Is Instant ClearJel gluten free

Answer 1

As it is commonly made on equipment used to process wheat, although it lists only "food starch" in its ingredients which by itself would not contain gluten (which is protein while starch is carbohydrate), it may have tiny amounts of gluten from the wheat residue on the equipment.

Answer 2

Jell-O and similar products are mostly made of collagen which is the major insoluble fibrous protein in the extracellular matrix and in connective tissue. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, triticale and rye not in animal products. If you look on the label, it must tell you all of the ingredients. Be sure you are cutting gluten out for the right reasons. A gluten-free diet is used to treat celiac disease.

We have undergone what amounts to an attack of evil spirits: gluten will destroy your brain, it will give you cancer, it will kill you. Scarsdale, Atkins, South Beach, Zone, flexitarian, pescatarian (fish eater) and paleo have all been awarded their fifteen minutes of fame and then shoved aside for the next great diet. They are rarely effective for long.
Some nutrition specialists say that the current preoccupation with gluten-free products reminds them of the national obsession with removing fats from foods in the late nineteen-eighties. “Low-fat” foods are often packed with sugar and calories to make up for the lack of fat.
The same is true of many products that are advertised as “gluten-free.”
Worse is what parents are doing to their children. It’s cruel and unusual treatment to put a child
on a gluten-free diet without its being indicated medically.