accidentally glutened myself - how?

[Guest guest]

Well, I'm new to this whole gluten-free living " thang " . So I'm still

prone to mistakes.

Last night I was up half the night sick, and I can't figure out why.

The only culprit I can think of is a soup I used as a base ingredient

in a crock-pot dish.

Progresso soups - they list allergens at the end of the ingredients. I

chose one that didn't list any wheat. And I didn't notice any wheat

" products " in the ingredients list, with the possible exception of:

- MSG

- caramel color

- natural color

Do you guys religiously avoid MSG, caramel color, natural color?

I've been going by that list at celiac dot com that says MSG is likely

to be OK if made in North America, etc.

And since the ingredient didn't list wheat in the allergen list at the

bottom, I thought " the MSG, caramel color, and natural color must not

be wheat-derived " .

Thoughts?

Was I TKOed by the Progresso soup?

Esther in RI