Baby Steps and mistakes

I have checked out every book in the library on Gluten free andI have  bought a few.I have done internet searches and still learning things . Armed with information should make this so easy. I can picture it, just walk into any grocery, pick up a package and wala I am on my way to health and happiness.

  Sure dream on. I am happy to report that there are tons of products out there that are gluten free. You can find Gluten Free labels on every isle. This something that should make life easier on us.

   I found out that some manufactures are making smaller servings and putting a gluten free label on it. Well guess what...by making the servings smaller  they are allowed by the government to list wheat free even with a certain amount of wheat included...the smaller the size the smaller the % of wheat and that gets them around the laws. So please do your homework.
  I picked up a can of tomato sauce and it said gluten free...small can...would take several to make a dinner. Picked up the larger can to save a few pennies and make life simpler, just happened to read the label and imagine my surprise to find wheat listed in the ingredients.
  I bought some Spaghetti Sauce to make some lasagna for dinner. I found the lasagna noodles (rice) and though...yeah some good Italian food. Went to the pasta sauce area of the store. Started checking out the sauces and reading the ingredients and noticed out of about 15 sauce companies 12 were labeled Gluten free. So I grabbed one and decided to grab an extra because some times while cooking I just need some extra to make enough. I got home and was looking at the jars and noticed the labels were close but not the same. One was sauce with meat and basil one was sausage and basil. They had different labels on the back...one was missing the line Gluten free. And yep it had wheat...so even lines of products may also have different ingredients and then you wonder, how are they processed, could there be cross contamination.