Although the Food and Drug Administration told us they would finalize a gluten-free labeling rule by the end of September 2012, that did not happen. The gluten-free community is taking their request to a higher level and petitioning the White House. There are two days left to sign the petition, and although the goal of [...]
Simply Gluten Free Magazine
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If you haven’t already heard the exciting news, Simply Gluten Free is a new magazine that will be available this fall. Carol Kicinski, author of the web site Simply Gluten Free, has teamed up with other bloggers to put together this high quality print magazine. I’m pleased and tickled pink to say that I am [...]
Gluten-Free Summer Camp Fundraising
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Where donors are rewarded by some of the best gluten-free companies. Who Team Gluten-Free is a fundraising program that provides a simple way for runners, walkers, cyclists and triathletes to raise awareness and funds for celiac disease. The money raised by Team Gluten-Free™ participants goes directly towards summer camp scholarships for children on the gluten-free [...]
Domino’s Gluten-Free Pizza
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You may have heard the big news that Domino’s now offers a 10 inch gluten-free pizza crust. But don’t get your hopes up. It comes with a disclaimer. I want to say upfront that I will not be eating this pizza, and I do not recommend that you eat it. The Disclaimers The Domino’s press [...]
Gluten-Free Hamburger Helper No Longer Gluten Free
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This week I received an email from a General Mills employee who I met when I visited their headquarters. They would like to spread the word that the three versions of Hamburger Helper that were formerly gluten free will not continue to be. That includes, Hamburger Helper Cheesy Hashbrown, Asian Helper Chicken Fried Rice and [...]
1 in 133: Gluten-Free Food Labeling Summit
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Wednesday, May 4th was the big event—a Gluten-Free Food Labeling Summit. The purpose of the event was to draw attention to the FDA’s inaction on finalizing standards for gluten-free labeling. As a symbol of what a big deal this is, the event featured the world’s largest gluten-free cake which was unofficially measured to be 11 [...]
Gluten-Free Summit at General Mills
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Last week I mentioned that I was travelling to Minneapolis, and now I can tell you why. General Mills held a gluten-free summit! The summit included ten gluten-free bloggers, Shelly Gannon, wife of former NFL quarterback Rich Gannon, Danna Korn, author and founder of GlutenFreedom.net and Raising Our Celiac Kids (ROCK), and Carol McCarthy Shilson, [...]
