Some Celiac Support Groups have prepared products lists for reducing individual research.
This document contains Gluten Free diet from various countries as they are obtained. The diet is different between countries for many reasons. Please read the FAQ to obtain an understanding of these differences.
Food Groups Servings Foods to Include Foods to Avoid
Daily
Milk 2 - 3 Buttermilk, skim, Commercial chocolate milk
servings lowfat, whole milk, made with malt, malted
1 cup evaporated and milk some non diary
milk or condensed milk, creamers, some processed
yogurt sour cream*, cheese.
1 1/2 oz. yogurt*, whipping READ ALL LABELS !!
natural cream*, half and
cheese half, cottage
cheese*, aged hard
cheese
Meat, fish, 2 -3 Fresh meats, fish, Commercially prepared
poultry, & servings shellfish, poultry meats, such as bologna,
meat for a (check for HVP), hot dogs, lunch meats,
alternatives total of organ meats, ham hamburger (cereal filler
5 - 7 oz. (check for HVP or HPP) items with
modified food stabilizers, breaded
starch*), dried items, tuna canned in
beans , legumes, vegetable broth, creamed
peanut butter*, or stuffed items,
real eggs, egg commercial chili or
replacer*. taco's, commercial
souffles or omelets,
turkey and chicken
injected with HVP.
READ ALL LABELS !!
Fat & Use Margarine*, butter, Salad dressings and
sweets sparingly mayonnaise*, mayonnaise containing
vegetable oil*, gluten*, sauces with
lard, salad gluten flour, non-dairy
dressings*, sugar, whipped topping*, some
honey, molasses, commercial candy* (check
syrups*, homemade for dusting with a gluten
candy with allowed flour), flavored syrups*,
ingredients, pure instant pudding*,
cocoa, gelatin*, commercial cakes*,
tapioca, some ice cookies*, pastries*,
creams*, pure chocolate nuts*. Even if
baking chocolate, a restaurant offers a GF
GF desserts. cake, check to see what
the cake pan was dusted
with.
READ ALL LABELS !!
Breads and 6 - 11 Specially prepared Commercial prepared baked
cereals, GF bread. Pure goods, pastas, & cereals,
rice and corn or rice that are made with gluten
pasta. cereal* not flour, bran*, malt
containing malt, products, bread crumbs*,
hominy, grits, wheat germ. Gluten
white, brown, and containing flours such as:
wild rice, GF wheat, rye, oats, barley,
pastas, some bulgar, durham flour,
oriental and bean graham flour, quiona,
noodles, pure corn amaranth flours, spelt,
tortillas, GF baked and triticale. Buckwheat
goods. and millet are normally
avoided. Packaged rice
mixes*.
READ ALL LABELS !!
Vegetables 3 -5 Fresh, frozen, most Creamed vegetables,
servings canned vegetables*. breaded vegetables,
(1 Dried peas and commercially prepared
serving beans. vegetables, most
equals commercially prepared
1/2 cup French fries, and salads.
of raw or Some canned or baked
cooked or beans. Some instant
a cup potatoes*.
leafy READ ALL LABELS !!
raw).
FRUITS 2 - 4 Fresh, frozen, Prepared fruits and some pie
servings canned and dried fillings*
(1 fruit*. Fruit READ ALL LABELS !!
serving juices (100 %
equal 1 pure), some pie
piece of fillings*, fruit
fruit or thickened with
3/4 cup tapioca or corn
juice). starch.
Beverages & Coffee, tea, Some herbal teas*, instant
miscellaneous carbonated coffee* or teas*, malted
beverages*, some beverages, ovaltine, root
wines, some rums. beer*, beer, ale, gin,
Vodka distilled whiskeys, bourbons, most
from potato or liquors.
grapes, sake, some
tequilas, some root
beers*. Some spices*, some curry
powders*, catsup*, mustard*,
Salt, black pepper, and horseradish containing
pure white pepper, distilled vinegar, soy
fresh herbs, sauce*, seasoning mixes*,
yeast*, cereal free imported MSG*, some yeasts,
baking powder, paprika flour.
cream of tartar,
wine vinegar, apple READ ALL LABELS !!
cider vinegar,
tomato paste,
domestic MSG*.
* Check labels for gluten containing additives and gums and ask questions
about unlisted ingredients added during processing.
QUESTIONABLE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE VERIFIED THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER!
INGREDIENTS INCLUDE AVOID
Flavoring & Those made without grain Vanillin and extracts
Extracts alcohol. made with or processed
with gluten-containing
grain alcohol.
Flour of cereal Rice, corn, potato, soy, and Wheat, rye, oats,
products tapioca flours barley, bulgar, durham,
graham, spelt, spelta,
Kawmut, or triticale
flours. Buckwheat,
wheat starch, amaranth,
quiona, and millet.
Hydrolyzed Soy or corn. Mixtures of wheat,
vegetable corn, and soy.
protein (HVP)
Malt or malt Corn Barley malt or syrup.
flavoring
Modified food Arrowroot, corn, potato, Wheat starch.
starch tapioca, or maize.
Mono & Those using a gluten free Those using a wheat
Diglycerides carrier. starch carrier.
Natural Flavor Those using gluten free Those composed of
ingredients. gluten ingredients.
Vegetable Soy or corn Wheat, rye, oats, or
protein barley
Rice Syrup Those made without a barley Those made with barley.
enzyme.
Starch Allowed when listed on US
products, it is corn starch
Vegetable gum Carob bean, locust bean, Oat gum
cellulose gum, guar gum, arabic
gum, gum aciaca, gum
tragacanth, or xanthan gum
Vinegar Those made from a gluten-free Those made from a
source. gluten-containing
grain.
Medications can contain wheat, wheat germ, wheat starch, etc. as ingredients
or coatings. Check with your druggist, use the PDR, or call the manufacturer
on all medication.
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