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How Much Gluten Is Really In Gluten-Free Foods?

Gluten free is not as simple as being free from gluten. "In Australia, gluten-free standards were set in 1995 and at that time, 'gluten free' meant no detectable gluten but laboratories could really only detect around 30 parts of gluten per million," Forbes said.  A packet of biscuits or bread may be labelled gluten free, but that doesn't actually mean there's no gluten in it. In fact a new Australian study has found 14 percent of imported 'gluten-free' foods contain so much gluten that they wouldn't comply in Australia. University of Western Australia clinical professor Geoff Forbes told The Huffington Post Australia he began paying close attention to gluten when two of his children were diagnosed with coeliac disease -- which causes the immune system to react to gluten. He said it was not so easy to create a product that's entirely free from gluten. "So there was a very small amount of gluten in gluten-free products. Over time, the ease