Gluten Free Products
We want to thank our consumers for contacting us about their gluten-free dietary needs. We understand the challenge of finding great tasting, healthy, gluten-free foods and it is our goal to continue to provide gluten-free, organic products that meet your and our standards for food quality and taste.
Natures’ Path wants to assure you that we are dedicated to producing exceptional products and hold the health of our customers along with quality and food safety as our top priorities. That is why we inspect our manufacturing facilities, continue to carry out our own internal testing as well as sending out product to be independently tested to ensure that they are gluten free. We hold ourselves to extremely high standards of food production and remain absolutely committed to providing a consistently safe product to our customers.
Manufacturing Process
We at Nature's Path are very proud of our many excellent gluten free products. In order to ensure that our products are safe for those with celiac disease we adhere to the following:
We manufacture our gluten free cereals together isolating them from any products that contain gluten.
All processing equipment is thoroughly cleaned before a run of gluten free cereals.
To further ensure that our lines are free of any gluten containing grains, a specified portion — at the beginning of the run — is not utilized in gluten free cereals.
Our equipment is inspected in order to maintain our cleaning standards.
Please consult with your health care provider to determine if our gluten free foods meet your particular dietary needs.
What is Celiac Disease?
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Celiac disease (CD) is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. People who have CD cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats. When people with CD eat foods containing gluten, their immune system responds by damaging the small intestine. Specifically, tiny, finger-like protrusions, called villi, on the lining of the small intestine are lost. Nutrients from food are absorbed into the bloodstream through these villi. Without villi, a person becomes malnourished — regardless of the amount of food eaten."
Prevalence of Celiac Disease
The detection of Celiac Disease (CD) is underdeveloped in North America. The most recent data indicates that 1 in 133 people in the United States have celiac disease. Not all of these people have been diagnosed and many continue to suffer with gastrointestinal disorders or malabsorption which can lead to malnutrition. In some cases people suffer for 5, 10 or more years before they are diagnosed with the condition.
What is a Gluten Free Diet?
A diet that avoids wheat, rye, barley and oats. There is some discussion regarding the inclusion of oats. It seems that the protein in oats does not damage the villi but the concern is the possibility of cross contamination of a gluten containing grain in the field or during the milling process. Therefore, at this time in North America oats are not acceptable in a gluten free diet.
What Grains are Allowed?
At first the impression is that there is little left to eat. A common question is "what do I have for breakfast?". Luckily there are many gluten free grains and seeds and they are becoming more common in manufactured foods. The gluten free grains and seeds are: quinoa, rice, corn, amaranth, buckwheat, flaxseeds, and millet. There are many other ingredients used in gluten free products such as potato, arrowroot, sago, sorghum, tapioca and teff.
Resources
Many resources are available regarding the gluten free diet.
Please contact:
1. American Celiac Society
PO Box 23455
New Orleans LA 70183-0455
Tel: 504-737-3293
Fax: 504-737-3283
EMail: AmerCeliacSoc@onebox.com
http://www.americanceliacsociety.org/
2. Celiac Sprue Association USA
http://www.csaceliacs.org/
3. Canadian Celiac Association
5170 Dixie Road, Suite 204, Mississauga, ON L4W 1E3
tel: 905-507-6208 toll free: 1-800-363-7296
www.celiac.ca
4. Celiac Disease Foundation
13251 Ventura Blvd, #1, Studio City, CA 91604-1838
tel: 818-990-2354
www.celiac.org
E-mail:
cdf@celiac.org
Gluten Free Products
EnviroKidz™ Crispy Rice Peanut Butter Bar
EnviroKidz™ Crispy Rice Berry Bar
EnviroKidz™ Crispy Rice Chocolate Bar
EnviroKidz™ Vanilla Animal Cookies
EnviroKidz™ Gorilla Munch™ cereal
EnviroKidz™ Koala Crisp™ cereal
EnviroKidz™ Amazon Frosted Flakes™
EnviroKidz™ Peanut Butter Panda Puffs™
Nature's Path® Crispy Rice
Nature's Path® Fruit Juice Sweetened Corn Flakes
Nature's Path® Fruit Juice Sweetened Corn Flakes - ECO•PAC
Nature's Path® Honey'd® Corn Flakes
Nature's Path® Honey'd® Corn Flakes - ECO•PACs
Nature's Path® Mesa Sunrise® Flakes
Nature's Path® Mesa Sunrise® Flakes - ECO•PACs
LifeStream® Mesa Sunrise Waffle
LifeStream® Buckwheat Wildberry Waffle
