If you have celiac and buy the brand Van’s for their waffles, please know that 9 days ago there was a recall because some of the packages of the gluten free waffles may contain “undeclared” wheat. And if you have celiac, you know “may” might as well mean “does”.

This recall only applies to boxes with the matching lot codes and numbers, and do not pertain to other products that Van’s has to offer. These boxes were distributed in AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, NC, & WA. Please check your boxes immediately to ensure your own safety and save yourself the painful reactions to gluten. It’s advised the purchased packages be either thrown out (or given to someone who can eat wheat so as not to waste it) or return the product to where you’ve purchased it from.

“The U.S. Food & Drug Administration website published the recall July 3. It applies to certain packs of Van's Gluten Free Original Waffles with lot code UW40193L, expiration date Jan. 19, 2024, and UPC 0 89947 30206 4. According to the Van's recall, some of the packs of waffles may contain undeclared wheat.”

Today is National Banana Day! Did you know bananas and celiac disease have a very interesting history? Before celiac was well understood and gluten was identified as the problem, a banana-based diet was used to treat the disease in children (and at the time, presumed to have "cured" them).

Having celiac/coeliac disease is so bizzare, like it's all casual that eating gluten will give me cancer or dissolve the inside of my intestine so it can't do anything and I'll starve to death even while feasting like a king like I'm in some kind of Lovecraftian horror... and then everywhere I turn people are making "hehe this person is sooooo annoying for being gluten free" jokes

wait ok so technically this is for my fellows with dietary restrictions (specifically celiac disease in my case), but i guess it could also branch out to people with physical disabilities as well, and i'm curious.

reblog for bigger sample sizes pls :)

So excited by this. I made gluten free cauliflower & cheese pies. I’m really not much of a cook & a lot of things I make, turn out rubbish. But these worked really well 👏🏻. Before coeliac, there would be no reason for me to learn to make something like this. There is a bakery 5 minutes from my places that does delicious ones. But the closest place that does gluten free cauliflower & cheese pies to me, is an hour away. Let me know if you want the recipe, I’ll add it as a reblog if there’s any interest.

i shared something a few months ago about allergies and food disabilities and it recently started accumulating notes again and now it's at 5.7k, so obviously my activity page is just people trauma dumping about their awful experiences with allergies in the tags which is. Fun.

but what's really getting me is how i made a comment early on in the reblog chain about how many personal and professional activities revolve around food and how much it sucks to have to either put yourself at risk or miss out on those opportunities, because people often react badly either way if you cause them even the slightest inconvenience

and EVERYBODY who has responded to that comment. and I mean everybody. has focused on "personal" and made comments about how "if your friends don't respect your food disabilities, they're not your friends" and "you'll meet more supportive people in future" and all of that

and not one of them has paid any attention to the "professional" part of that. I'm talking about work Christmas dinners where if you don't go you're not a team player and will probably get passed over for future opportunities, but if you go, you'll get sick and HR will be mad about the extra time off. I'm talking about networking dinners and business lunches and meeting people at the buffet table at events, all of which are fraught if not impossible. I'm talking about travelling for conferences or other events and having to bring an entire extra bag with food because the venue can't cater for you (hand luggage only just ain't even an option at this point, so yay, extra costs if you're travelling further afield)

and also! smaller things like job interviews where you have to wear "smart" clothes (fitted waistbands and IBS? A Nightmare). dress codes in general. working in a building where the nearest toilets are on the opposite side. not being able to trust the work kettle/microwave because it might be contaminated but not having the facilities to bring/use your own. not being able to use communal tea/coffee/milk supplies for the same reason. all of those little everyday things

it isn't just about friends. it's about LIFE. i'm in an industry where events, lunches, etc are a common occurrence, and a nightmare for me. in academia, it feels like every other event involves a wine reception, which is shit when you don't drink and don't love being around people who are drinking a lot. in the office, i can't participate properly in any of the seasonal social gatherings, whether they're tea and biscuits or a Christmas meal

food disabilities have PROFESSIONAL impacts. because they are disabilities. it isn't just about having fun or hanging out with friends. it affects my career and my opportunities and it is INVISIBLE because people don't even know to recognise the ableism when they're doing it

i am tired of people ignoring that facet of it all

Gluten free white bread for a friend, recipe from The Loopy Whisk

I have not been able to find this data online so i made a poll cause i was curious.

