Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 > Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? Attached below is the response from Sysco when I asked if they had a gluten free list. Remember - Sysco is really just a distributor. They don't "manufacture" most (any?) of the products they carry. Product 1116524 (sausage) and 0416669 (bacon) were reported to be gluten free -patrick sysco products? My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for responding. That explains why I couldn't find much helpful information on the website. My daughter and I have came up with our menu, mirroring their own with the exception of the pot roast that she doesn't care for anyway. They have offered us space to store what we bring, and access to the kitchen to prepare it. So a little preparation and extra packing, and we'll be good to go. Thanks again for your response, Jupiter, FL sysco products? My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 , In your spare time (!) it would be great to see a menu of what you prepared to take with you and also what you found works and what doesn’t. But not now—go have fun! Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Minnich Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:51 AM To: SillyYaks Subject: Re: sysco products? Thanks for responding. That explains why I couldn't find much helpful information on the website. My daughter and I have came up with our menu, mirroring their own with the exception of the pot roast that she doesn't care for anyway. They have offered us space to store what we bring, and access to the kitchen to prepare it. So a little preparation and extra packing, and we'll be good to go. Thanks again for your response, Jupiter, FL sysco products? My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 The safest bet with SYSCO is to assume nothing they supply is gf other than fresh fruit and veggies. You can call, but most who have tried have gotten the run-around. None of their food is meant for end-consumer purchasing, so is exempt from the new allergen labeling laws. In addition, it would be nearly impossible for the cooks to keep one meal gf when preparing large numbers of other meals. You will be much better off bringing all your meals (and should receive a discount as a result) and cooking utensis and pots/pans and toaster oven if needed -- you should not share their toaster and I would not trust their teflon/cast iron pans to be cleanable and especially would avoid their wooden and plastic cooking utensils. Liquid eggs often contain starches - if not, most places use pancake batter in their omelets (makes them fluffier and cheaper as well). Pot roasts are often floured, chili seasonsings often contain wheat, hots dogs are usually ok (except 's, which is a popular brand and does contain wheat), etc. Drinks should be ok if plain milk and name brand soda's, but otherwise I'd check things closely. Even seemingly safe things like ice cream must be checked (at least one mid-west dairy uses wheat starch in their ice creams, although most others I've checked do not). It will be more work, but you'll probably end up with a much healthier (and tastier) diet than the others there. -----Original Message----- My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I contacted the Sysco representative who supplies our food store and he had the following to say: Although you may see Sysco labels on many products, Sysco is a distributor and does not manufacture those products itself. Sysco operating companies throughout the United States are not necessarily required to purchase the same items from the same manufacturers or brokers. What this means is that the frozen omelets (for example) you purchase from Sysco in the Bay Area may not be manufactured by the same company that sells to Sysco in Seattle. Therefore it would be extremely difficult to provide any universal product specs for Sysco nationally. I believe your best option is to contact the Marketing Associate (Sysco Sales Rep) who handles the account in question. That person will be able to obtain specs on the specific item(s) being sold in that account. I hope this helps. " M." wrote: > Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? Attached below is the response from Sysco when I asked if they had a gluten free list. Remember - Sysco is really just a distributor. They don't "manufacture" most (any?) of the products they carry. Product 1116524 (sausage) and 0416669 (bacon) were reported to be gluten free -patrick sysco products? My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for the info. We just found out the menu last evening, and leave on Friday. I'll try to get through to the rep, but am not counting on anything. I wasn't sure if they would take the time at Sysco to talk with me. We're going to have a great time regardless of whether we can eat their food. It's my daughter's first camping trip with scouts. I had a lot of happy memories of my own scout camping trips, so am looking forward to sharing it with her. sysco products? My celiac daughter and I are attending girl scout core camp this weekend. All the food is prepared by the cooks using Sysco products. Does anyone have any information regarding any of their products? We are specifically wondering about their liquid eggs, omelets, pot roast, chili, cheese, hot dogs, and salad dressings. If I don't know for sure before we go, I'll just pack as if we can't eat anything they serve. Thanks, Jupiter, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Laurie, My daughter and I looked over the menu. Here's what we packed. Friday dinner- They were having cheese pizza and salad bar. We packed gluten free bread, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce and our own salad dressing just in case there is none that was gluten free. Saturday morning- They were having scrambled eggs made from some kind of liquid eggs made with additives, muffins,and cold cereal. We packed homemade banana chocolate chip muffins and cereal in ziplock sandwich bags. Saturday lunch- They were having hot dogs, chili, and cheese. We packed Hormel with beans, our own hot dogs (just in case), and our own cheese (just in case). Saturday dinner- they were having pot roast . My daughter isn't much for beef anyway, so I made chicken ala king on Friday and took enough for the two of us, leaving the rest for the family. Sunday morning- They were having omelets made with liquid eggs, cereal, and powdered donuts. My co-leader made another batch of muffins for us. We packed some more ziplock bags of cereal. Snacks- Fruit was to be always available. They were making GORP which included chex cereal and pretzels, so we just made our own with M & M's, raisins, peanuts, and gf pretzels. They didn't mention making s'mores, but it would be hard to imagine a girl scout camping trip without them, so we packed graham crackers just in case they forgot to mention it. Now, for the rest of the story... We had 9 excited girl scouts and all their gear packed into my van, and were getting ready to leave. We received a phone call that the well broke at the girl scout camp. There was