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kenny

kenny

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Uhm ... gluten is something in grains, like wheat.
There never has been anything from wheat, or any other grain, in bottled water!
But go ahead and pay more for your gluten-free water and enjoy your peace of mind ... if you have a mind that is.

When people are this :doh:fvcking stoopid, they deserve to get ripped off.
Still, I'm thankful for labeling laws.
Better than nothing ... but labels don't help when the stoopidist don't read them - maybe they can't read.

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180126-gluten-free-water-and-absurd-labelling-of-whats-absent
 
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That is funny!!!!!!
 
I will eyeroll hard along with you.

Gluten phobia is the food fad/scare of the decade. We just can't survive anymore without making various foods evil and then rotating them in and out of the status of "causing the end of the world as we know it".

The silliness level is indeed tiresome.
 
My MIL buys a fancy special water she's convinced helps her kidney cancer.

I'm not going to take that away from her.
 
I confess, my favorite recent gluten thing, was when I was making pasta. I finally dragged out the pasta machine I inherited from my mom - many fond memories of making noodles as a kid. Anyway, I was using a recipe (a very good one I might add) that called for the addition of a small amount of powdered gluten.

When I got to the grocery, I was having trouble finding it. So off to the registers I go. "Excuse me, I'm looking for powdered gluten." Cashier, clearly taken aback, "Umm...really....gluten?" Me, "Yes, gluten: you know, that stuff that everyone wants to not have in their food? Yeah, that stuff." Her, "Ooohhh...uhhh." Luckily, there was someone there who overheard, and we did find it, but that first gal acted not unlike I'd told her I wanted to put rat poison in food. :rolleyes:
 
:confused:I'm so confused. Where is the Carbon hidden amongst the Hydrogen and Oxygen?:confused:
 
I can understand that some people can have REAL issues with gluten, but the reality is; its a lot less than some think.

Its probably label decoration. Water is gluten free already. So they'll call it gluten free, carge a buck or 2 more. It will make people feel good.

Now, they may also have to check that the entire plant in which they PROCESS that water is also gluten free so...there you go. Still label decoration but one with a little bit more meaning.

Is there some sort of certification needed for manufacturers to be deemed gluten free? I don't think there is, but I've been wrong before.

There are now shampoos and even lotions that claim to be gluten free. *shrugs*
 
I think it is easy to satisfy modern consumers:

Gluten-free water - containing no wheat, barley or rye
Kosher water - containing no pig DNA
Range-raised water - taken from a reservoir under an open air
Organic water - carbonated
Non-GMO - neither of its hydrogen or oxygen atoms has been generically modified

So you can put it all on the label, and sell it on GOOP at triple prices!
 
I don’t know about “gluten free” but I’m drinking the “calorie reduced” one because I’m dieting. Sure it’s $5 a bottle but who wants to get fat from calorie laden ordinary water.:lol:
 
I hate that there is such a thing as a "gluten free fad". My daughter has celiac disease. She actually can't have gluten. People are rude to her sometimes. She also never gets to eat at social gatherings if people forget. It's not a choice. I would HATE to be celiac. I don't think I could live without gluten to be honest. :eek2:
 
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Stoopidest water label EVAH!
Almost as stooopid as the term "Smartphone"! :nono:

Yet, I'll betcha they both fly off the shelves. :doh:
Gotta do SOMETHING to feel smart.

Makes me think of how victorious, powerful, and chest-thumping fans feel when their sports team wins.
 
Where I live, people can actually drink tap water. Imagine that! :mrgreen2:
 
lyra said:
I hate that there is such a thing as a "gluten free fad". My daughter has celiac disease. She actually can't have gluten. People are rude to her sometimes. She also never gets to eat at social gatherings if people forget. It's not a choice. I would HATE to be celiac. I don't think I could live without gluten to be honest. :eek2:
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My friend has celiac too and she has severe scarring in her GI track from years of misdiagnosis so she gets ticked off when people equate her gluten issue with an allergy. It's beyond that. She even has to be careful with shampoo and lipstick!
 
Calm down; this thread is not about making fun of people with a real illness.

Companies are printing Gluten-Free on labels for bottled water. :doh:
To repeat, water has never had gluten.

These labels are stupid, insulting, and IMO hilarious.
 
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I'm a celiac, but thought the "gluten free" stickers with smiley faces on the apples at the grocery store were hilarious.
 
My new car was gluten-free.
I was so relieved!

... but I AM worried about this wine I'm drinking.
There was no gluten-free label on the bottle. :eek2:
 
kenny said:
My new car was gluten-free.
I was so relieved!

... but I AM worried about this wine I'm drinking.
There was no gluten-free label on the bottle. :eek2:
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Try gluten- free beer... ;)
 
lyra said:
Where I live, people can actually drink tap water. Imagine that! :mrgreen2:
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Omg bottle it and sell it! Locally sourced water!
 
kenny said:
My new car was gluten-free.
I was so relieved!

