McCormick Spices

(The following inquiry response was received by NCSG member M. C.)


Dear Consumer;

Thank you for taking the time to contact us.
We appreciate your interest in our McCormick products and welcome the opportunity to be of assistance to you.We are aware of special allergies and intolerances to certain ingredients such as the following:
Peanuts
Fish
Soy proteins
Sulfites
Tree nuts
Eggs
Wheat proteins
Yellow No. 5 & 6
Shellfish
Milk
Red Pepper

As a responsible food company, McCormick follows the U.S. Food Drug & Cosmetic Act regulations to ensure consumer safety concerning food allergens. We declare these ingredients on our label in the ingredient statement. Federal regulations require us to list sulfites if they are over 10 parts per million, so we use that as our label declaration limit. If a product does not have an ingredient statement, it is a pure spice or herb with nothing added and is gluten free. In addition, the alcohol in all of our extracts does not come from grain and is gluten free.

Because we are constantly improving our products, we do not offer a list of our products that do not currently contain glutens. We encourage you to read the ingredient statement on your package at the time of purchase to ensure accurate, up to date information.

In addition, we follow good manufacturing practices at our plants. Our employees are trained in the importance of correct labeling and the necessity of performing thorough equipment wash-downs to eliminate cross-contact of ingredients. Although we cannot guarantee our products to be 100% free of allergens not listed on the label, we want you to know that we take this situation seriously and have taken extra precautions to eliminate the possibility of mislabeling or cross-contact.

We invite you to sign up from our website to be a regular "My McCormick" user and receive our online newsletter with recipes and cooking tips.

If we can be of further assistance, please call us at 1-800-632-5847,Monday through Friday, 9:30AM to 5PM Eastern Time. We hope to have the continued pleasure of serving you.

Sincerely,
Consumer Affairs Specialist
Ref # 630333

Gedney Pickles

(The following inquiry response was received by NCSG member M. C.)

Thank you for your email.

All of the pickle products that we manufacture are gluten free.

If you have other questions, please let us know.

Best Wishes,

M.A. Gedney Company

Vigo Brand Rice Products

(The following inquiry response was received by NCSG member M. C.)

Thank you for contacting us. We always enjoy hearing from our customers.

Our Vigo Jambalaya Cajun Rice Mix , Vigo Long Grain & White Wild Rice and Vigo (Completely Seasoned) Mexican Rice with Corn are wheat gluten free.

However, Vigo Stars & Stripes Rice and Pasta has wheat gluten in it (From the pasta).

Thank You,
Vigo Importing Company

Old Dutch Snacks

(The following inquiry response was received by NCSG member M. C.)

2/2/2006

In response to your request, the following Old Dutch Foods items are gluten free:

1) Old Dutch Foods Original Regular Potato Chips (not flavored)

2) Old Dutch Foods Original Rip-L Potato Chips (not flavored)

3) Old Dutch Foods Original Ripples Potato Chips (not flavored)

4) Old Dutch Foods Original Dutch Crunch Potato Chips (not flavored)

5) Old Dutch Foods Restaurante Tostados Tortilla Chips (not flavored)

6) Old Dutch Foods Restaurante White Corn Tostados Tortilla Chips (not flavored)

7) Old Dutch Foods Restaurante Bite Size Tortilla Chips (not flavored)

8) Old Dutch Foods Restaurante Style Tortilla Chips (not flavored)

9) Old Dutch Foods White Popcorn ( not flavored)

10) Old Dutch Bac'n Puffs ( not flavored)

To our best knowledge, these products are free of wheat, rye, barley, and oats.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

QA Manager
Old Dutch Foods, Inc
2375 Terminal Road
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-635-4315

Better Than Bouillon

(The following inquiry response was received by NCSG member C.R.)

Hi; I use your Better Than Bouillon Beef and Chicken bases for cooking. I would like to know if they are gluten free as I have celiac disease. I know the Organic versions are not. Also, you might include the nutrition facts and ingredients on your website as well as which products contact one or more of the 8 major food allergens. Being a Canadian product you don't have to meet the new FDA rules but it would certainly be helpful to have that info listed somewhere whether on the product labeling or on your website. I hope the two bases I use are gluten free as they are some of best I've found. Please let me know.

Their reply:
All of our products are gluten free except for Crockery Gourmet Seasoning Beef and Pork flavors. Thank you for your inquiry.
Sincerely,
Janet Bracamontes
Internet Sales