Urth Caffe
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One huge issue I have as a Celiac is companies using my autoimmune disease to market products to orthorexics and ignorant people who wrongly assume "gluten-free" means "healthy" while simultaneously leaving celiacs like me being able to safely eat.
With the prevalence of online food ordering apps, it's so dangerous for companies to advertise their product as "gluten-free" while simultaneously taking zero precautions to make sure that food is actually gluten-free and uncontaminated.
If a friend knows you must eat gluten-free, they might pick this up for you, thinking that it's safe because it comes marked from a legitimate "crunchy" business. Purchasing on a food app, celiacs might wrongly assume the food is safe to consume because the business is advertising it as "gluten-free."
Why do corporate chain restaurants not understand cross-contamination when it comes to gluten? At this location , the marked "gluten-free" muffins are on the same plate and touching gluten-containing muffins! As a Celiac, I can't spend money on contaminated food. One crumb of gluten can cause intestinal bleeding. Celiac disease is not a wheat allergy, it's an autoimmune disease and the only treatment is eating 100% gluten-free.
Are businesses so cheap that they can't afford a separate plate with cover and new tongs for the gluten-free muffins?
I can't imagine that restaurants would put bacon on the same display plate as tofu marked as "vegan." I can't imagine they'd use verbiage to denote that their product is "shellfish free" and put it on the same plate as lobster claws. That's the equivalent of putting gluten and gluten-free muffins on the same plate in a display case.
You wouldn't market a product as "diabetic-safe" and make it where it was only safe for dieters, not actual diabetics.
"Gluten-free" is a term that celiacs rely on to find safe to consume food, not a marketing term to carelessly slap on products without care to cross-contamination.
Please either sell gluten-free products responsibly, or stop marketing them as such.
(Purchased 1 Spanish latte, hot and 1 Spanish latte granita.)
Visited: December 2023
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Reviews of this Chain
Always good food that works with my allergy
They gave gluten free muffins, tortillas, waffles, pancakes, and bread but they’re not the most aware. So just be very direct with what you want. Double check that’s they understand what you’re asking
Unsafe for celiac- cross contamination in all dishes
The staff was nice, but they said they didn't have any gluten-free food, even though their website says they have gluten-free options.
Many GF options available on menue card. GF Waffles, bread are really worth a try!
