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Questions About Blue Bell & Amys

Guest AlabamaGirl

By Guest AlabamaGirl
in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications

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Guest AlabamaGirl
Guest AlabamaGirl
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Hello, everyone! I am new to these posts & new to the idea of Celiac disease. (I think I've finally figured out what has plagued me these last few years!!!) What a learning curve it is to discover how to eat gluten-free, so I was excited to find this posting board. I could use a little advice and support.

First question: I was under the assumption that Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream was gluten-free, but TWICE now I have had a reaction to it. First time I just thought it was possibly the ice cream so I just tested it again the other day and within an hour ... yuck! It was the same carton both times, so there may have been a cross-contamination. Has anyone else had any problems with this ice cream???

Also, any opinions of Amy's frozen dinners that are supposed to be gluten-free?

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CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

I like Amy's frozen dinners and have no problem with them. Others on here have had trouble with them, but many of us have other food issues, so that may be it.

I don't know about the Blue Bell, we don't have it here. I have a problem with dairy that is very similar to a gluten reaction, so that could be it. Maybe someone else will have some answers, it's pretty quiet around here on the weekend.

Welcome.

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abigail Apprentice
abigail
Posted

hi there, I was wondering the same, does anybody knows if any of the blue bell products are gluten free?

thanks, Abi

snklivie Rookie
snklivie
Posted

I dont know about blue bell. As far as ice cream, breyer's vanilla is good. (other flavor, read the ingredients), Turkey Hill, Ben & Jerrys, Dairy Queen (soft serve only) Haagen Dazs, Edy's and Baskin Robins. These are all ice creams that are considered gluten-free, but of course you still should read the ingredients (no cookie dough or brownie flavors)

As far as amy's frozen dinners, my child is very picky in what she eats.

Hope this helps! ;)

lmvrbaby Newbie
lmvrbaby
Posted

I have tried the AMy's products and they are quite good. As far as ice cream we dont have BLue Bell here, but many of the ice cream products where I shop has it listed on the package. With being Celiac I have learned to read and reread labels, just incase something changes. Good luck in finding out about Blue Bell. THere should be a phone number on the carton or an address and a lot of people have tried calling or writing to the company and ask them questions. MOst of the time this is quite helpful.

proger Newbie
proger
Posted

i eat blue bell homeade vanilla all the time!! have absolutely no problems with it & love it. you may also want to try their banana split - delicious! i also enjoy amy's gluten-free frozen meals often and haven't had a problem.

gfpaperdoll Rookie
gfpaperdoll
Posted

Blue bell vanilla is supposed to be gluten free. Here is what they do, the last I heard from my support group leader.

Blue bell processes their "white" ice creams (& strawberry, peach etc) & then they process their ice cream that have cookie ingredients & then they process chocolate. (& then I think they clean the machines) & then they run vanillla again...

It is advised that we do not eat the Blue Bell chocolate or the ones with cookies etc.

the banana split should be somewhere in the middle there before the cookie ones & should be fine. It used to be one of my favorite flavors when I could do dairy...

re amy's I do not eat that type food, but I hear from a lot of people that they get CC'd by it, so you might try one at a time...

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ptkds Community Regular
ptkds
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Hi, I live about 2 minutes away from the Blue Bell creamery. I eat the vanilla all the time w/out a problem. You may be having a dairy issue on top of Celiac disease (VERY common, and you may get over it after your intestines heal).

I have a list of flavors from my local support group of safe Blue Bell ice creams: Banana Split, Butter Pecan, Strawberry, Cherry Vanilla, French Vanilla, Banana Nut, Homemade Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Hot Fudge Sundae, Coffee, Black Walnut, Pecan Pralines 'n Cream, Natural Vanilla Bean, Mint Chocolate Chip, Mocha Almond Fudge, Moo-llennium Crunch, Pistachio Almond, White chocolate Almond, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Peaches and Homemade Vanilla, Caramel Turtle fudge, Strawberries and Homemade vanilla, and Strawberry cheesecake. This list is from Blue Bell as of August 2006.

Just avoid the chocolate and cookie/brownie flavors, and you should be fine. Just read the labels.

Good luck!

ptkds

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