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Gorton’s Gluten Free Information

6th August, 2009 - Posted by Scott - No Comments

I was one of those kids who grew up on Friday night fishsticks and fries and as an adult still like a nice crisp fish fillet.  My brand of choice was always Gorton’s.  With my recent dietary changes, I knew I could no longer have any of the breaded products, but am concerned about cross contamination of other products, so contacted customer service.  Here is their response:

Any Gorton’s product containing gluten-based ingredients will list those ingredients separately on the label.

However, Gorton’s is sensitive to the fact that some consumers are very concerned about non-gluten containing products manufactured in an environment with gluten-based ingredients. Although some of our products do not list any gluten-based ingredients, Gorton’s cannot guarantee that any product is entirely gluten free. Products produced in a plant that is responsible for production of other Gorton’s products that do contain gluten-based ingredients. It is possible that all Gorton’s products may contain trace amounts of gluten from the production facility.

I also returned to their website to look at the non-breaded products and was surprised to see that when you click on the individual items are taken to a page that includes the ingredient and nutrition information. From looking at this information the following items are gluten free, though there is the possibility of cross contamination.

• All Natural Lemon Pepper Grilled Fillets
• All Natural Garlic Butter Fillets
• All Natural Lemon Butter Fillets
• All Natural Cajun Blackened Grilled Fillets
• All Natural Italian Herb Grilled Fillets
• All Natural Classic Char Grilled Fillets
• Salmon Lemon Butter Grilled Fillets
• Tilapia Roasted Garlic and Butter Grilled Fillets
• Tilapia Signature Grilled Fillets
• Shrimp Scampi
• Lemon Shrimp Scampi