Ralston Foods
A Division of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
P.O. Box 618
St. Louis, Missouri 63188-0618Phone: (800) 725-7866
Sent letter dated 4/6/99 which stated the following:
"The only cereal we produce that can be considered gluten free, is the Ralston Sun Flakes cereal. However, this cereal is not produced on a dedicated line in our production facility. Although stringent sanitation procedures are utilized when our lines are prepared for different product runs, we are unable to guarentee that cross contamination will not occur."
P.O. Box 945
Wayne, NJ 07474-0945Phone: (973) 633-3600
Fax: (973) 686-7270Provides gluten-free products list
Red Star Yeast & Products
A Division of Universal Foods Corporation
P.O. Box 737
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0737Phone: (800) 445-4746
Sent letter 3/26/99 which said "Please be assured our yeast products are gluten free."
Consumer Product Division
One Persnickety Place
Plymouth, WI 53073-3544Phone: (920) 893-8484 or (800) 558-5802
Fax: (920) 893-8399Sent a letter dated 7/19/99 which included the following statements:
"We are pleased to tell you that most Sargento natural cheeses should be acceptable to a gluten-free diet.
Sargento Shredded Imitation Mozzarella Cheese contains a modified food starch which may contain gluten. We would also not recommend that anyone on a gluten-free diet eat our Shredded Taco Cheese, our Shredded Nacho & Taco Cheese, or our 3 Cheese Southwestern Pepper Jack Shredded Cheese. There is wheat flour in the spice mixture in these products. For obvious reasons, we would also not recommend our Moo Town Snacks Cheeze & Sticks, Cheeze & Pretzels, Cheeze and Crackers, or Cookies and Creme.
You will notice that we use microcrystalline cellulose as an anti-caking agent on most of our shredded cheeses. When added to shredded cheese, cellulose prevents the shreds from sticking together. Microcrystalline cellulose is a white, odorless, tasteless, totally natural powder made from cellulose, a naturally occurring component of most plants. It is not derived from wheat, oats, barley, or rye.
The source of the vinegar in Sargento Ricotta Cheese can vary; however, it is triple distilled, and, to the best of our knowledge, no gluten is present.
We hope this information is helpful. If you have questions about how our products may affect your medical condition, we suggest you discuss this information with your physician."
Seneca Foods Corporation
3736 South Main Street
Marion, New York 14505Phone: (315) 926-4284
Provides gluten-free products list
The J.M. Smucker Company
Strawberry Lane
Orrville, Ohio 44667-0280Phone: (330) 682-3000
Fax: (330) 684-3370
Website: www.smucker.comSent letter dated 6/28/00 which stated the following:
"All our Traditional fruit spreads: Jams, Jellies, Preserves, Marmalades, Fruit Syrups, Low-Sugar and Sugar Free Fruit spreads, Simply 100% Fruit Spread etc., are gluten-free. Also, our Natural Peanut Butters are gluten-free.
Smucker's chocolate and milk-based ice cream toppings contain modified food starch which is of waxy maise (corn) origin and should not contain any gluten. However, our Sundae Syrups do contain oat flour, which is unacceptable for many gluten intolerant patients."
Snyder of Berlin
Division of Curtice Burns Foods
1313 Stadium Drive
Berlin, PA 15530-1401Phone: (814) 267-4641
Fax: (814) 267-5648
Sent letter, dated 7/30/99, which listed some of their gluten-free products.
A Division of StarKist Foods
One Riverfront Place
Newport, Kentucky, 41071Phone: (800) 252 1587
Fax: (606) 655-1555Sent a letter dated 3/22/99 which stated the following:
StarKist Tuna does not contain gluten from wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, or buckwheat. In addition, it does not contain any derivatives of gluten."
13525 South Bethel Avenue
Kingsburg, California 93631-9232Phone: (559) 896-8000
Fax: (559) 897-2362
E-mail: smaid@sunmaid.comSent letter dated 6/22/00, which included the following statements:
"There are no additives or preservatives in our Sun-Maid Natural Sun-Dried Raisins or our Zante Currants. When the raisins are ready to be processed, we clean the raisins using large aspirators (vaccums), graders, and shakers to remove stems, dirt, and other foreign objects. We then do a very thorough washing in fresh water which rehydrates the raisins.
Sun-Maid Golden Raisins are cleaned in much the same way, although these raisins are treated with the preservative sulfur dioxide. This form of sulfite has been used for centuries to prevent darkening of the fruit during the drying process. Sulfites also help preserve the vitamin A and vitamin C content of foods. The ingredient listing on all our packages are complete and accurate, and should be read carefully if there is any question of a possible allergic reaction. If you do have any questions, we suggest you contact your family physician."
100 Commerce Drive
Shelton, CT 06848Phone: (203) 929-9297
Fax: (203) 926-1108Sent a letter dated 7/13/00, which included the following statement: 'Tetlley USA Inc. manufactures only tea and tea products. All of the tea bags packaged by Tetley USA Inc., including our decaffeinated tea bags, which are decaffeinated by a natural ethyl acetate extraction, contain only black tea leaves, which do not contain any gluten. The iced tea mix sold under the Tetley® brand name does not contain gluten either. The caramel coloring used as an ingredient in that iced tea mix is manufactured from high dextrose containing corn syrup, which is gluten-free."
Consumer Relations
7401 South Cicero Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60629Phone: (773) 838-3400
Fax: (773) 838-3534Sent letter dated 6/26/00, which included the following statements:
"We are pleased to be able to inform you that, at this time, to the very best of our knowledge, all of our confections are gluten free. We do not use wheat, barley, rye, oats or any of their components and that includes our dusting on our conveyor belts. We do use corn and soy products in the manufacturing of our products."
Topco Associates, Inc.
7711 Gross Point Road
Skokie, Illinois 60077Phone: (847) 676-3030
Fax: (847) 676-5694Sent a letter dated 8/20/00 which stated the following:
"We do not have have a list of gluten free items. Due to the large number of products we distribute, and producing plants and even formulas will change from time to time and it would be impossible to keep the distributed lists as accurately as our company insists on. At any time, we can tell you if a specific item is gluten free."