FYI – gluten free alert, gluten free alert!

Well gang, truth be known I haven’t eaten in a fast food restaurant in over 10 years.  I used to love Chick-Fil-A.   Recently I found out that their grilled chicken nuggets and their waffle fries are gluten free! Kudos to them! 👏👏 My source tells me that they  use a dedicated fryer just for their fries. Of course, check with each Chick-Fil-A to be sure this is the case especially if you or a loved one is very sensitive to gluten/wheat or is Celiac. I’m going to get in touch with their corporate office to find out if this is nation wide!

Eating there is certainly not something I’d do often but now I have another safe place to go when we are traveling and need something quick! Besides I love their waffle fries!!  So that would be a special treat from carrying food in the car or eating a gluten free bar.   According to their allergen info their hand spun vanilla and chocolate shakes do not contain wheat either!  Another special treat!   You gotta have one now and then to stay sane these days!

Ok, just got off the phone with Chick-Fil-A corporate office and their grilled chicken and nuggets are gluten free and they do use a dedicated fryer for their fries. Since each location is individually owned and operated though as I stated above always check with the manager at each location.  Be sure to tell them you have an allergy to wheat (that’s really the easiest way for people to understand what you mean) and asked them to please change their gloves when preparing your food to avoid any cross contamination.  Their corporate office is 866-232-2040 and they answered promptly and were very helpful.

One of my friendly Facebook contacts however just reminded me that they use MSG in their nuggets. Ahhh busted!   So I contacted them in writing about using the MSG because a lot of people are very sensitive to that ingredient including myself. MSG is used as a flavor enhancer but it’s really not necessary.   So if this is true I will have to avoid those until I can get clarification on them using this ingredient.  Perhaps if more people called to complain about the MSG they will stop using it!  Doesn’t hurt to try.  Someone else just gave me the heads up that they may use peanut oil for frying.  So check with each manager on that too!  Like I said before this is not a place I would personally eat at very often but it’s good to have something quick when we are traveling.

Update from Chick-Fil-A on using MSG – good news for us folks!

Dear Ms. Seward:

Thank you for taking the time to contact Chick-fil-A.  You are very important to us and we appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us.

MSG is a flavor enhancer that has been widely used for decades. Because we realize some customers may be sensitive to its use, we are working on removing MSG from our menu. In the meantime, there are several items that do not contain MSG, including: our Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Grilled Nuggets, Grilled Cool Wrap, and our Grilled Market Salad. Also our Side Salad, Chick-fil-A Waffle Fries, Greek Yogurt, plain biscuits, Sunflower Multigrain Bagel and desserts do not contain MSG.

Again, thank you for your time and interest in Chick-fil-A.

Sincerely,

Albert C.
Chick-fil-A CARES
Chick-fil-A…We Didn’t Invent The Chicken,
Just The Chicken Sandwich.
On the Web at www.chick-fil-a.com

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In the meantime here’s my recipe for Grain Free Chick-Fil-A nuggets! They taste exactly the same!    I used almond flour for the grain free ones or Bob Red Mills 1 To 1 Gluten Free Baking Flour if you don’t want grain free.  PRINT THE RECIPE HERE

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