Yikes! Overall, I would not put this meal in the category of healthy products. There is 16% of the RDA of fiber in it, but it contains 660mg of sodium. The meal is 6 Weight Watchers points and has 310 calories. Into the cart, my new gluten-free find went, even though the ingredient list was longer than any product I’ve seen in a while. I assumed my eyes were playing tricks on me as I didn’t have my cheater glasses on so I pulled them out and sure enough, the product donned those magical two words – gluten-free. The ingredients were on one end of the box and the font was extremely tiny, but I thought I saw the words “GLUTEN-FREE” on the lower right side below the ingredient list. When I pulled the Santa Fe Style Rice & Beans out of the freezer, I noticed that the words “Weight Watchers” were listed above the product name. As I wandered rather aimlessly down the frozen food case aisle, the bright red Smart Ones boxes caught my eye. He’s a “get whatever is on the list and get out” kind of shopper. Last week, I went grocery shopping with my husband and that’s not the best time to go gluten-free sleuthing. Most people don’t pick up thirty items, read the labels and walk out of the grocery store with only two things, after all. It’s likely that I might be flagged as one strange shopper at Publix. I’ve also found items that were labeled gluten-free, which is extra exciting for me.

I’ve found several things that were gluten-free, but not labeled as such when doing this. That means I randomly pick up products and start reading the ingredients to see if they might be gluten-free. Every now and then I go gluten-free sleuthing at the grocery store.

Smarts ones