Hey all,

I have been scoping out these "green food" supplements...the powdery stuff you mixes in with water/juice. I came across a few in the health food stores around town, and after checking out the labels on all found that two key ingredients in these products were wheat grass and barley grass. I asked the woman working in that section if they offered any truly, gluten-free green food sups., and she informed me that they were all, in fact, gluten free. I was basically told by her that because the grasses used in the products are young sprouts and not yet mature (thus, gluten-containing), that they were in fact gluten-free. I have done some more research on this and have basically gotten the same answer (these products are gluten-free). Afterwards, I emailed the company asking the same question and received a prompt reply informing me that: "...All the grasses and sprouts in XXXX are harvested at a tender age before any gluten is formed. You can rest assured the product contains absolutely no gluten."

I am still a bit hesitant. Has anyone actually used these products and if you have, did you have any reaction to them? If you have used a really great, gluten-free, green food supplement, could you point me in the same direction?

Many thanks,
cc

cricketchicket,

I do not know what the celiac websites say about young wheat/barley vs adult wheat/barley, but my instinct would be to avoid anything that says wheat or barley. Period. This is good that you are trying to find out for sure if what you are hearing from the people who sell these products is true or not. They probably don't have celiac, and are forming their opinions on logic and the info they are given by the manufacturers, not on the symptoms that may arise if they make the wrong decision and consume something that the body can't handle. If you find out anything official, maybe by writing to an official celiac organization, please let the rest of us know. In the meantime, trust your instincts, and avoid these products until you learn something besides "these ingredients are just babies, and therefore won't hurt you the way grown-up plants will!".

--Rheanna

yeah cricket, stay away from that stuff..