Whole grains provide necessary dietary fiber and nutrients. Unfortunately, some people cannot tolerate certain grains and have what experts have identified as celiac disease. MayoClinic.com describes celiac disease as a harmful digestive condition caused by the consumption of protein gluten from wheat, barley and rye. Even ice cream, a naturally gluten-free food product, can contain hidden gluten. Carefully check the ingredients before purchasing any ice cream.
Baskin Robbins
Baskin Robbins offers gluten-free ice cream flavors and their website addresses various food allergies. The nutrition section lists allergens by product. You can view each product individually to determine if it contains wheat. In addition, the ice cream containers at any Baskin Robbins retail store lists potentially harmful ingredients.
Ben & Jerry's
Many of Ben & Jerry's flavors contain no gluten. The company website urges consumers with gluten allergies to read the label on all Ben & Jerry's products. It lists gluten ingredients clearly on the label. According to the website, Ben & Jerry's identifies gluten as wheat flour or wheat and other sources such as malt and oats. The ice cream maker belongs to the Food Allergy Network and the Food Allergy Resource and Research Program.
Blue Bunny
Blue Bunny states its ice cream is gluten-free with the exception of flour-based ingredients and other disclosed gluten sources. The website points out obvious gluten ingredients including cookies, brownies, wafers, cookie dough and pretzels. It identifies, for customer safety, hidden sources of gluten on the label of its ice cream products. Ingredients such as emulsifiers, coloring, flavors, stabilizers and coatings containing gluten appear on the package ingredient labels.
Dreyer's
Dreyer's has over 50 ice cream flavors across all product categories that do not contain gluten. The Dreyer's Flavor Finder gives you the opportunity to list all of the Dreyer's flavors that are gluten free. The Flavor Finder is located in the upper right hand corner of the company website. This allows you to easily search for gluten-free flavors.
Carvel
Carvel addresses gluten in the Frequently Asked Questions section of its website, including a complete list of all items and ingredients indicating whether they are gluten-free or contain gluten. The Carvel Corporation states that most of its ice creams do not contain gluten. It does warn that the baked chocolate bits and decorative sprinkles in its ice cream cakes do include gluten. Carvel advises gluten intolerant customers to call and request a safe, alternate topping when ordering a cake.
Cold Stone Creamery
Cold Stone Creamery discloses that some of its products contain ingredients associated with food allergies, including gluten. The company directs consumers to their Food Allergens and Sensitivities chart on the website. This chart breaks down each Cold Stone Creamery product according to the top six food allergens outlined by the Food and Drug Administration.
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