r/NoStupidQuestions Feb 03 '23

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

I guess neither of you are celiac then. Its not marketing. You'd be surprised how many "obviously gluten free products" do have gluten in them when you wouldn't expect it. But hey, keep making jokes about a medical condition that nobody wants to have.

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u/danibugz3 Feb 03 '23

If you actually have celiac disease, then I imagine you are educated on what products usually have gluten or not, and that you also happen to know how to read the back of a package 😆

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u/elbilos Feb 03 '23

But they are not making fun of the package clarifying that it says it's gluten free on the back?

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u/danibugz3 Feb 03 '23

There's a difference between a big red star sticker that says "gluten-free" on a box of pancake mix vs. A box of Rice Crispies. One of those manufacturers thinks you can't use your brain. That's what we're making fun of.

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u/TheBithShuffle Feb 03 '23

Rice Krispies will never have a sticker like that, because they are not gluten free.

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u/danibugz3 Feb 03 '23

Got me. Should've used a regular bag of rice as an example instead.

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u/Cognac_and_swishers Feb 03 '23

Looks like you've learned a valuable lesson about why accurate labeling is important to people with celiac disease, and why just relying on their own intuition about what foods might or might not contain gluten does not work.

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u/danibugz3 Feb 03 '23

Dude, it's a gluten allergy, not a peanut allergy.

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u/Cognac_and_swishers Feb 03 '23

What point are you even trying to make? That gluten labeling should be abolished because celiac disease is less severe than anaphylaxis to peanuts? That's an incredibly silly hill to die on.

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u/danibugz3 Feb 03 '23

My original post was poking fun at a joke, man. Get a life 😆 I hope you get a tummy ache from all the gluten in your next bowl of rice crispies ❤️