Comments on: Post Foods Fruity & Cocoa Pebbles NOT Certified Gluten-Free, Despite Corporate Declaration

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:44:54 +0000

Francesca, I am so sorry you are having a difficult time finding safe products for your son. It is a tough transition and a lot of companies seem to make it harder on us to shop safely. I share your frustration. The issue with certifications is not their expense – it is a very reasonable fee, usually based on the amount of product produced and whether there is gluten in the facility or not. It is certainly a cost these large companies could bear; I know about this because I pay the fees for all of my products to be certified, even though they are produced in a dedicated gluten-free facility. The issue is that these companies claim they do not want to allow outside certifiers into their facilities because trade secrets may be revealed. They often claim that they send their products out for testing themselves and that is good enough. The only way to convince companies that it is worth independent certification is to choose products with such certification over others without. To help you with the transition for your son, I would also suggest listening to my radio podcast interviews of a mother whose child was just diagnosed as well. We track their progress, tips, stumbling blocks and successes through weeks 1-5 and again at the 6 month check up. You can find these interviews on my radio tab of this website. Best of luck and don’t hesitate to reach out for help at support@JulesGlutenFree.com!

By: francesca

francesca — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:08:13 +0000

my son was just diagnosed with Celiac, we are doing everything we can to help make his lifestyle change as smooth as possible. I am so confused as to why it’s so hard for these large, HUGE, profitable companies to get official certifications. is the cost of this certification process so ridiculous that it deters companies from doing the RIGHT thing.. is that companies that produce the products at fault or the companies that certify the products at fault.. it’s so sad to see your children get sick.. it shouldn’t be this hard…

By: Ailyshah Cairvano

Ailyshah Cairvano — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:16:43 +0000

I have Celiac’s and it angers me to no end when people just assume they can say it’s GF and it’s not! I get soooo sick if I’m contaminated! Do these big companies not care who they infect with wheat and gluten? I can’t even eat something that is “processed in a facility with wheat”.

Thanks for your article. It makes me really hate big companies who really don’t care about the people they are serving.

By: gluten free cookbook

gluten free cookbook — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:30:48 +0000

Thanks for a great post, Jules. More and more I see flours that say they test for gluten but give no information on what value they are using.

By: MishiRN

MishiRN — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:46:19 +0000

Hi Jules. As always, thank you for all your hard work, and sharing the fruits of your labor with our GF/Celiac community. I am VERY stringent about what I buy, how I buy, and who I buy from. I recently (about a month ago) happened upon the cereal aisle at my grocery, an aisle I usually avoid so I don’t get depressed about all the things I can’t eai anymore, and I saw that Cocoa Pebbles were now “gluten free!” Yeay! Before I purchased, I called the company with my usual barage of gluten/nut allergen related questions, and they assured me that they WERE CERTIFIED GF, and even told me that they used an outside certifying company! After my 40 minute or so conversation, I felt “safe” to go back and buy the cereal I had loved as a child…so I did. I ate it, and I didn’t think too much about it. I didn’t get violently sick, as I normally will when gluten sneaks into my system somehow. Over about a week or so I ate the cereal, and during that time I felt AWFUL!! I was lethargic, weak, achy, and my stomach was pregressively worse and wose…chalked it up to my “annual Fall cold.” I am SO angry right now after connecting the dots. It’s disgusting to see that greed out weighs the health and well-being of people…Thank you for sharing, and I will be spreading the words about this, as well as contacting Post execs

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By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:31:46 +0000

What a shame that these companies would misrepresent what is really in their products. Do they not consider, or do they not care, that many people really can’t have gluten (it’s not a fad for them) and that it will make them sick? What truly disappoints me is that it’s not just “gluten free” labels that you can’t trust, but you really can’t be sure of any advertisements that you see. I see so many things in the store that are marked as “healthy” or “whole grain” and really they are just junk.

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Studio Engineer — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:34:09 +0000

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By: Rene'

Rene' — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:32:22 +0000

My daughter has been eating Cocoa Pebbles for a few months now, as has my husband, both of whom are gluten intolerant (husband has Celiac). I bought a new box at Target on Friday, and of course, I made sure it had the “gluten free” label on the box.

We came home from a late movie last night, and my daughter opened the box and ate a bowl. Within 10 min., she was in agony with stomach pain, sitting on the toilet and puking into the garbage can. This went on for about two hours before she finally purged herself of it and felt better. She’s “fine” today – as fine as anyone can be after a gluten reaction that has done God knows what untold damage to her intestines. Thank God my husband hadn’t eaten any.

I am in contact with an attorney regarding this matter. They asked me specifically if the box stated that the cereal was processed in a facility or on machinery that also processed what and IT DOES NOT! Nor do they say anything like that on their website. He said if I had the cereal third-party tested and determined there is gluten of more than 20 ppm, I would indeed have a case of false advertising at the very least.

If Post doesn’t want to certify gluten free, then they should have to pay for it.

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