Be a gluten sleuth.
Everything that goes in your mouth or touches your tongue needs to be screened for gluten. Read labels on vitamin supplements, toothpaste, mouthwash, cough medicine, and all over-the-counter medications. Talk with your pharmacist so that your prescription medications can be chosen with your special needs in mind (and look up gluten-free medicines at www.celiaccentral.org or www.celiac.com). Also, don't lick postage stamps or envelopes — the glue can contain gluten.
Gluten-Free Diet Dangers - Top 9 High-Risk Foods
Prescription Medications
Food labels must declare all wheat ingredients (but not barley or rye ingredients), making it easier for us to rule out particular products. But prescription drug manufacturers don't follow the same rules. Some prescription drugs contain gluten grains (almost always wheat) as a filler, and there's no requirement that they disclose the wheat or gluten to consumers.
In fact, it can be difficult to determine if the drug you're taking is gluten-free — ingredients can change, even on brand-name prescription drugs, and the company's customer service representatives may not know.
To cope with this problem, make sure your pharmacist knows you need to be gluten-free (and knows what "gluten-free" means). Also, double-check every single refill.
Source: Joy Bauer.com Foods to Avoid for Celiac Disease
To cope with this problem, make sure your pharmacist knows you need to be gluten-free (and knows what "gluten-free" means). Also, double-check every single refill.
Celiac Disease
Here are lists of foods, ingredients, and additives to avoid. Study this list carefully and refer to it often. Eventually, you’ll have the foods memorized.I wish the guidelines for avoiding gluten were as easy as telling you to stop eating wheat, barley, and rye flour.
That's part of what you need to do, but it is much more complicated than that. There are many hidden sources of gluten, and beyond that, some naturally gluten-free products can be contaminated with gluten
COMMON FOODS THAT CONTAIN GLUTEN
Barley (and anything with the word barley in it, such as barley malt)
Beer (all types)
Bleached flour
Blue cheese (sometimes made with bread mold)
Bran (also called wheat bran)
Bread flour
Bulgur
Cake flour
Communion wafers
Cracker meal
Croutons
Couscous
Durum
Farina
Farro
Flour (this usually means wheat flour)
Gluten, glutenin
Graham flour
Groats
Kamut
Malt (and anything with the word malt in it, such as rice malt, malt extract, or malt flavoring)
Malt beverages
Matzo
Oats and oat bran
Orzo
Pasta (all varieties made with wheat, wheat starch, oats, barley, rye, or any ingredient on this list)
Rye (and anything with the word rye in it)
Seitan
Semolina
Soy sauce (check ingredients—it’s often made with wheat)
Spelt
Suet
Tabbouleh
Teriyaki sauce
Triticale
Triticum
Unbleached flour
Vital gluten
Wheat (and anything with the word wheat in it, such as wheat grass, wheat berries, wheat germ, wheat starch; buckwheat is okay and is the only exception)
Beer (all types)
Bleached flour
Blue cheese (sometimes made with bread mold)
Bran (also called wheat bran)
Bread flour
Bulgur
Cake flour
Communion wafers
Cracker meal
Croutons
Couscous
Durum
Farina
Farro
Flour (this usually means wheat flour)
Gluten, glutenin
Graham flour
Groats
Kamut
Malt (and anything with the word malt in it, such as rice malt, malt extract, or malt flavoring)
Malt beverages
Matzo
Oats and oat bran
Orzo
Pasta (all varieties made with wheat, wheat starch, oats, barley, rye, or any ingredient on this list)
Rye (and anything with the word rye in it)
Seitan
Semolina
Soy sauce (check ingredients—it’s often made with wheat)
Spelt
Suet
Tabbouleh
Teriyaki sauce
Triticale
Triticum
Unbleached flour
Vital gluten
Wheat (and anything with the word wheat in it, such as wheat grass, wheat berries, wheat germ, wheat starch; buckwheat is okay and is the only exception)
LESS COMMON FOODS AND FOOD ADDITIVIES THAT CONTAIN GLUTEN
Abyssinian hard (a wheat product)
Amp-isostearoyl hydrolyzed wheat
Brewer’s yeast
Cereal binding
Cereal extract
Dextrimaltose
Dinkel
Disodium wheatgermamido Peg-2 sulfosuccinate
Edible starch
Einkorn
Emmer
Filler
Fu
Granary flour
Mir
Udon (wheat noodles)
Whole-meal flour
Amp-isostearoyl hydrolyzed wheat
Brewer’s yeast
Cereal binding
Cereal extract
Dextrimaltose
Dinkel
Disodium wheatgermamido Peg-2 sulfosuccinate
Edible starch
Einkorn
Emmer
Filler
Fu
Granary flour
Mir
Udon (wheat noodles)
Whole-meal flour
FOODS AND FOOD ADDITIVES THAT MAY CONTAIN GLUTEN
If a favorite food contains one of the following ingredients, contact the company and ask questions. Depending on the manufacturing process, these suspect ingredients can sometimes be gluten-free.