First time making (gluten free) New York style baked cheesecake! Served with tinned cherries 🍒

Not to be accused of "medically gatekeeping gluten free" again, but I had to unsub from r/glutenfree after just two weeks after seeing a whole bunch of "I don't have celiac but..." circlejerking and the final straw was a post asking "so what's your cheat food?"

YOU'RE THE REASON I NEARLY BOUGHT "CELIAC CERTIFIED" RAMEN THAT WAS MADE OUT OF BARLEY! EITHER TAKE GLUTEN FREE SERIOUSLY OR STOP CALLING YOUR DIET THAT YOU TONE-DEAF ASSHOLES

The British government says that inflation isn't "that bad".

I have coeliac disease and am physically unable to digest gluten or wheat. I have to eat food made of corn flour, and it's already four times more expensive than food made out of wheat flour. Inflation has made it damn near impossible to find ordinarily priced food that I can actually fucking eat, because all the cheap alternative stuff designed to help people save money have a shit ton of wheat it.

Next time the government wants to tell me that inflation isn't "that bad", I want them to live on a gluten free diet for a week with an average weekly wage. Maybe then they'd fucking understand that just because abled people can cope with inflation, it doesn't mean disabled people can.

Fuck the UK government. Fuck the monarchy as well.

Developing a food allergy/intolerance/restriction as an adult is very hard and everyone's process in adjusting is different. Even if you feel like things won't get better, it will become more normal, and you will be ok. I promise I promise I promise.

You either die Tall, Gay and Caffeinated or live long enough to become Ouch-my-bones, Gay and Chronically-Medicated

With a deep, weary sigh: so it turns out you can't buy any almond meal/flour product from the Coles lines, because although they advertise it as an "ideal substitute for wheat," on the front of the package it is in fact processed on the same equipment as wheat products and they have to include the "may contain," allergen declaration on the back in teeny tiny writing. No, they aren't hiding their magic, actually-GF almond products in the health food aisle. I did not find a single GF almond flour/meal product in my local.

I'm sure this will not bamboozle anyone's aging aunt who is trying to serve 15 people over the holiday season and is unused to accommodating the 2 coeliacs in the family.

I can't believe I'm about to declare any kind of loyalty to a major supermarket, but even the metro Woolies carry their "macro," wholefoods lines, from which the almond meal (for now, according to its declaration) is gluten free.

Managed to get some of these today 😊. They’re slowly rolling out in stores & seem to be snapped up the second they hit the shelves. So excited! They are perfect. Maybe the tiniest be crunchier than a regular one (definitely not hard like many gf biscuits) but the taste, you wouldn’t know the difference. Going to be hoarding the rest of the packet til they’re easier to get a hold of. Haha.

If you’re in Australia they’re releasing in Coles, Woolies & IGA. From all the group buzz, Coles seemed to have them the quickest. But I found these in Woolies & there’s been a few sightings in IGA’s. This is all info from Victoria though. I found them with the other arnotts GF biscuits.

They are also releasing in New Zealand/Aotearoa, no idea if they’re out there yet. Definitely worth a look though. They weren’t ‘suppose’ to be out til November. Shapes are supposed to be not far behind.

Photo ID. Gluten free tim tams. Half the package is the classic original tim tams brown packaging, the other half of the package is green saying ‘gluten free’ with the coeliac australia endorsement. There are 7 biscuits in the gluten free pack. End ID

If I hear one more person tell me that I have orthorexia or an anxiety disorder for following the completely reasonable CC precautions both my doctor and my country’s celiac association recommends, I’ll fucking defenestrate them so they can understand how “just a bit” of wheat feels