MALT NAME AND MARKET LABEL RECORD Original worksheet; not a product approval, lab result or allergy assessment. PRODUCT A Market and exact product: ____________________ Country/market, product name, variety and package version. Exact ingredient wording: ____________________ Copy each relevant name on its own line. Claim and other statements: ____________________ Copy the full claim, cereal/allergen wording and relevant advisory. Source and unresolved question: ____________________ Record the relevant source, any current product-specific answer and remaining uncertainty. Remaining question: ____________________ Next applicable check / suitable backup: ____________________ PRODUCT B Market and exact product: ____________________ Country/market, product name, variety and package version. Exact ingredient wording: ____________________ Copy each relevant name on its own line. Claim and other statements: ____________________ Copy the full claim, cereal/allergen wording and relevant advisory. Source and unresolved question: ____________________ Record the relevant source, any current product-specific answer and remaining uncertainty. Remaining question: ____________________ Next applicable check / suitable backup: ____________________ PRODUCT C Market and exact product: ____________________ Country/market, product name, variety and package version. Exact ingredient wording: ____________________ Copy each relevant name on its own line. Claim and other statements: ____________________ Copy the full claim, cereal/allergen wording and relevant advisory. Source and unresolved question: ____________________ Record the relevant source, any current product-specific answer and remaining uncertainty. Remaining question: ____________________ Next applicable check / suitable backup: ____________________ EIGHT ORIGINAL FICTIONAL LABEL DECISIONS Case 1 A fictional US cereal package lists barley malt and also says gluten-free. Can you reconcile the two by noting that malt is a minor ingredient? No. Treat the combination as an unresolved contradiction. FDA restricts intentionally added barley malt in foods bearing a gluten-free claim; the rule is not merely a finished-food concentration threshold. Save the exact wording and seek clarification for that current product. Choose a suitable alternative while the contradiction remains, rather than inventing a safe portion. Case 2 A fictional UK ingredient list includes maltodextrin. Someone crosses it out because the word begins with malt. What should you correct? The prefix does not make maltodextrin the same ingredient as barley malt. Coeliac UK specifically includes wheat-based maltodextrins in its processed-ingredient exemption guidance. Read the complete current food label rather than replacing the printed word with a different ingredient. This corrects the name interpretation; it does not confirm the product’s other ingredients or an individual allergy decision. Case 3 A fictional US sweet lists malt extract but its allergen line does not mention wheat. Is the allergen line enough to rule out gluten? No. Keep reading the ingredient list and the claim. FDA describes unqualified malt extract as derived from germinated barley. A wheat-only allergen check does not identify every gluten-containing cereal. Do not require the separate word barley beside malt extract before recognising this US ingredient issue. Case 4 A fictional UK food lists maltodextrin and barley malt on separate lines. Does the maltodextrin exemption settle both? No. The exemption for one ingredient cannot be transferred to another. Keep the two names separate and assess the complete product under the relevant local label guidance. Coeliac UK’s specific wheat-based maltodextrin exemption does not reclassify ordinary barley malt. Do not apply a foreign claim rule as if it were the local law. Case 5 A seller says a fictional US food with added barley malt tested below 20 ppm, so the gluten-free claim must comply. Is that complete? No. The ingredient restrictions still matter. FDA requires the gluten-free claim to satisfy both the ingredient conditions and the less-than-20-ppm limit. A low result does not allow intentionally added barley malt under that claim. Do not confuse a numerical result with evidence that every part of the rule has been met. Case 6 An ingredient list has a UK/EU processed-ingredient exemption. Does that establish suitability for someone with wheat allergy? No. This coeliac/gluten reading does not answer the individual allergy question. The cited Coeliac UK statement describes safety for people with coeliac disease and cereal disclosure exemptions. It does not provide a personalised assessment of wheat allergy. Keep that separate need visible and use the applicable allergy advice instead of transferring the conclusion. Case 7 A manufacturer’s reply discusses a different flavour sold in another country. Can you attach it to the package you are checking? Keep the current product question unresolved. A useful reply must match the exact product, variety, current ingredients and market. Record the mismatch and request the missing applicable information, or choose another suitable product. The shared brand name does not establish matching ingredients, claims or regulatory context. Case 8 A fictional product says its barley ingredient was fermented. Does that alone establish gluten removal? No. Fermentation is not itself evidence of removal. FDA distinguishes fermentation and hydrolysis from processes that remove gluten and explains limits in testing the resulting fragments. Ask what actual ingredient and applicable claim are being described. Do not reinterpret ordinary barley malt or malt vinegar as a distilled ingredient simply because processing occurred. SOURCES https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/questions-and-answers-gluten-free-food-labeling-final-rule https://www.coeliac.org.uk/living-with-coeliac-disease/food-and-drink/food-and-drink-information/how-to-read-food-labels/ Use the applicable market and current whole-product label; do not infer a safe dose or wheat-allergy assurance.