I'm newly diagnosed with DH - and just this week I was looking for some gluten free bread at the local bread-shop. They said they make it special every other week. When I asked what kind of bread it was, they simply said "spelt". I replied that I was pretty sure spelt was on the no-no list for people with gluten intolerance. They simply replied that spelt is a grain but it is not wheat, and that it was the bread that all their gluten-free customers bought.

Am I being stupid or is spelt bread somehow gluten free? Assuming it's not, seems I should try to straighten them out on behalf of the others that ARE buying and consuming the bread. I just can't believe that a place that specialized is breads would be so off-base about spelt and gluten - or as I said, maybe it's me.

-m

No they are the ones being stupid. I hate it when places like that advertise spelt as gluten-free.

Some people with a wheat allergy can tolerate spelt, but it is no-no on the gluten free diet.

m -

PLEASE straighten them out. They don't realize how many people could be getting sick because of their misinformation.

Cindy

Spelt is absolutely Gluten. They are the stupid ones. That unfortunately is a common misnomer among, for example, health food store employees thinking that spelt is gluten-free. It is not. It is another form of wheat and is not safe. Please please please straighten these people out.

Spelt is closely related to wheat, and is very high in gluten content. Most experts consider it to be a subspecies of the wheat commonly used in modern food. Read about spelt here on wikipedia. Celiacs must NOT eat spelt.

I bet alot of ppl that shop there are constantly sick and can not figure out why.