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It's an easy enough thing to do. You're roaming the grocery store chip aisle, seeking variety and adventure. You've already scoured the gluten free friendly brands, and probably have a few die-hard standards that always find their way into the basket (especially if they're on sale!). Two of our go-to brands are Que Pasa (yellow, blue, or red) and Garden of Eatin' Red Hot Blues.
Anyhoo, so, all of a sudden a different variety within a brand you trust pops out at you -- maybe the package is particularly fetching, maybe you're just hankering for something borrowed, something blue, something new.
So, you're in a rush, and you just put the bag in the basket -- it's got to be O.K., right? Every other variety you've tried within the brand has been gluten free, after all.
Whoa. This is where one can get into trouble -- as I recently did with Garden of Eatin' Multigrain Blues. And, the worst part was, I didn't even catch the gluten -- my boyfriend did (after I'd consumed three-quarters of the package)!
Ooh, la, la! To make this mistake really a doozy, I found that not only did these chips contain wheat, but also barley and rye!
Now, I don't believe that I've seen any Garden of Eatin' chips labeled gluten free -- even when they have no gluten ingredients. So it was entirely my fault that I didn't read through the ingredients before I chipped and dipped. Venture safely, my little chip hounds!
Anyhoo, so, all of a sudden a different variety within a brand you trust pops out at you -- maybe the package is particularly fetching, maybe you're just hankering for something borrowed, something blue, something new.
So, you're in a rush, and you just put the bag in the basket -- it's got to be O.K., right? Every other variety you've tried within the brand has been gluten free, after all.
Whoa. This is where one can get into trouble -- as I recently did with Garden of Eatin' Multigrain Blues. And, the worst part was, I didn't even catch the gluten -- my boyfriend did (after I'd consumed three-quarters of the package)!
Ooh, la, la! To make this mistake really a doozy, I found that not only did these chips contain wheat, but also barley and rye!
Now, I don't believe that I've seen any Garden of Eatin' chips labeled gluten free -- even when they have no gluten ingredients. So it was entirely my fault that I didn't read through the ingredients before I chipped and dipped. Venture safely, my little chip hounds!
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