From Gluten Free Watchdog:
This sourdough wheat bread is sold by Christopher’s Bakery at the Westside Market in Cleveland, Ohio. A subscriber alerted us that this bakery was selling what they called gluten-friendly sourdough wheat bread.
A subscriber to Gluten Free Watchdog purchased this product for us at Westside Market.
Ingredients (according to an email from Christopher’s Bakery): Organic wheat flour, High gluten flour, Water, Salt, Dry malt diastatic
Needless to say, bread made with wheat flour is NOT gluten free. Please be aware if you are visiting the West Side Market and do NOT buy this product.
This post was forwarded to me because I have celiac disease. What these people are doing (selling) is criminal! They’re either terribly misinformed or lying to their customers with celiac disease. Either way, they need to be held accountable.
Gluten Free Watchdog has made testing public:
https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/product/lake-erie-sourdough-bread-not-gluten-free/1380
Christopher’s Bakery at the West Side Market is selling this wheat bread as gluten friendly. The product tested at over 140,000 parts per million of gluten.
Gluten Free Watch Dog has issued a pdf to give to bakers who think that their wheat-based bread is magically safe for us: https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/news/to-bakers-pushing-your-sourdough-wheat-bread-on-folks-with-celiac-disease-stop/
I have heard (first-hand) the employees at Christopher’s bakery tell customers gluten has been removed from their bread and that many of their customers with celiac disease buy it. WHAT?! That information is grossly inaccurate and HARMFUL to people with celiac disease. People with gluten sensitivity can do what they want but people with celiac disease should NOT consume wheat-based sourdough bread such as the one sold at Christopher’s! Respectfully, people with CD need to be more discerning than to fall for such nonsense.