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Cornstarch With Wheat In It

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floridanative Community Regular
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Back when I first started eating out again after my dx, we found a great Sushi place that told me there were five dishes (not sushi) on their menu I could have. I liked two of them so we went every few weeks. The last time we went (months ago) my food came out with a watery type sauce and the server explained it didn't have cornstarch since it now had wheat in it. I didn't care for a water based sauce so we never went back. Well today I was going to the nail salon and ended up parking near the Sushi place and the server recognized me and came up and asked me where I'd been. I explained about the sauce and that if they could not make it with cornstarch I didn't care to dine there anymore. I was nice and so was he. He told me he'd check on the cornstarch ingredients on the label and told me to stop in on my way back. I went in later to the restaurant and he said he was sorry that the cornstarch clearly states wheat on the label. I almost asked to see it but I know the place is barely hanging on for business so they would love us to come back. Therefore this is no reason for him to tell me there is wheat in the cornstarch if there isn't. I'm just baffled why anyone would put wheat flour in the cornstarch. Is it cheaper or something?

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Lisa Mentor
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That is puzzleing. If the cornstarch has wheat in it, it is no longer corn starch.

Here is a thought. I work in a gourmet food/gift place and we sell some oriental items such as rice noodles. The translation to english is quite humorous. Perhaps in the translation, could "starch" be translated to "wheat"?

Just a thought <_<

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
Posted

Maybe it is a mixture of wheat/corn starch? Who knows! But what if you brought your own cornstarch for them to use?

charleyb Newbie
charleyb
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Back when I first started eating out again after my dx, we found a great Sushi place that told me there were five dishes (not sushi) on their menu I could have. I liked two of them so we went every few weeks. The last time we went (months ago) my food came out with a watery type sauce and the server explained it didn't have cornstarch since it now had wheat in it. I didn't care for a water based sauce so we never went back. Well today I was going to the nail salon and ended up parking near the Sushi place and the server recognized me and came up and asked me where I'd been. I explained about the sauce and that if they could not make it with cornstarch I didn't care to dine there anymore. I was nice and so was he. He told me he'd check on the cornstarch ingredients on the label and told me to stop in on my way back. I went in later to the restaurant and he said he was sorry that the cornstarch clearly states wheat on the label. I almost asked to see it but I know the place is barely hanging on for business so they would love us to come back. Therefore this is no reason for him to tell me there is wheat in the cornstarch if there isn't. I'm just baffled why anyone would put wheat flour in the cornstarch. Is it cheaper or something?

I believe it was probably produced in a plant that also produces wheat and because of the law listing ingredients it was easier to say there was wheat in it. Usually the label says it is produced in a plant that also produces wheat. I belive the brand Bob's Mills is safe. I always read the labels no matter what.

hannahsue01 Enthusiast
hannahsue01
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I was told that corn starch can contain wheat. The brand that I was told was safe is the Argo brand.

johnsoniu Apprentice
johnsoniu
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It could be a modified starch which could contain both. If it says modified starch and is produced in the U.S., it is usually just cornstarch. However, if it was made outside the U.S., well, buyer beware.

I like the idea of taking your own box of Argo with you and see if they'll use it for you.

Nic Collaborator
Nic
Posted

We went out to eat a while back at a Chinese place and I asked if they could bread chicken for my son with corn starch. They said no because it is contaminated with wheat. I just assumed that they were talking about their own personal supply, not corn starch as a whole.

Nicole

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