Here's What Butterball Says

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I've seen several people claim that Butterball "injects" their turkeys with gluten or that Butterball has told them they can't eat the turkeys, so I e-mailed them. Here's the reply.

"When there are dietary concerns, we advise purchasing Butterball Fresh Turkey and Butterball Fresh Breast of Turkey, which are all-natural and contain no added ingredients. The breast meat of Butterball Frozen Turkeys, including Butterball Frozen Stuffed Turkey, is moistness enhanced with a patented recipe of ingredients to yield a more uniformly juicy and tender turkey after cooking. Individual ingredients are specified on the labels of all Butterball Frozen Turkeys and Butterball frozen line extension products. (Although wheat and rye gluten-free, the recipe does include 0.5 ppm corn protein.)

Because Butterball Frozen Stuffed Turkey (and Butterball Stuffed Frozen Breast of Turkey) is stuffed with a traditional bread stuffing, it does contain gluten. The gravy packets that come with some Butterball Turkey products also contain gluten."

Translation:0 If you don't want anything added choose the fresh turkeys and turkey breast. HOWEVER, if you are faced with a frozen Butterball with the added ingredients, those turkeys are indeed gluten-free (unless they are prestuffed).

richard