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General Mills Announcement

General Mills Announcement
3/31/09

"Thank you for contacting General Mills regarding gluten in Corn Chex cereal. General Mills is reformulating the following Big G Cereals to gluten free status:

· Corn Chex
· Honey Nut Chex
· Strawberry Chex
· Chocolate Chex
· Cinnamon Chex

As was the case with Gluten Free Rice Chex, the barley malt ingredient was removed and replaced with another ingredient. Production has begun, so you may start seeing the gluten free formulas on store shelves now. All 5 products should be widely available across the U.S. by June 1, 2009. As with all reformulated products, both products may be on store shelves at the same time so please read labels/packaging carefully, examining the product packaging to ensure that the cereal inside the box is in fact the new, gluten free product. Look for "NOW GLUTEN FREE" or "GLUTEN FREE" on the front/side/back panels.

In addition, the following Betty Crocker Gluten Free mixes will be available at approximately the same time:

Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownie Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Devils Food Cake Mix
Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix

It is our goal to help our consumers determine whether or not they can include our products in their diet when they are not labeled Gluten Free. To accurately accomplish this, we believe it is best to refer to the specific ingredients listed on each product package; and for this reason, we do not offer a gluten-free product list.

However, we do understand that ingredients can be confusing. We want you to be assured that if the ingredient label does not list wheat, barley, rye, oats or gluten containing ingredients sourced from these grains, then the product would be gluten-free. Sources of gluten are listed on the label even if the source of gluten is part of another ingredient (such as flavoring or spice). Because ingredients may vary from one package to another due to product reformulation, you should use the products ingredient label to provide you with current and accurate information. "

Amy Peters, Consumer Services

34 months ago
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  • Jennifer

    My husband is newly on GF diet and was thrilled to see that his second favorite cereal, Rice Chex was gluten free. 

    Phew!

    33 months ago

  • Natasha

    Jennifer,

    Make sure you read the box.  Some stores do not have the gluten free cereals yet.  If you have a Trader Joes store, their brand of gluten free honey nut cheerios is delicious!!!

    33 months ago

  • Sea

    If you mean the Trader Joe's Honey Nut O's, it is an oat cereal and not made on dedicated lines OR made with gluten-free certified oats, so I would NOT recommend it. Oats in general are not recommended (even gluten-free certified) the first 6 months after diagnosis, and even then should be consumed cautiously and always, always, the GF certified kind.

    There are some gluten-free rice "krispie" type cereals and also some good corn flakes or other flake types, like Mesa Sunrise that are definitely gluten-free and labeled accordingly. Many regular stores with health food aisles carry them, or you can definitely find them at health food stores or online with Amazon.com in bulk.

    Rice Chex was the first gluten-free chex brought out (and labeled) so is most likely to show up on your local store shelves. the others may or may be on the shelf in their gluten-free version.

    33 months ago

  • Natasha

    Oh my goodness,  thanks for the clarification, Sea!  I haven't had them in almost a year and forgot about that.  

    Keep me straight!

    Also,  I was looking at Cocoa Pebbles & Fruity Pebbles.  The ingredients list seems to be gluten free.  Do you know anything about these?

    Thanks again,

    Natasha

    33 months ago

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