Simply Gluten-Free

A blog about allergies, health, and eating a gluten-free diet in Shanghai, China

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Challenges of Buying Allergy-Free Food Items in China

One of the most challenging things about eating and living gluten-free in Shanghai / China is being able to find the right ingredients for all the gluten-free recipes.

Not all products have ingredient labels.
Most ingredients are written in Chinese.
Translations are not always consistent or precise. MSG has many different names. Starch in [...]

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Just Another Gluten-Free Blog

It was only earlier this week that I had the idea to start this Simply Gluten-Free blog. My husband is allergic to wheat among many other allergies. Since we live in China, we have limited access to organic and specialty stores that carry gluten-free products. People in China are just not very sensitive to people [...]

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