They’re everywhere! Celiacs can’t brush their teeth, drink a cup of tea, or enjoy a piece of licorice without “issues”.
The toothpaste question is relatively simple. Both Crest and Colgate state on their websites that their toothpastes are gluten free.
Finding celiac friendly tea is much more complicated. Tea itself is naturally gluten free, but may become toxic if wheat paste is used to seal the tea bag. In this case, the wheat is part of the packaging material and therefore will not appear on the ingredients list. Your only options are to find a tea that does not come in a bag or to find a tea bag that is sealed with a stapler. Good luck!
Licorice certainly does not seem like it should contain gluten. I ate licorice for several years before learning that it was not celiac friendly. If you need to order gluten free licorice on-line, click on one of the boxes below to purchase it from The Gluten Free Pantry.
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Running Rabbit – Black Licorice |
Running Rabbit – Raspberry Licorice |
Running Rabbit – Black Cherry Licorice |
Orgran – Molasses Licorice |
I have included this information in my newly published “The Successful Celiacs Guide to Hidden Glutens“ along with everything I know about the subject. We can’t escape from these hidden glutens, but at least we can drive them out of hiding.
published: 02/22/08
Your only options are to find a tea that does not come in a bag or to find a tea bag that is sealed with a stapler. Good luck!
Tea bags sealed with staples actually aren’t that hard to find, but I would have thought the obvious solution here would be “use loose tea”.
Actually giving up tea bags has had a great unintended consequence for me. I went to a tea store at the mall and discovered how much better loose leaf tea is. It’s not quite as convenient when you’re done because you have to clean out the teapot instead of just throwing away the bag, but the better tasting tea is well worth it. Thanks!