Update: First. An image of the gluten free items in question. And a Subway spokesperson released a statement and said: "Gluten-free is something on the radar. There are number of people at Subway who are particularly interested in gluten-free items for their own particular digestive needs. It’s not something that’s unusual to us.”

Subway Restaurants announced that they will be testing out gluten free rolls and gluten free brownies in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Tyler/Longview, TX markets starting the week of January 10th. I've got one word, well two... cross contamination. Even though the company says that, "All Subway gluten-free rolls and brownies being used during the test come prepackaged and individually wrapped. Sandwich Artists are instructed through a tutorial video to cut the roll with a pre-wrapped knife and only use once. The same sandwich artist will prepare the order from beginning to end, so only one set of hands will touch the sandwich, eliminating cross contamination. The process is very thorough to ensure a 100% gluten-free product. Extra measures are taken to ensure gluten does not contaminate other foodstuff such as meat, cheese, and vegetables."

Personally, I wouldn't even attempt to test this out. The risk of cross contamination, even with all of their so-called precautions is just WAY too high for my liking. I'd much prefer some Boar's Head Turkey and from-my-home gluten free bread any day over Subway. Subway will have A LOT to prove to the gluten free community before we accept them as a place to have a safe meal. That being said, I'm curious to see how this plays out for them. I'm also curious why they chose only Texas areas to test this out in. I'll keep you posted if I hear anything further on this. And if you happen to be in the testing market areas and are brave enough to try this out... let me know!!

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It was Sunday Funday and the Miami Dolphins were playing so we opted for "bar food" at home. Turkey burgers and sweet potato french fries. In the past, we've had Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries which are marked on the package Gluten Free.

We decided to try Alexia Foods Sweet Potato Fries this time. I didn't see any signs of gluten in the ingredients so I dug right in. A little while later the stomach was not so happy with me.

I did a little research to see what others were saying about the products and found that the same had happened to other people. The fries USED TO be marked gluten free but due to the factory conditions they are no longer considered "gluten free".

This is the only possible thing I ate that would cause the reaction so I'm chalking it up to fries made in a factory with gluten on the same assembly line. Bummer because they sure were tasty!