I love seeing bottles of WATER labeled GLUTEN FREE! In the old days they would add weird ingredients to things for marketing. Hexaclorophene comes to mind. They even added it to gasoline for no reason other than to say it had hexaclorophene. Now you say things don’t have stuff in them. LOL!
OK, for people that don’t know. There are people that have severe allergic reactions to gluten, celiac disease. Especially, but not exclusively wheat. The reason for certifying a product ‘gluten free’ even when it seems obvious, is that people with celiac disease can react severely to even trace amounts of wheat. Thus, products made in facilities that also make wheat products can be contaminated with wheat gluten, even if by nature they are gluten free. To be certified gluten free the product must ensure not even trace amounts of wheat are allowed in the production of such product.
As for people that do gluten free, that don’t need to, they generally go back to regular diets, or cheat, because a lot of gluten free products are on the bland side. Not to mention more expensive. The good thing about the gluten free fad is it has brought more variety of products to grocery store shelves that didn’t exist before for those that really need to be gluten free.
Ida No over 7 years ago
Bears!
somebodyshort over 7 years ago
And the skinny ones are “fat free”
Watcher over 7 years ago
But they don’t have wishbones. Ah, who needs wishbones.
keenanthelibrarian over 7 years ago
Ah, well, you’ve got to be careful with what you eat … take it from me.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago
I love seeing bottles of WATER labeled GLUTEN FREE! In the old days they would add weird ingredients to things for marketing. Hexaclorophene comes to mind. They even added it to gasoline for no reason other than to say it had hexaclorophene. Now you say things don’t have stuff in them. LOL!
Linguist over 7 years ago
Gluten-free is unappetizing to me !
Earnestly Frank over 7 years ago
Once all of the rest of you are devoured, us celiacs will rule the world!
Varnes over 7 years ago
Hmmmm….Interesting concept….It gives one paws, doesn’t it?……The paws that refreshes…………… bears…
Radish the wordsmith over 7 years ago
The bears prefer the ones with the most gluteus maximus.
JohnHarry Premium Member over 7 years ago
Your gluten is the meaty part.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 7 years ago
But the ones obsessed with gluten are dumber and easier to catch.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 7 years ago
One of my favorites was the peanut butter brand whose ad boasted “Only half the added sugar!”
magicwalnut Premium Member over 7 years ago
Nowadays, they’d say “two times less added sugar”, whatever that means.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
How about “no added sugar”?
halvincobbes Premium Member over 7 years ago
Gluten is in wheat, barley, and rye. People are not grains.
GiantShetlandPony over 7 years ago
OK, for people that don’t know. There are people that have severe allergic reactions to gluten, celiac disease. Especially, but not exclusively wheat. The reason for certifying a product ‘gluten free’ even when it seems obvious, is that people with celiac disease can react severely to even trace amounts of wheat. Thus, products made in facilities that also make wheat products can be contaminated with wheat gluten, even if by nature they are gluten free. To be certified gluten free the product must ensure not even trace amounts of wheat are allowed in the production of such product.
As for people that do gluten free, that don’t need to, they generally go back to regular diets, or cheat, because a lot of gluten free products are on the bland side. Not to mention more expensive. The good thing about the gluten free fad is it has brought more variety of products to grocery store shelves that didn’t exist before for those that really need to be gluten free.
Varnes over 7 years ago
Hey Wiley, it’s not true that Wiley Bears stole all the Hamm’s beer years ago is it?
Dtroutma over 7 years ago
The lab is mobile because the ice is disappearing.
somebodyshort over 7 years ago
They all taste like chicken
moontime70 over 7 years ago
How do the bears rate who is the least appetizing? By their body shape? All seem similar to me ;D