Hi Gill

There are plenty of prescribable mixes available are they all gluten AND wheat-free?

Also, I believe some mixes are easier to use than others. What is your view?

Most certainly not and many coeliacs have problems with either wheat products or trace amounts of gluten. 

Since everyones tolerance varies it seems better to start 100% GF and work up to wheat starch and trace of gluten products if you can. 

The easiest mixes are (unfortauntely) those that contain the most gluten...  often pushing the 200ppm limits. 

I have heard that ther gluten is actually deliberately reintroduceed by some manufactuerers like the way nicotine is in cigarettes but I don't know if this is true or a rumour. 

Hi Chris

I am sorry to say that not all gluten-free mixes are also wheat–free.  Some manufacturers produce products that are gluten-free but use gluten-free wheat starch. 

If you are looking for gluten-free and wheat-free mixes and products you should look at what the  manufacturers are claiming . Are the  products BOTH gluten-free and wheat-free, these products will use ingredients like rice flour, potato starch, maize starch etc.  All the DS and Schar range of products are GF and WF and several other manufacturers also produce GF and WF in their range.

With regard to use of mixes, in particular bread mix, the majority are easy to use but some are not always clear on how to add the water content i.e all in one go or in stages, this can make the mix lumpy and difficult to stir round.  The easiest bread mixes I have found to use which are GF and WF are the DS Brown and White Bread mixes, the other DS mixes are also very clear to understand and easy to use.

Hope this helps

Regards

Gill