Gluten question, quick answer pls.

Former Member

I'm having a dinner party tonight and have just been told that someone's gluten intolerant. :rolleyes: (at just being been told, not the gluten intolerant person)

Anyway, the dinner's ok, roast gammon joint and vegetables and i'll make him some apple sauce instead of the parsley sauce because of the flour but i was going to make my notorious chocolate-orange trifle for pudding and that has sponge cake in it which contains flour ergo gluten BUT i can make a sponge cake from eggs, sugar and cocoa so the question is does cocoa contain gluten ? It's 100% cocoa, nothing else in there and made from just cocoa beans. Ta muchly.

Former Member

A gluten-free diet involves the complete avoidance of all foods made from or containing wheat, rye, barley and usually, oats.

I got that from t'internet, so i reckon cocoa will be fine

Former Member

That sounds ok then, ta Suze

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Pretty much all packets these days will tell you if something contains gluten, so if the label doesn't say anything, it's a fairly safe bet it doesn't

Former Member

I hate sponge in trifle :yuck:

*irrelevant*