? Flours from Asian/Indian Marts (spinoff from budgeting)

smalltownslackermom

I have concerns about cross-contamination from these flours. Brands are Deep, Swad, and a variety of others. Some specifically have the "Manufactured on equipment that processes wheat..." etc... There's tapioca flour, rice flour, urad (light lentil) besan (gram, garbanzo), Jawar (sorghum), plantain, yam, potato, rajgeera (amaranth) and probably more.
I would like to hear from others regarding their experiences with these - positive and negative. It sure helps the budget if they can be used with no ramifications.
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son - high ttg - 4/09, pos. biopsy 5/09
self - negative bloodwork 5/09, pos. biopsy 11/09
sister - gf for ~3 years and is a new person
niece - positive ttg 2/10, foregoing biopsy

mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1631 Location: GF Kitchen

Personally I do purchase from the Asian markets. I grind my own flour from their rice.

I buy the tapioca and potato starch, but it doesn't say they use the same lines that process wheat. If I see that, I usually do not even take a chance. MrP is such a canary in the mines type person, that we do not risk any problems from shared lines.
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smalltownslackermom · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:45 am Post subject:

THanks MrsP.
I got my search terms right yesterday and found more of the previous links in this forum. I figured the info MUST be here if I was getting no replies so I tried a few different terms. I'll cross ref:

http://forums.glutenfree.com/topic7854.html?highlight=asian
http://forums.glutenfree.com/topic3583.html?highlight=asian
http://forums.glutenfree.com/topic1926.html?highlight=asian
http://forums.glutenfree.com/topic1693.html?highlight=asian
http://forums.glutenfree.com/topic1015.html?highlight=asian

Brands would be helpful I think but I know sometimes these are very generic also.
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son - high ttg - 4/09, pos. biopsy 5/09
self - negative bloodwork 5/09, pos. biopsy 11/09
sister - gf for ~3 years and is a new person
niece - positive ttg 2/10, foregoing biopsy

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 10968 Location: WI, USA

We purchase Asian tapioca and sweet rice flours too. These flours come from Thailand. Thailand's wheat production is nil to little, so CC issues would be slim. I think the climate is not conducive to good wheat production.

It would be interesting to test a few bags to see.

http://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=th&commodity=wheat&graph=production

http://www.xist.org/earth/ag_wheat.aspx
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smalltownslackermom · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

isto · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:51 am Post subject:

I have purchased many flours from the Asian and Indian markets and never had a problem. I don't know what brand, though. There were no warnings on them. It was much cheaper at these markets than through the gluten-free flour companies.

Try to research and be very careful!