Food Lists for Allergies
Gluten is a protein group found in wheat, rye, barley and oat flours that forms the structure of bread dough. Gluten holds the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the yeast and expands during fermentation, and provides the elasticity and stretch in bread dough.
Beverages - Ovaltine, malted milk, ale, beer, gin, whiskey, flavored coffee, herbal tea with malted barley
Milk - Malted milk, some commercial chocolate milk, some nondairy creamers
Meat, Fish, Poultry - Prepared meat containing wheat, rye, oats, or barley; tuna canned in vegetable broth
Cheese - Any cheese product containing oat gum, some veined cheeses (bleu, stilton, roquefort, gorgonzola)
Potato or Other Starch - Regular noodles, spaghetti, macaroni, most packaged rice mixes, semolina, spinach noodles, frozen potato products with wheat flour added
Cereals - All cereals containing wheat, rye, oats, or barley; bran; graham; wheat germ; durum; bulgar; millet; triticale; spelt; kamut
Breads - All breads containing wheat, rye, oat, or barley flours and grains listed above
Flours and Thickening Agents - Wheat germ, bran, wheat starch; all flours containing wheat, rye, oats, or barley; spelt; kamut
Vegetables - Creamed vegetables, vegetables canned in sauce, some canned baked beans, commercially prepared vegetables and salads
Fruits - Thickened or prepared fruits; some pie fillings; raisins and dried dates that have been dusted with flour
Fats - Some commercial salad dressings, wheat germ oil, nondairy cream substitutes, most commercial gravies and sauces
Soups - Most canned soups and soup mixes, bouillon and bouillon cubes with hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Desserts - Commercial cakes, cookies; pies made with wheat, rye, oats, or barley; millet, amaranth, buckwheat, spelt, teff, quinoa, kamut; prepared mixes; puddings; ice cream cones; Jell-O instant pudding; cream fillings; products made with brown rice syrup
Sweets - Commercial candies dusted with wheat flour, butterscotch chips; flavored syrups; sweets containing malt/malt flavorings; some brown rice syrup; some corn syrup
Miscellaneous - Curry powder, dry seasonings mixes, gravy extracts, meat sauces, catsup, mustard, horseradish, chip dips, most soy sauce, some distilled white vinegar, instant dry baking yeast, some cinnamon, condiments made with wheat-derived distilled vinegars, communion wafers/bread, some alcohol-based flavoring extracts
Gluten-free cereal products
Naturally gluten-free cereal products that can be enjoyed include:
•Amaranth
•Arrowroot
•Buckwheat (Despite its name, buckwheat is not wheat and is not officially a grain—It is an edible seed that originated in Asia. Kasha is roasted/toasted Buckwheat.)
•Cornflour
•Cornmeal
•Corn tortillas
•Lentil flour
•Malt-free rice and corn breakfast cereals
•Millet meal
•Polenta
•Potato flour
•Psyllium
•Quinoa
•Rice (any kind)
•Rice bran
•Most rice crackers
•Rice flour
•Rice vermicelli
•Sago
•Soya flour
•Soy-based lecithin
•Taco shells
Naturally gluten-free cereal products that can be enjoyed include:
•Amaranth
•Arrowroot
•Buckwheat (Despite its name, buckwheat is not wheat and is not officially a grain—It is an edible seed that originated in Asia. Kasha is roasted/toasted Buckwheat.)
•Cornflour
•Cornmeal
•Corn tortillas
•Lentil flour
•Malt-free rice and corn breakfast cereals
•Millet meal
•Polenta
•Potato flour
•Psyllium
•Quinoa
•Rice (any kind)
•Rice bran
•Most rice crackers
•Rice flour
•Rice vermicelli
•Sago
•Soya flour
•Soy-based lecithin
•Taco shells