50% Probiotics brand found contaminated with traces of gluten in USA

50% Probiotics brand found contaminated with traces of gluten in USA

New Study Finds that Many Probiotics Are Contaminated with Traces of Gluten – Is my probiotic pack gluten-free? More than half of popular probiotics contain traces of gluten, according to an analysis performed by investigators at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Tests on 22 top-selling probiotics revealed that 12 of them (or 55%) had detectable gluten.

Celiac disease incidence rising in US

Mayo Clinic study finds celiac disease 4 times more common than in 1950s — Undiagnosed celiac disease associated with nearly quadrupled mortality. – In US, Celiac disease is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, revealed by researchers at Mayo Clinic. The study is published in the journal Gastroenterology.

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