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Melanie Reynolds's avatar

We found organic flour is good to use. My grandson who can’t eat gluten can eat organic flour. I think it is the pesticides

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Scott  McColloch's avatar

Glyphosate is used almost universally on non-organic wheat during the harvest to uniformly dry wheat prior to harvesting saving time and therefore money. It is probably used around the field for weed control during the growing season.

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D D's avatar

There are supposed to be strict controls to label organic. There certainly are bio-dynamic wines. Biodynamic is a step up for verification and certification. It can take years and money to achieve the cert. It's no wonder organic can be pricey.

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Scott  McColloch's avatar

Hi, could you expand upon the term Biodynamic? Sounds interesting, but a new term to me. I am not a heavy drinker, but when alcoholic beverages come up my Scots Irish ancestry originally coming from Whiskey Rebellion country kicks in. I don’t know for certain if I had any ancestors involved, but it’s highly likely on both my father’s and my mother’s side.

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D D's avatar

The certification for biodynamic is too complicated for me to explain, I use Benziger wines that are organic and some are biodynamic. There are many uses for biodynamics.

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D D's avatar

There can also be a gluten issue, check out Einkorn flour from Italy. Much lower gluten index.

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Melanie Reynolds's avatar

Also real sour dough bread is good. The mother in the sour dough eats the gluten. It makes the most tasty turkey dressing.

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