Just when you thought cold & flu season was behind us, schools are closing due to flu outbreaks! I have to say I was a little shocked when I hear that on the news this week, though I do know of several friends fighting the crud. As I have said before, being sick is bad enough, but having to search for gluten-free products on top of feeling cruddy is no fun.
Ricola has a whole line of gluten-free throat & cough drops & supplements to help battle the symptoms that come along with the cold & flu.
Ricola Cough & Throat Drops – “Since the invention of the Swiss original herb cough drop using mountain herbs, Ricola has produced fine quality herb drops with great passion and skill. Still to this day, all Ricola herb drops have one thing in common: The Ricola herb mixture – soothing for the mouth and throat.” There are 6 different varieties of the Cough & Throat Drops Original, lemon mint, honey lemon, cherry honey & dual action. The dual action drops not only help to calm the cough but they are also designed to help soothe the throat.
Ricola with Vitamin C – Just 2 of these drops provide 100% of the daily value of Vitamin C. Mixed Berry flavor that uses raspberries, black currant & bilberries in combination with a mixture of Swiss alpine herbs and vitamin C.
Ricola Sugar-Free – Same benefits as the Cough & Throat Drops, but sugar-free. These come in 5 different varieties: Lemon mint, mountain herb, menthol, green tea & cherry.
More about Ricola’s products:
Founded in 1930, with company headquarters in Laufen and subsidiary companies throughout Europe, Asia and the USA, Ricola products now include about 30 different herb specialty flavors. All the herbs used in Ricola products are organically cultivated in the Swiss mountains.
Lactose and nut intolerance
All Ricola products are lactose and nut free.
Gluten intolerance
In the United States, there are no established government standards as to what can be considered gluten-free or what is safe for use in celiac patients. Our products contain less than 0.002% (or less than 2ppm) gluten. We urge you to share this information with your doctor or to contact the Celiac Sprue Association of the USA @1-877-CSA-4CSA.
We received several of the Ricola products to sample and liked them all. I have been using 2 of the Vitamin C drops per day since they arrived & I love the mixed berry flavor! The cough drops all have a decent taste to them. I am normally not a fan of cough drops, unless they taste like candy, so I was impressed with these. I will definitely be keeping these at the top of my list when we need cough drops.
Ricola products can be purchased in mainstream grocery & drug stores across the US and more than 50 countries. Have you tried Ricola Cough & Throat Drops? What is your go-to cough drop?
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Well ricola cough drops might be considered gluten free somewhere somehow, but I have the flu, a 103 fever, a horrible sore throat, a nasty cough, congestion, a four day headache, I ache all over and now I have gluten poisoning on top of all this??? (Burping, flatulence, bloat, stomach upset and distension, weird bowel movements, and my joints will scream for a month!) I’m not even celiac and I have this reaction??? Thanks ricola, just what I needed. Not. RICOLA IS NOT NOT NOT GLUTEN FREE!!! I could have had bread or pasta or Guinness and felt better than this!!! Just to keep the record straight, I had ricola dual action, Swiss cherry drops.
According to Ricola, their dual action cough drops have a wheat- based liquid center. Hope you’re feeling better soon
Granddaughter has Celiac but has sore throat her grandpa picked up Ricola swiss alpine herbs berry medley he didn’t know but she cant find if its gluten free I would appreciate your help i googled the product but dont see she is afraid to take because someone posted there is gluten in what he bought and got sick can you please find out i saw where you stated USA Food and drug allows 2ppm gluten ?? Sincerely Fran Miller