Island Farms Reverses Gluten-Free Commitment with 'May Contain' Provisos

How disappointing! Our beloved Island Farms has gone the way of Wal-Mart, adding the proviso, “May contain: Peanuts, Tree nuts, Wheat, Soy, Egg” to their ice cream products. Only the 4-litre tub of Vanilla Ice Cream does not currently offer that proviso.

Be sure to check the ingredient labels of all Island Farms products you intend to purchase going forward i.e. sherbet, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream and milk.

Backstory: The Celiac Scene was contacted by a highly-symptomatic celiac who had always enjoyed Island Farms Ice Cream. Recently, she experienced symptoms she associates with gluten ingestion that prompted her to check the ice cream label. When she read the new proviso, she notified The Scene. Thank you, Kim!

Without a label that indicates that products with ‘may contain provisos’ are gluten free, the Canadian Celiac Association advises celiacs that a product with

‘NO “Gluten-Free” claim AND a “Contains” statement for wheat or other gluten ingredients’ should be avoided.

See chart below taken from https://www.celiac.ca/food-labelling.

This marks a departure from Island Farms’ commitment to gluten free, as reported by The Celiac Scene on January 17, 2020 in Ice Cream Lovers Rejoice! Island Farms Publishes Gluten-Free Product List. (See below)

The source of that information (https://islandfarms.com/gluten-free-product-list) no longer exists. Instead, on September 20, 2022, a statement on https://islandfarms.com/gluten-free-product-list in regard to gluten free indicates,

“Although our facilities are not certified gluten free, the majority of our products do not contain ingredients derived from gluten. Products the do contain gluten are labelled accordingly.”

If that is clear as chocolate chip cookie dough, please refer to the Canadian Celiac Association to guide your choices.

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Previously published on The Celiac Scene:

Get the scoop on Island Farms’ gluten-free ice cream, sherbets, frozen yogurts and more! Feast your eyes on this list!*

Ice Cream

Country Cream

Strawberries ‘n’ Cream
Caramel Explosion
Chocolate

Vanilla Plus Ice Cream

Chocolate Treasure
Neapolitan
Cherry Supreme
French Vanilla
Mango Swirl
Sea Salt Caramel
Vanilla

Denali Premium

Moose Tracks (peanut butter cups are gluten-free)
Mint Moose Tracks
Extreme Moose Tracks
Nutty Moose Tracks

Classics (Velvet)

Rich Dark Chocolate
Pralines ‘n’ Cream
Green Tea
Coconut
Coconut Macaroon
Chocolate
Chocolate Chip Mint
Triple Chocolate Rainbow
Tin Roof Sundae
Birthday Cake
Bordeaux Cherry
Bubble Gum Burst
Butterscotch Ripple
Chai Tea
Chocolate Peanut Butter (peanut butter is gluten-free)
Roll-a-Twist
Golden Vanilla
Mango Supreme
Mango Delight
Maple Walnut
Moon Mist
Neapolitan
Pirate’s Bounty
Rocky Raspberry
Shark Bite
Strawberry & White Chocolate
Cotton Candy
Banana Fudge Swirl
Espresso Flakes
Orange Cream Swirl
Black Raspberry Ripple
Rocky Road
Triple Chocolate
Vanilla
Vanilla Bean

4L Pail

Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Neapolitan
Butterscotch

Vanilla Plus Frozen Yogurt

All Frozen Yogurts

Sherbet

All Sherbets that we make are gluten-free.

Milk & Cream

White Milk Homo
White Milk 2%
White Milk 1%
White Milk Skim
Chocolate Milk
Island Farms by Natrel Half & Half Cream 10%
Island Farms by Natrel Table Cream 18%
Island Farms by Natrel Whipping Cream 33%
Buttermilk
Egg Nog (Light and Traditional)

Other Dairy Products

Island Farms by Natrel Sour Cream Regular 14%
Island Farms by Natrel Sour Cream Light 7%
Island Farms by Natrel Sour Cream Fat Free
Island Farms by Natrel Cottage Cheese 1%
Island Farms by Natrel Cottage Cheese 2%
Island Farms by Natrel Cottage Cheese 4%
Island Farms by Natrel Cottage Cheese Fat Free
Island Farms by Natrel Cream Cheese
Island Farms by Natrel Light Cream Cheese

*Island Farms’ Proviso: “Please note: while we employ good manufacturing processes to reduce all chances of cross-contamination, we cannot 100% guarantee that no cross-contamination occurs during ingredient storage.”

NOTE: ICE CREAMS WITH GLUTEN
– Vanilla Plus Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
– Cookies ‘n’ Cream
– Nanaimo Bar
– Ice Cream Sandwich
– Lemon Blueberry Tart
– Maple Raspberry Dough

See https://islandfarms.com/gluten-free-product-list/