Glutenfree diet management

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Gluten-free diet management

• Norma McGough
• Head of Diet Health
• Coeliac UK

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What I would like to touch on

• Basics of the GF diet
• Access to GF foods
• Cost of GF substitute products
• Selection of GF foods
• Labelling and Codex
• Coeliac UK resources

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What is gluten?

• CD is managed by a gluten free diet
• Gluten is found in wheat, barley and rye some
  coeliacs are sensitive to pure uncontaminated
  oats
• Cereals
• Ingredients
• Glucose syrup
• Maltodextrin

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Basics of the GF diet

• Naturally GF foods
• Substitute GF products
• Processed foods

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Gluten free substitute products

• gt200 prescribable gluten free foods (bread,
  flour, mixes, pasta, crackers, biscuits)
• Also available from retail outlets
• Cost
• Availability
• Guaranteed free from gluten

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Factors relating to access
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TSO Survey 2007
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TSO Survey 2007
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Processed Food Drink

• FDD produced annually
• updated monthly
• lists gt11000 products
• Information on labelling
• 2008 launched online FDD
• XG symbol
• www.coeliac.org.uk

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CUK Welcome pack

• CUK membership pack
• Newest publications
• Gluten-free living for adults
• getting started
• Gluten-free living for children
• getting started
• Topics include
• Information on What is CD GF
• shopping Prescriptions Cooking
• Eating out What care to expect

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GF checklist
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The gluten-free diet has never been black and
white
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Allergen labelling Directive 2003/89EC

• All gluten-containing grains have to be listed

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Codex wheat starch
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Barley Malt Extract

• Breakfast cereals
• Vinegar
• Sauces and pickles
• Confectionery

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Oats

• Increases food choice
• ...but are they safe?...
• Research suggests oats are tolerated
• Only pure sources suitable

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Draft revised Codex standard for foods for
special dietary use for persons intolerant to
gluten

• A new dual standard for labelling GLUTEN-FREE in
  future
• Only products with a level of gluten lt20ppm or
  20mg/kg to be labelled gluten-free
• Products with a level of gluten between 21 and
  lt100ppm or mg/kg to be labelled very low gluten
• Pure uncontaminated oats lt20ppm can be labelled
  gluten-free

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• Labelling practices vary

• Gluten-free
• Allergen labelling
• Brand logos

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Web based resources

• MEMBER AREA
• Venue Guide
• Eating Out without,
• Recipe Database
• Guide to cooking and catering
• gluten-free

Nb Publications also on web
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Helpline
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