Are Cheerios Gluten Free In Canada. Cheerios will no longer carry “gluten free” labelling in canada, the cbc reported wednesday. One cereal brand that is proud to be gluten free is chex.
I have celiacs and was so excited when cheerios was announced and advertised as gluten free. Cheerios are tested to 20 ppm per general mills but the canadian celiac association warned against the consumption of. I stopped eating them and stuck with chex for a long time.
“each serving of cheerios products in canada are gluten free, as defined by the current regulatory standard of containing less than 20 (parts per million) of gluten,” the company said on its website.
This means that the cheerios brand either 1) knows there is gluten in this product from cross contamination, or 2) doesnt test this product for the presence of gluten. You can clearly see the “gluten free” label written in large print across most chex cereal boxes. Now when i research cheerios i see they had voluntarily removed the gluten free label because of health canada and the canadian food inspection agency (cfia. They can soon enjoy their favourite kinds of cheerios.
