[atlasy1]

This is no different to creating a ‘Nut plastic’ and advocating to use it to package food

Totally ignoring the rights to safety people with severe gluten and nut allergies have.

We won’t tolerate this. We won’t stand for it.

People with life threatening allergies and potential to get injuries (crohns) will not allow this to become standard practice

Most labelled gluten free food is not gluten free. Its just under a specific threshold. It still makes many people very ill if they eat it.

[orangepenguin]

Are you allergic to cellulose or amylose? Because those are the two molecules the plastic is made of. They're not making plastic out of gluten.

[atlasy1]

It’s impossible to produce cellulose and amylose in this way from barley and claim it was done safely in a protective atmosphere.

They already do this in many sweets by using sugar from wheat because it’s cheaper to produce but it makes many people with gluten allergy extremely ill.

They separate out the sugar but it’s contaminated.

A single molecule of gluten or nuts from cross contamination can make people with these allergies very ill.

Wrapping all food in our society with this stuff will lead to great suffering and danger for many. At least initially until the problem is acknowledged and fixed like in the cases of asbestos, tobacco etc

[kristiandupont]

This is research-stage, calm down. Nobody is forcing anyone into anaphylaxis.