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Post by HalcyonDaze on May 15, 2014 3:00:09 GMT -5
Saw this written on the carton of eggs we buy.
Now I know eggs don't actually contain gluten, so I'm assuming it means they don't feed their free range chooks any gluten containing meal/feed.
But does gluten pass through the chook into the egg? I know it can in breast milk, but I was wondering if that was the same with eggs - and are some people with coeliac disease so sensitive that they can detect the gluten in eggs?
Or is this just another random boast on the packaging, to get the people who just avoid gluten for no apparent reason?
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Post by poppy on May 15, 2014 4:04:21 GMT -5
I don't know but I do know TB has eggs every morning and it doesn't cause problems.
Was it an expensive dozen? If so, then more than likely to get the idiots in.
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Post by whortleberry on May 15, 2014 4:16:52 GMT -5
I suspect that's just labelling a naturally gluten-free food for extra sales.
I don't think it would be commercially viable to produce eggs on a commercial scale without wheat/gluten-containing grains.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on May 15, 2014 4:27:21 GMT -5
whortle, they are certified (which doesn't always mean much) free range eggs, and also mention in the same line on the pack that they are antibiotic free.
So it looks as if they are claiming no gluten containing foods are fed to the chooks. Dunno.
Poppy, there are more expensive eggs around, there are also cheaper eggs around. This lot would be around average for free range.
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Post by whortleberry on May 15, 2014 5:39:45 GMT -5
Curious, so I googled... I found this: Gluten Free Port Stephens Free Range eggs are gluten free. In Australia it means no detectable gluten. Even if the hens eat grain conatining gluten they digest it and it is not passed to the eggs. Some sources claim that trace amounts of gluten may be passed to eggs, but this is unproven. Here: www.portstephenseggs.com.au/our_farms.htmlSo, seemingly, it looks like they're eating normal feed? |
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Post by HalcyonDaze on May 15, 2014 5:48:31 GMT -5
Looks like it. So rubbish advertising claim.
I would like to test super sensitive coeliacs and see if they can detect gluten in eggs from chickens fed gluten containing feed.
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Post by whortleberry on May 15, 2014 6:17:15 GMT -5
I've often wondered about gluten in meat.
I've also wondered if I should try putting our chickens on a gluten-free diet....but only for a fleeting second.
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Post by poppy on May 15, 2014 20:34:36 GMT -5
I've often wondered about gluten in meat. I've also wondered if I should try putting our chickens on a gluten-free diet....but only for a fleeting second. interesting thought about meat, now I will be watching for more signs of discomfort and what has been consumed the day before. |
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Post by crazycat on May 15, 2014 21:41:40 GMT -5
I agree on the rubbish advertising claim. MrCat often eats eggs with no issue.
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Post by Webs on May 17, 2014 7:54:29 GMT -5
Advertising for stupid people. Gluten is only found by processing wheat and grain species.
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Post by leela on May 19, 2014 13:31:45 GMT -5
I've noticed that some of those spurious labels have now been changed to 'naturally gluten free'. So there might have been some sort of crackdown on them.
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Post by vinnyd on May 19, 2014 18:01:06 GMT -5
Could be. Or it could be that some marketing person figured out that if our eggs say "naturally gluten free" and the other guy's say just "gluten free", people will wonder if the gluten was removed from the other eggs by some (gasp!) unnatural chemical process.
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Post by sprite on May 19, 2014 22:00:37 GMT -5
does anyone have a brick wall handy?
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Post by whothingie on May 19, 2014 22:24:15 GMT -5
does anyone have a brick wall handy? Sorry - can't lend you mine at the moment - using it constantly at work. |
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