Wildwood Tofu????

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Last night, I had a bad experience after I ate a Tofu Cabbage salad that a

friend made. She insisted that the ingredients (and her prep) were all gluten

free. While I was eating it, I noticed that the cubed tofu was brown on the

outside - my antennae went up and I immediately knew it had to have been

marinated in soy sauce. But I hoped it was wheat-free tamari instead. And I ate

it, wanting to believe that my friend had checked the ingredients thoroughly.

 

About six hours after I ate it, bam. I knew I'd eaten gluten.

 

Sure enough, I spoke with my friend this morning and she had listened to her

daughter who is a trained dietician. Her daughter had made her the recipe,

telling her that the dish was gluten free and my friend believed her, without

confirming by looking at the label. She then went home, bought the ingredients

and made the dish for me.

 

I went to the website and sure enough, there is no evidence that this particular

tofu is gluten free (it's made by Wildwood and is called Savory Baked Tofu). In

fact, it lists soy sauce on the ingredient list. But what's even more disturbing

is that at the top of the page it says " The #1 Selling Flavored Tofu in the

West! Made with Sprouted Soybeans for Enhanced Nutrition Marinated to Perfection

with New Gluten Free Italian Herb " . Am I crazy? Is that misleading or what?

 

Their labeling is not consistent either. If you look at the ingredients for the

" Aloha Baked " , it lists Whole Wheat. None of the other Baked tofu varieties list

Whole Wheat, though they all list soy sauce.

 

What do you think? I have a phone call into the company - I left a message,

realizing it was Saturday. Hopefully, someone will contact me on Monday.

 

Regards, Ellen

it's so easy to be gluten free!

http://iamglutenfree.blogspot.com/