Commercial oats in gluten-free diet: A persistent risk for celiac patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gluten-free diet is the treatment of celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders and excludes wheat, rye, and barley, while oats inclusion/exclusion has long been a matter of debate. A logo or catchphrase indicating the gluten-free condition in a product is all the consumer relies on to accept the product as suitable for his/her treatment. The oat-based gluten-free products represents a small market, which may have changed, and become more limited during COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To assess gluten contamination in all labeled oat-based gluten-free local and imported products available in the market, comparing them to matched regular gluten containing counterparts. As a secondary objective, unconventional flours available in the same sale points were also a

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582257 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature