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President Feta Cheese


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I had a mild gurgling stomach with mild stomach distention after having Pr


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***** UNfriendly cheeses such as blue and gorganzola (which are incubated on beds of wheat while they age).*****

Well, they aren't, of course, but you are welcome to limit your intake of President cheese if you want.

There are lots of threads already about bleu cheese, and here's a cool site I found about making Gorgonzola: Open Original Shared Link

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I've never seen a feta cheese that isn't gluten-free. And I agree with Jestgar that the old tale about blue cheese has pretty much been completely debunked. Even among the rare ones where the culture is started on bread, there's no measurable transfer of gluten to the cheese.

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Sounds like a CYA statement. They don't test for gluten so they aren't going to say its gluten-free. I eat blue cheeses and gorgonzola and feta with no problems.

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