Does Bacardi rum contain gluten

Answer 1

No rum contains gluten. It is destroyed in the distillation process.

Answer 2

Yes - pure rum is distilled from sugar-cane and thus should be gluten-free.

That doesn't guarantee that all rum is gluten free, however. Spiced rum can be contaminated because the spices themselves may have gluten ingredients or have been processed by a contaminated facility.

Some distillers may age their rum in oak casks that were purchased second hand from producers of whiskey and other gluten containing alcohols. Aging rum in these casks would contaminate the rum. Some importers may rebottle their source distillers' rum, and could have contaminated bottling lines shared with other beverages that contain gluten.

Your best option is to contact the maker, the importer, or the distributor you purchase from in order to find out whether the rum you drink is safe for you. Keep in mind that whether a product is safe for someone who cannot consume gluten depends also upon whether the production process is changed later on, introducing any of these factors- so it is good to keep tabs on your favorite maker labels, and follow any announcements they make regarding changes to their production lines.

Or you could spend $20 on a field test kit, and know for certain that the rum tests negative for gluten.

Another thing to be aware of in the United States is that there is no FDA standard for gluten-free. Depending on the person you contact at the company, you may be told different things depending upon the questions you ask. There is also no way of verifying their story, beyond what you find out from the company directly. In dealing with checking new products, it is a good idea to see if they document their idea of what gluten-free means (whether that means they just say it is, or whether they have a process they use for determining the facility and product lines are safe, and whether they have a community advisory process for addressing food safety concerns).

Answer 3

Gluten does not carry over in the distillation of alcohol, so your good to go, unless its flavored with something containing gluten after distillation.

Answer 4

There is no gluten in any hard liquors, including rum.

Answer 5

Rum is made from sugar cane, which is a distant relative to wheat, but contains no gluten.

Answer 6

Yes, it is distilled from sugar cane, not wheat, so has no chance of having gluten.