Artificial flavoring
Bouillon cubes
Brown rice syrup
Caramel color
Coloring
Dextrins
Dried fruit (may be dusted with wheat)
Flavored coffee
Flavored vinegar
Flavoring
Food starch
Glucose syrup
Gravy cubes
Ground spices (wheat is sometimes added to prevent clumping)
Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP)
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
Maltodextrin
Maltose
Miso
Modified food starch
Modified starch
Monoglycerides and diglycerides
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Mustard powder (some brands contain gluten; check ingredients)
Natural flavoring
Processed cheese (check ingredients)
Processed meats (cold cuts, hot dogs, sausages, and canned meats that contain wheat, barley, rye, oats, gluten fillers, or stabilizers)
Rice malt
Rice syrup
Seasonings (including powdered flavorings and dustings on chips, nuts, popcorn, rice mixes, and rice cakes)
Smoke flavoring
Soba noodles
Starch
Stock/bouillon cubes
Surimi (imitation seafood)
Textured vegetable protein (TVP)
Vegetable starch
Vitamins
Joy Bauer's Celiac Disease Food Shopping List
Controlling celiac disease is not so much about foods you should eat as foods you shouldn't eat. The foods on this list are considered to be generally safe for people with celiac. You'll need to carefully check labels on all foods marked with an asterisk (*) because ingredients can vary from brand to brand.
Because most of the popular grains contain gluten, it is important to try new, safe whole grains. You’ll also need to eat plenty of vegetables and fruits to make sure that you get a wide variety of naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Toward the end of the grocery list, I’ve listed additives and ingredients that are also thought to be safe.
Fruits
ALL fresh fruits
ALL frozen whole fruits with no additives
ALL frozen whole fruits with no additives
Vegetables and Legumes
ALL fresh vegetables
ALL frozen vegetables with no additives, breading, or sauces
*Beans, canned
Beans, lentils, and peas, dried
Olives
Potatoes (all varieties)
*Pumpkin, canned, 100% pure puree
ALL frozen vegetables with no additives, breading, or sauces
*Beans, canned
Beans, lentils, and peas, dried
Olives
Potatoes (all varieties)
*Pumpkin, canned, 100% pure puree
Seafood
ALL fresh fish and shellfish
ALL frozen fish and shellfish with no additives or sauces
ALL frozen fish and shellfish with no additives or sauces
Lean Proteins
ALL fresh meats and poultry with no breading or additives
ALL frozen meats and poultry with no breading or additives
Eggs
Tofu
ALL frozen meats and poultry with no breading or additives
Eggs
Tofu
Nuts and Seeds (Preferably Unsalted)
ALL natural nut butters
ALL nuts
ALL seeds (except rye and barley)
ALL nuts
ALL seeds (except rye and barley)
Grains, Cereals, Pasta, and More
Amaranth
Arrowroot starch
Buckwheat
*Cereals, dry: puffed and flake varieties made with amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, rice, or soy
*Cereals, hot: cream and flake varieties made with amaranth, cornmeal, buckwheat, hominy grits, rice, quinoa, or soy
Corn bran
Corn chips, plain
Corn flour/corn meal products
Crackers, gluten-free (such as brown rice, corn, and lentil)
Flour: amaranth, buckwheat, carob, chickpea, lentil, millet, potato, quinoa, rice, sago, sorghum, soy, tapioca, teff
Grits (corn or soy)
Kasha (not the same as Kashi)
Masa
Millet
Pasta made from beans, brown rice, corn, peas, potato, quinoa, lentils, or soy
Polenta
*Popcorn, air-popped and gluten-free packaged varieties
Potato chips, plain or *flavored
Quinoa
Ragi
Rice (preferably brown or wild)
Rice cakes, plain
*Soba, 100% buckwheat
Sorghum
*Soy crisps
*Tacos shells made with corn, hard and soft
Tapioca starch/flour
Teff
*Tortillas made with corn, soy, or brown rice
Tortilla chips, plain or *flavored
Arrowroot starch
Buckwheat
*Cereals, dry: puffed and flake varieties made with amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, rice, or soy
