Good news for cereal lovers! General Mills has announced that starting Fall 2015, all Cheerios will be gluten free! What I particularly love about this is that a major food brand is not just making a 'gluten free version' of their product, but altering their original product. Meaning the price point will stay the same, and those with celiac disease won't be forced to pay more money to eat gluten free cereal.
Yellow Box Cheerios™, Honey Nut Cheerios™, MultiGrain Cheerios™, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios™ and Frosted Cheerios™ will all be going gluten-free by early September. Packages that are gluten-free will be labeled with a seal. MultiGrain Cheerios™ is the only Cheerios product that will have a change in ingredients. Instead of wheat and barley, Multi Grain Cheerios™ will now have sorghum and millet along with the corn, rice and oats it has always had. The great taste will remain the same!
Cheerios naturally don't contain gluten, except for the oats. According to General Mills, they have 'created a process that allows us to remove the wheat, rye and barley from the oats we purchase, making Cheerios gluten-free'. While I'm not 100% sure how they go about 'removing wheat, rye and barley' from their oats, I would hope they are doing their due diligence to ensure there are less than 20 ppm of gluten.
You can read more Q&A about General Mills' decision to make Cheerios gluten free here.
Happy eating!
— The Healthy Celiac
Yellow Box Cheerios™, Honey Nut Cheerios™, MultiGrain Cheerios™, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios™ and Frosted Cheerios™ will all be going gluten-free by early September. Packages that are gluten-free will be labeled with a seal. MultiGrain Cheerios™ is the only Cheerios product that will have a change in ingredients. Instead of wheat and barley, Multi Grain Cheerios™ will now have sorghum and millet along with the corn, rice and oats it has always had. The great taste will remain the same!
Cheerios naturally don't contain gluten, except for the oats. According to General Mills, they have 'created a process that allows us to remove the wheat, rye and barley from the oats we purchase, making Cheerios gluten-free'. While I'm not 100% sure how they go about 'removing wheat, rye and barley' from their oats, I would hope they are doing their due diligence to ensure there are less than 20 ppm of gluten.
You can read more Q&A about General Mills' decision to make Cheerios gluten free here.
Happy eating!
— The Healthy Celiac
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