The Gluten Free Status has recently changed for Alexia products.
According to an email* sent from Alexia:
We are pleased to tell you that our potato products are gluten free. However, due to an expansion in our production, we now employ a facility where products containing wheat are also produced. While our products are produced on dedicated lines, our packaging will carry the following advisory:
Produced in a facility that may manufacture other items containing wheat or tree nuts (pine nuts)
Understanding the concerns that many gluten sensitive consumers have with cross-contamination, great precautions are taken to effectively clean the equipment in between production runs in accordance with organic and kosher guidelines. We can not, however, guarantee that there will not be trace cross-contamination.
As products are produced in the new facility the Gluten Free statement on the package will be removed. If you find any packages that have the Gluten Free statement, they were produced at the time the facility was indeed gluten free.
If you are a celiac, I probably would not risk using this product.
*source: Gluten Free Mom
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My daughter has Celiacs. I didn’t realize there had been a change, and was stumped when she had a reaction after eating Tator Tot hotdish, made with Alexia brand potato puffs. Everything else was GF, and the label no longer said Gluten Free on these. Very disappointed!
And no, not safe for Celiacs sufferers.
Thanks for this info Jeanne!
Thanks for this article. Newly gluten free. Wish I wasn’t but here we are. Thank you.
You are so welcome Scott! Good luck!