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New diagnosis for my 3 year old

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Hannaaddison Newbie
Hannaaddison
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Hello, my son is 3 and recently diagnosed with celiac. I have been researching, purchased books, and checking many labels. I never thought I would need to worry about fresh and frozen meat. I recently found out about the possibility of cross contamination even though meat is naturally gluten free. I haven’t found any fresh meat labeled gluten free. I have tried to research the name brands to find out and I’m not having much luck. How do I know if fresh meats are gluten free and haven’t had cross contamination?

thank you in advance!

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Welcome to the forum, @Hannaaddison!

I think you are overthinking this. Any cross contamination from fresh meat would be highly unlikely and if present at all would likely be so small as to not cause a reaction in all but the very smallest subset of supersensitive celiacs. And I don't think you know yet that your 3 year old fits into that category. Relax, momma! Otherwise your son will only be eating things that have peels on them.

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I agree, and the only meats you might need to worry about would be processed ones like lunch meats, salami, etc., that my have fillers in them which contain gluten. Fresh meats that are not processed with added ingredients should be safe.

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