no water, and we couldn't go to camp. We ended up at my house, dividing the girls between our RV and our tent. I made gf mac and cheese. We cooked up some hot dogs, keeping buns to one area of the RV for serving before sending them out to eat around the campfire "ring". We served vegies and dip. After dinner, we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, again keeping the regular graham crackers to one area and sending them outside to eat. Breakfast was gf pancakes and omelets made from eggs from our farm. The girls had a blast. They visited with our farm animals, including a one day old baby donkey. We hiked along the canal. They swam in our pool. We took them to Build a Bear at the end, served them lunch at the church where my co-leader and I are members and where we have our meetings, then sent them home. It wasn't the weekend that we planned, but it worked out okay. Jupiter, FL RE: sysco products? , In your spare time (!) it would be great to see a menu of what you prepared to take with you and also what you found works and what doesn’t. But not now—go have fun! Laurie lbilyeu@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 , Thank you for the details! You had a fabulous plan AND you punted well! I’m keeping your menu for inspiration… Laurie lbilyeu@... From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Minnich Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:07 PM To: SillyYaks Subject: Re: sysco products? Laurie, My daughter and I looked over the menu. Here's what we packed. Friday dinner- They were having cheese pizza and salad bar. We packed gluten free bread, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce and our own salad dressing just in case there is none that was gluten free. Saturday morning- They were having scrambled eggs made from some kind of liquid eggs made with additives, muffins,and cold cereal. We packed homemade banana chocolate chip muffins and cereal in ziplock sandwich bags. Saturday lunch- They were having hot dogs, chili, and cheese. We packed Hormel with beans, our own hot dogs (just in case), and our own cheese (just in case). Saturday dinner- they were having pot roast . My daughter isn't much for beef anyway, so I made chicken ala king on Friday and took enough for the two of us, leaving the rest for the family. Sunday morning- They were having omelets made with liquid eggs, cereal, and powdered donuts. My co-leader made another batch of muffins for us. We packed some more ziplock bags of cereal. Snacks- Fruit was to be always available. They were making GORP which included chex cereal and pretzels, so we just made our own with M & M's, raisins, peanuts, and gf pretzels. They didn't mention making s'mores, but it would be hard to imagine a girl scout camping trip without them, so we packed graham crackers just in case they forgot to mention it. Now, for the rest of the story... We had 9 excited girl scouts and all their gear packed into my van, and were getting ready to leave. We received a phone call that the well broke at the girl scout camp. There was no water, and we couldn't go to camp. We ended up at my house, dividing the girls between our RV and our tent. I made gf mac and cheese. We cooked up some hot dogs, keeping buns to one area of the RV for serving before sending them out to eat around the campfire " ring " . We served vegies and dip. After dinner, we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, again keeping the regular graham crackers to one area and sending them outside to eat. Breakfast was gf pancakes and omelets made from eggs from our farm. The girls had a blast. They visited with our farm animals, including a one day old baby donkey. We hiked along the canal. They swam in our pool. We took them to Build a Bear at the end, served them lunch at the church where my co-leader and I are members and where we have our meetings, then sent them home. It wasn't the weekend that we planned, but it worked out okay. Jupiter, FL RE: sysco products? , In your spare time (!) it would be great to see a menu of what you prepared to take with you and also what you found works and what doesn’t. But not now—go have fun! Laurie lbilyeu@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Sounds like a lot of fun to me!! > > Laurie, > My daughter and I looked over the menu. Here's what we packed. > Friday dinner- They were having cheese pizza and salad bar. We packed gluten free bread, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce and our own salad dressing just in case there is none that was gluten free. > Saturday morning- They were having scrambled eggs made from some kind of liquid eggs made with additives, muffins,and cold cereal. We packed homemade banana chocolate chip muffins and cereal in ziplock sandwich bags. > Saturday lunch- They were having hot dogs, chili, and cheese. We packed Hormel with beans, our own hot dogs (just in case), and our own cheese (just in case). > Saturday dinner- they were having pot roast . My daughter isn't much for beef anyway, so I made chicken ala king on Friday and took enough for the two of us, leaving the rest for the family. > Sunday morning- They were having omelets made with liquid eggs, cereal, and powdered donuts. My co-leader made another batch of muffins for us. We packed some more ziplock bags of cereal. > Snacks- Fruit was to be always available. They were making GORP which included chex cereal and pretzels, so we just made our own with M & M's, raisins, peanuts, and gf pretzels. They didn't mention making s'mores, but it would be hard to imagine a girl scout camping trip without them, so we packed graham crackers just in case they forgot to mention it. > > Now, for the rest of the story... > We had 9 excited girl scouts and all their gear packed into my van, and were getting ready to leave. We received a phone call that the well broke at the girl scout camp. There was no water, and we couldn't go to camp. We ended up at my house, dividing the girls between our RV and our tent. I made gf mac and cheese. We cooked up some hot dogs, keeping buns to one area of the RV for serving before sending them out to eat around the campfire " ring " . We served vegies and dip. After dinner, we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, again keeping the regular graham crackers to one area and sending them outside to eat. Breakfast was gf pancakes and omelets made from eggs from our farm. > The girls had a blast. They visited with our farm animals, including a one day old baby donkey. We hiked along the canal. They swam in our pool. We took them to Build a Bear at the end, served them lunch at the church where my co-leader and I are members and where we have our meetings, then sent them home. It wasn't the weekend that we planned, but it worked out okay. > > Jupiter, FL > > RE: sysco products? > > > , > > In your spare time (!) it would be great to see a menu of what you prepared to take with you and also what you found works and what doesn't. But not now-go have fun! > > > > Laurie > > lbilyeu@... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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