Some supermarket products labelled ‘gluten-free’ contain gluten, study finds

Repeat batches of contaminated foods also contained gluten, indicating the initial results did not reflect isolated episodes

Multiple samples of manufactured foods sold in Australia and labelled as “gluten-free” in fact contain gluten, in a finding that will spark concern among sufferers of coeliac disease.

Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne found detectable gluten in almost 3% of 256 of the most commonly purchased “gluten-free” manufactured foods, a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday says.

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