Gluten Free and Gluten Containing food lists

I have been asked to post this on my site, so here it is. This is not a complete list… I do have a book that is great that I will sell you if you contact me, but products are changing all the time. As said before, read labels! Many companies are now making their products gluten free when they had been made with wheat previously. Always check. This is just a guideline.

Foods that are Gluten-Free

• Amaranth
• Arrowroot
• Beans, legumes
• Buckwheat and kasha (check labels)
• Carob
• Coconut
• Cheese, plain (check label if shredded)
• Coffee and tea (check labels if flavored)
• Corn products including cornstarch, corn flour, cornmeal, corn grits (check label)
• Cream cheese, cottage cheese
• Distilled Alcohol
• Distilled Vinegar
• Eggs
• Flax

• Fresh and frozen vegetables and vegetable juices
• Fresh fruit and fruit juices
• Fresh meats and poultry, plain (check ingredients to make sure not basted or injected with a wheat-containing product)
• Lentils
• Milk, buttermilk, cream
• Millet, quinoa, flax, sorghum, and flours derived from them
• Nuts and seeds and flours made from them
• Oil
• Potatoes
• Pure Herbs and Spices
• Quinoa
• Rice, including brown rice, basmati, jasmine, and Arborio, and rice flour (check labels)
• Sorghum
• Soy
• Soy milk (read label if flavored or a soy-based beverage)
• Tapioca
• Teff
• Tofu (read label)

Foods that May Contain Gluten

• Barley and Barley Malt
• Batters
• Beer
• Bran
• Bread or bread products, coating mixes
• Broth, Bouillon Cubes, soup bases, (there are some gluten free varieties on the market now, check labels)
• Brown rice syrup
• Candy
• Caramel Color and Caramel flavoring
• Cheese sauces, cheese spreads, flavored cheeses
• Communion wafers
• Couscous
• Croutons, imitation bacon
• Dextrin’s
• Dried fruits (may be dusted with oat flour)
• Drugs and over-the-counter medications
• Emulsifiers
• Flavoring
• Flour or cereal products
• Food Starch
• Gravy
• Herbal supplements
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
• Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein and Starch
• Ice creams made with gluten-containing ingredients (cookie dough, brownies, waffle cones, etc.)
• Icing and frosting (may contain wheat flour or wheat starch)
• Imitation seafood
• Kamut
• Ketchup
• Malt
• Maltodextrin
• Malt Vinegar
• Marinades
• Matzo products
• Miso
• Modified Food Starch
• Mustard
• Natural Flavoring
• Oats (check for gluten free oats)
• Orzo
• Panko
• Pastas
• Potato chips (some may contain wheat flour or wheat starch)
• Processed luncheon meats (such as bologna, hot dogs)
• Puddings (check the box for gluten free varieties)
• Rice blends or mixes
• Rye
• Salad Dressings
• Sauces, gravies
• Seasoned nuts
• Self-basting poultry
• Semolina
• Soups
• Soy sauce or soy sauce solids
• Spice Blends
• Spelt
• Stabilizers
• Stuffing, dressing
• Tempeh (may be combined with wheat)
• Teriyaki Sauce
• Thickeners (roux)
• Tritcale
• Triticum Vulgaris
• Wheat, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ Oil, Wheat Gluten
• Vanilla (check for gluten free varieties)
• Vegan products (may have wheat or flour added)
• Vitamin and mineral supplements
• Yogurts

A gluten-free product that is manufactured, processed, transported or packaged on equipment that also processes gluten-containing foods or grains is at risk of becoming contaminated.