Argentina opens up opportunities for gluten-free foods and beverages

Did you know that Argentina has recently passed a resolution allowing the use of ingredients that naturally contain gluten, provided the gluten is removed through specific processing technology, for the production of gluten free products? In November 2023, Joint Resolution 32/2023 brought about a noteworthy amendment to the Argentine Food Code, signifying a substantial shift to the Articles governing gluten-free foods and beverages. The amendment follows significant milestones, such as the acknowledgement of Coeliac Disease in 2009, and the introduction of the first gluten-free logo to the Code in 2011.

The recent resolution introduces a new logo, designed to identify gluten-free products, as well as a new definition for gluten-free foods and beverages, accompanied by new establishment guidelines.

In Argentina, it was previously understood that gluten-free products were made only from ingredients that did not contain prolamins from wheat, oats, barley or rye; hence the old logo which read ‘Sin TACC’, the Spanish acronym for ‘without wheat, oats, barley or rye’. However, in November 2023 the Government acknowledged that certain products, despite containing these ingredients in their original composition, could be rendered gluten-free through appropriate technological processes. Consequently, the logo was updated to “Sin Gluten”, signifying gluten-free in Spanish.