mixed up brain gunk.

Grandma and family knew what glucose was, because they actually were trying to not die from diabetes. They didn't understand the full complexity of shit like fructose, etc. But they did understand both are sugars and could spike their levels.

And honestly, good for companies putting what sweeteners they're using in bigger text. Having to dig into a giant block to figure out if this is "real" sugar, some crappy artificial shit, a decent artificial one, or stevia is fucking annoying.