... but I AM worried about this wine I'm drinking.
There was no gluten-free label on the bottle. :eek2:
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I have Celiac (officially diagnosed by blood test and biopsy) and completely agree that gluten free water is not necessary. It's silly really. I do however prefer to buy foods labeled gluten free if possible. To shed some light on all of the gluten free labels you see, the FDA does have regulations that a manufacturer is supposed to follow if a product is labeled gluten free:
https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/ucm362510.htm
and that little Certified Gluten Free symbol means it is even safer for people with gluten sensitivities because the manufacturers should be testing the product to make sure is contains less than 10 ppm of gluten.
http://www.gfco.org/get-certified/standards/
Gluten cross contamination is a very real issue for us, unfortunately. Cross contamination can start in the fields where the food is grown, then on to the transportation vehicles of the raw materials, then to the production equipment, etc. Even if flour is used in a facility, it is flying in the air and landing on all of the equipment causing gluten cross contamination. It just takes a speck the size of a pencil dot for a person with celiac to have a reaction. The labels mean that the manufacturer is aware of this and should be taking precautions to produce a truly gluten free product.
 
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I have Celiac (officially diagnosed by blood test and biopsy) and completely agree that gluten free water is not necessary. It's silly really. I do however prefer to buy foods labeled gluten free if possible. To shed some light on all of the gluten free labels you see, the FDA does have regulations that a manufacturer is supposed to follow if a product is labeled gluten free:
https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/ucm362510.htm
and that little Certified Gluten Free symbol means it is even safer for people with gluten sensitivities because the manufacturers should be testing the product to make sure is contains less than 10 ppm of gluten.
http://www.gfco.org/get-certified/standards/
Gluten cross contamination is a very real issue for us, unfortunately. Cross contamination can start in the fields where the food is grown, then on to the transportation vehicles of the raw materials, then to the production equipment, etc. Even if flour is used in a facility, it is flying in the air and landing on all of the equipment causing gluten cross contamination. It just takes a speck the size of a pencil dot for a person with celiac to have a reaction. The labels mean that the manufacturer is aware of this and should be taking precautions to produce a truly gluten free product.
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Yes.
Of course!

... and all that doesn't change, or have anything to do with, the absurdity of bottled water labels claiming it is gluten-free, or the rest of the stupidity in BBC's article in the link.
Why even bother mentioning anything about a legit illness?
Why not also mention if you drink poison, step in front of a fast-moving train, or chop your head off you'll die ... or the other zillions of facts that are unrelated, yet true?

Likewise, when NPR runs a new article about the downsides of smartphones, the sensitive see some reason to post the upsides of smartphones - as if that vanishes what's written in the article about the downsides. :wall:
The upsides are beyond DUH! by now.

What is this? ... The Twilight Zone? :confused:
 
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Kenny, a big issue for people who are celiac, is that the current fad pushes up the prices of gluten free items to the point where it is just severe price gouging. It's ridiculous. I do judge those who just choose to go gluten free, because they might not realize that completely avoiding gluten when you don't have to, can actually lead to a sensitivity down the line. Wait staff can be rude. I hate the level of rudeness involved just because something has become a fad. We get it, don't eat bread or pasta and that's 95% of a fix for the average person just wanting a reduced gluten free diet. In Canada, we have far less GF choices for average products than people have in the US too.
 
Obviously, there are people with very real and potentially life-threatening allergies to gluten. And it must be horrible to have to be so afraid of eating a wrong thing. Those people have my total sympathy, and I'm glad there are labels that are truly helpful.

But like I sometimes want to punch someone when I say I'm fatigued and they shoot back with "I know what you mean" or "Well, everyone gets tired", or "You should just exercise more.", I can see where those with a life-threatening allergy get annoyed with the jumping on the bandwagon of the hip food fad du jour by people who then act like the problem they think they might have, is equivalent to the very serious problem you have.
 
Arkteia said:
I think it is easy to satisfy modern consumers:

Gluten-free water - containing no wheat, barley or rye
Kosher water - containing no pig DNA
Range-raised water - taken from a reservoir under an open air
Organic water - carbonated
Non-GMO - neither of its hydrogen or oxygen atoms has been generically modified

So you can put it all on the label, and sell it on GOOP at triple prices!
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But is it vegan? A couple of my friends did the Vegan for January thing. Is this water vegan or do you agree with the raping, murdering and enslaving of animals for your water?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42860384/farmers-sent-death-threats-by-vegan-activists
 
I have noticed that water sells better if it has the word "Aqua" on the label.

I think if we bottle tap water and call it "AQUA PLUMBI" ("tap water" in Latin), it should gain certain market.
 
lyra said:
Where I live, people can actually drink tap water. Imagine that! :mrgreen2:
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We drink our tap water, exclusively.
I even carry a metal bottle of it wherever I go.

15 years ago I bought and installed a Reverse Osmossis filter under our kitchen sink.
Best thing I ever did to this house.

Disclaimer: RO filters use some water to 'wash' the water.
Instead of thinking of that as waste I think of it as similar to using water to wash my clothes/dishes/body.

No bottles to manufacture.
No gas to waste or pollution to belch out shipping heavy water in a truck or car.
Some people don't recycle, so billions of plastic bottles killing ocean life and polluting the land.
Even if you do recycle, just using the water that's already being pumped to your house is a trillion times more green than all the steps involved in plastic bottles for water.

The only bad thing about our RO filter is it filters out all the gluten, so I have to stir some into every glass. :lickout:
 
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I take my tap water natural, straight, and unfiltered. We're heathens.
 
Sorry but um... I like filtered water:lol: I have whole house filter + a special filter for cooking/drinking water. Lots of houses in our neighborhood are 'iron colored'.
 
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