*Cereals, hot: cream and flake varieties made with amaranth, cornmeal, buckwheat, hominy grits, rice, quinoa, or soy
Corn bran
Corn chips, plain
Corn flour/corn meal products
Crackers, gluten-free (such as brown rice, corn, and lentil)
Flour: amaranth, buckwheat, carob, chickpea, lentil, millet, potato, quinoa, rice, sago, sorghum, soy, tapioca, teff
Grits (corn or soy)
Kasha (not the same as Kashi)
Masa
Millet
Pasta made from beans, brown rice, corn, peas, potato, quinoa, lentils, or soy
Polenta
*Popcorn, air-popped and gluten-free packaged varieties
Potato chips, plain or *flavored
Quinoa
Ragi
Rice (preferably brown or wild)
Rice cakes, plain
*Soba, 100% buckwheat
Sorghum
*Soy crisps
*Tacos shells made with corn, hard and soft
Tapioca starch/flour
Teff
*Tortillas made with corn, soy, or brown rice
Tortilla chips, plain or *flavored
Dairy
*Cheese (preferably reduced-fat), not blue cheese
*Cottage cheese (preferable fat-free or 1% low-fat)
*Cream cheese (preferably reduced-fat)
*Ice cream (check labels; ingredients will vary from flavor to flavor)
Milk (preferably fat free or 1% low-fat)
*Milk alternatives (soy, almond, rice)
*Sour cream (preferably fat-free or reduced-fat)
*Yogurt (preferably fat-free or low-fat)
*Cottage cheese (preferable fat-free or 1% low-fat)
*Cream cheese (preferably reduced-fat)
*Ice cream (check labels; ingredients will vary from flavor to flavor)
Milk (preferably fat free or 1% low-fat)
*Milk alternatives (soy, almond, rice)
*Sour cream (preferably fat-free or reduced-fat)
*Yogurt (preferably fat-free or low-fat)
Miscellaneous
ALL pure herbs (check ingredients of *herb mixes)
ALL pure spices (check ingredients of *spice mixes)
Apple cider vinegar
Baking chocolate
Baking powder
Baking soda
Canola oil
Cocoa powder
Coffee, instant and ground (check ingredients of *flavored coffees)
Corn syrup
Cornstarch
Cream of tartar
Garlic
Gelatin
Honey
*Hummus (check labels; ingredients will vary from flavor to flavor)
Jam and jelly
*Ketchup
Maple syrup
*Mayonnaise (preferably reduced-fat)
Molasses
*Mustard
Olive oil
Pickles
Relish
*Salsa
*Soft tub, trans fat–free spread (regular and reduced-fat)
Sugar
Tea, black and green (check *flavored and herbal tea varieties)
Vanilla and other extracts
Vinegar, balsamic, red wine, or white
Wine, red and white
* The asterisk (*) indicates foods whose labels need to be carefully checked for gluten.
ALL pure spices (check ingredients of *spice mixes)
Apple cider vinegar
Baking chocolate
Baking powder
Baking soda
Canola oil
Cocoa powder
Coffee, instant and ground (check ingredients of *flavored coffees)
Corn syrup
Cornstarch
Cream of tartar
Garlic
Gelatin
Honey
*Hummus (check labels; ingredients will vary from flavor to flavor)
Jam and jelly
*Ketchup
Maple syrup
*Mayonnaise (preferably reduced-fat)
Molasses
*Mustard
Olive oil
Pickles
Relish
*Salsa
*Soft tub, trans fat–free spread (regular and reduced-fat)
Sugar
Tea, black and green (check *flavored and herbal tea varieties)
Vanilla and other extracts
Vinegar, balsamic, red wine, or white
Wine, red and white
* The asterisk (*) indicates foods whose labels need to be carefully checked for gluten.
Safe (Gluten-Free) Additives
Acacia gum
Adipic acid
Agar
Algae
Algin/alginate
Allicin
Annatto
Arabic gum
Arrowroot
Ascorbic acid
Aspartame
Aspic
Astragalus gummifer
Benzoic acid
BHA
BTA
Dextrose
Ester gum
Fructose
Guar gum
Locust bean gum
Malic acid
Methylcellulose
Microcrystallin cellulose
Pectin
Pepsin
Stearic acid
Sulfites
Tapioca starch/flour (not pudding)
Whey
Xanthan gum
Adipic acid
Agar
Algae
Algin/alginate
Allicin
Annatto
Arabic gum
Arrowroot
Ascorbic acid
Aspartame
Aspic
Astragalus gummifer
Benzoic acid
BHA
BTA
Dextrose
Ester gum
Fructose
Guar gum
Locust bean gum
Malic acid
Methylcellulose
Microcrystallin cellulose
Pectin
Pepsin
Stearic acid
Sulfites
Tapioca starch/flour (not pudding)
Whey
Xanthan gum
* The asterisk (*) indicates foods whose labels need to be carefully checked for gluten.
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