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There's a line of spices that I'm interested in at the supermarket that doesn't explicitly say it's gluten free. It lists a few things I recognize that seem ok like salt and a few spices but then just lists "spices". I don't know why they listed some and then lumped everything else into that broad category. Do you think there's anything to worry about in there?

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are you gluten sensitive or do you have celiac's? – CD Dec 20 at 12:38

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If the vendor isn't telling anyone what it's spices are, then how can anyone in this community advise you whether these unknown spices contain gluten? Try looking at the package to see if there's a website or an email address you can use to communicate with the distributor/vendor to get an answer to your question.

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IMO, Don't buy spices that have more than one ingredient.

You want a rub, make it yourself.

Spices that are premixed are almost universally crap -- left over, old spices they mix together to bleed another nickel out of the consumer.

Also, Spices with "salt" as an ingredient (assuming it's not salt) are always crap. It's cheap crappy salt, they always over salt it. I'd rather add my own salt.

Personally, I'd stay away on principal, not because of gluten.

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I would think that is safe, since gluten-containing things never really contribute to flavor, so they wouldn't be labeled as "spices".

And even if there was a small amount, considering how little anyone uses a particular spice at a time, there wouldn't be enough for a reaction.

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The issues is that it's not always gluten added to the spices, but that spices are sometimes ground on equipment used for gluten-containing products or are in a room where flour is flying around. Some hypersensitive celiacs/gluten-sensitive folks are sensitive to cross-contamination such as this. Additionally, some spice mixes contain wheat, etc., as anti-caking agents or thickening (in the case of, say, taco seasoning). – blueballoon Dec 20 at 17:04

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