# Difference with Gluten-Free

**URL:** <https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412>\
**Category:** Nutrition\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412 "2018-02-27T15:25:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_iat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Michael\_iat](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Michael_iat)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/1 "2018-02-27T15:25:07Z")

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Hi! Could someone please tell me what’s the difference between Huel Powder v2.3 and Huel Gluten-Free v2.3

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**Author:** ![vossad01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@vossad01](https://discourse.huel.com/u/vossad01)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/2 "2018-02-28T00:07:36Z")

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They have the same ingredients and nutrition facts. The difference is:

> Huel (Gluten Free) is also free made with gluten free oats, so contains less than 5ppm of gluten.  
> [(source)](https://huel.com/products/huel-gluten-free)

To ensure there is no gluten contamination, the gluten free oats and products needs quite a bit of extra separation from gluten containing products throughout production cycle (transportation, processing, packaging, etc) which is reflected in the higher price on the gluten free offering.

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**Author:** ![Emmanuelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5fc32e/32.png) [@Emmanuelle](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Emmanuelle)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/3 "2018-02-28T00:45:35Z")

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So there is literally no difference and I wasted money. Wow

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**Author:** ![Michael\_iat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Michael\_iat](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Michael_iat)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/5 "2018-02-28T08:33:50Z")

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Thank you for the explanation!

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**Author:** ![Emmanuelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5fc32e/32.png) [@Emmanuelle](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Emmanuelle)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/6 "2018-02-28T16:48:25Z")

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Yeah. I just heard gluten is bad and I thought the regular is packed with gluten and this one wouldn’t be.

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**Author:** ![Maestro20010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Maestro20010](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Maestro20010)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/8 "2019-05-14T19:46:38Z")

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Seriously! But I get the difference between gluten allergy and gluten intolerance then ultimately celiac disease. I dont personally need the distinction but still.

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**Author:** ![Trailesque](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/trailesque/32/938_2.png) [@Trailesque](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Trailesque)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/9 "2019-08-09T14:57:46Z")

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Very interesting. But why is this not more widely known? I am not convinced by this one article. Clearly more research needs to be done on the gluten and/or pesticide question.

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**Author:** ![timcharper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/timcharper/32/2519_2.png) [@timcharper](https://discourse.huel.com/u/timcharper)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/10 "2019-08-09T15:42:45Z")

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I regularly read and trust economic magazines for my health advice!

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Huel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/dan_huel/32/4121_2.png) [@Dan\_Huel](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Dan_Huel)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/11 "2019-08-12T07:13:08Z")

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The article links to sites like Mercola and is far from trustworthy. This is fearmongering at best.

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**Author:** ![miked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://discourse.huel.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/12 "2019-08-12T22:03:45Z")

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Sorry i didn’t cite a respected journal

I assumed anyone who cares could do their own research if they believe (as i do) that GMO is safe as any other product, but its tolerance for growing in poison encourages farmers to spray it with poison.

I’ve seen class action lawsuits with Monsanto for how glyphosate (aka Roundup) has finally been identified as a carcinogen. If people could separate “gmo is bad” from “monsanto is evil” we could be engineering higher-yield crops to feed more people for less acreage - but instead the privilege of non-gmo food exclusivity is worn like a badge of honor.

Whatever. This post will probably also upset someone and it’ll be removed too.

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Huel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/dan_huel/32/4121_2.png) [@Dan\_Huel](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Dan_Huel)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/difference-with-gluten-free/1412/13 "2019-08-13T06:46:42Z")

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It’s okay, it won’t get removed discussion is good!

Glyphosate has got a bad rap in some cases and deserved in others. The classification as a carcinogen is a complicated one and it could be argued it’s not just.

In some cases if glyphosate is not used a combination of up to 8 pesticides are used as an alternative which is worse overall.

> [@miked](#):
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> we could be engineering higher-yield crops to feed more people for less acreage - but instead the privilege of non-gmo food exclusivity is worn like a badge of honor.

I totally agree with this.