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Moe's Southwest Grill

MaryJones2

By MaryJones2
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MaryJones2 Enthusiast
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I contacted Moe's last week and received an allergen chart in PDF format which I can't figure out how to post but I'm sure you can email them and they will send it. I'm glad to see most of the items are gluten free! The items that are not gluten free are: Flour Tortillas, chicken, steak and tofu. Everything else is gluten free.

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Be careful of the chips ... they fry them in the same fryer as the flour tortillas for the tortilla bowl salads, so they are not gluten-free.

When I contacted them, and it's been over a year ago, the chicken, steak, and tofu was gluten-free. I even talked to the manager of the local one who let me read the ingredients of the seasoning. They were using Knorr seasoning.

Did they list the ingredients to the meat/tofu? How did the pdf file show it had gluten? Just curious.

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Be careful of the chips ... they fry them in the same fryer as the flour tortillas for the tortilla bowl salads, so they are not gluten-free.

When I contacted them, and it's been over a year ago, the chicken, steak, and tofu was gluten-free. I even talked to the manager of the local one who let me read the ingredients of the seasoning. They were using Knorr seasoning.

Did they list the ingredients to the meat/tofu? How did the pdf file show it had gluten? Just curious.

They did not list ingredients. It's one of the charts that has a dot when something contains an allergen. Good to know about the chips.

modiddly16 Enthusiast
modiddly16
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Willy's chips are flour tortilla chips...are we sure moe's are corn?

CarlaB Enthusiast
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Willy's chips are flour tortilla chips...are we sure moe's are corn?

They're corn ... but they're fried with the flour, so it doesn't matter, we can't have them.

So, was there a dot saying that there was wheat? Or was it just a dot saying there was an allergen.

MaryJones2 Enthusiast
MaryJones2
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They're corn ... but they're fried with the flour, so it doesn't matter, we can't have them.

So, was there a dot saying that there was wheat? Or was it just a dot saying there was an allergen.

Well, Moe's categories are:

wheat or other glutens

soy

milk

eggs

fish

yellow 5

MSG

I am always bothered by those because I am not sure they take into account cross-contamination but I think it's helpful in identifying actual foods that contain an allergen. I did ask Moe's about cross contamination with the fryers and will let you know what they say.

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Well, Moe's categories are:

wheat or other glutens

soy

milk

eggs

fish

yellow 5

MSG

I am always bothered by those because I am not sure they take into account cross-contamination but I think it's helpful in identifying actual foods that contain an allergen. I did ask Moe's about cross contamination with the fryers and will let you know what they say.

Moe's responded to me today and said they only have one fryer and it is used for both corn and flour. My concerns about cross-contamination and desire to add a dedicated fryer for chips have been forwarded to corporate so maybe we'll see some action.

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