Gluten Containing Foods
and Food Additives
WARNING! The list below is going to be daunting and potentially overwhelming.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH! You can do this!
TAKE A DEEP BREATH! You can do this!
Below is a list of ingredient names that you may come across on your food packages that contain gluten ingredients. Due to the amount of additives in our foods, it makes it much more difficult to identify ingredients with gluten. Items can be cross-contaminated that are considered naturally gluten-free and put you at risk. As always, I encourage you to never purchase any packaged food items that do not say gluten free on them. Products with special gluten-free certifications are the best option, but please note all of them still can contain traces of gluten.
You are always better off being the creator and handler of your food.
You are always better off being the creator and handler of your food.
This list was obtained from Celiac.com and was last updated August 25, 2018 by Scott Adams.
This list focuses on unsafe/forbidden foods and ingredients (non-gluten-free) for those with celiac disease (USA and Canada)
Foods That Contain Gluten:
A
Abyssinian Hard (Wheat triticum durum)
Alcohol (Spirits - Specific Types)
Atta Flour
B
Barley Grass (can contain seeds)
Barley Hordeum vulgare
Barley Malt
Beer (most contain barley or wheat)
Bleached Flour
Bran
Bread Flour
Brewer's Yeast
Brown Flour
Bulgur (Bulgar Wheat/Nuts)
Bulgur Wheat
C
Cereal Binding
Chilton
Club Wheat (Triticum aestivum subspecies compactum)
Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Cookie Crumbs
Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough Pieces
Couscous
Criped Rice
D
Dinkle (Spelt)
Disodium Wheatgermamido Peg-2 Sulfosuccinate
Durum wheat (Triticum durum)
E
Edible Coatings
Edible Films
Edible Starch
Einkorn (Triticum monococcum)
Emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
Enriched Bleached Flour
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
Enriched Flour
F
Farik
Farina
Farina Graham
Farro
Filler
Flour (normally this is wheat)
Freekeh
Frikeh
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
G
Germ
Graham Flour
Granary Flour
Groats (barley, wheat)
H
Hard Wheat
Heeng
Hing
Hordeum Vulgare Extract
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
K
Kamut (Pasta wheat)
Kecap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Ketjap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Kluski Pasta
M
Maida (Indian wheat flour)
Malt
Malted Barley Flour
Malted Milk
Malt Extract
Malt Syrup
Malt Flavoring
Malt Vinegar
Macha Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Matza
Matzah
Matzo
Matzo Semolina
Meripro 711
Mir
N
Nishasta
O
Oriental Wheat (Triticum turanicum)
Orzo Pasta
P
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Persian Wheat (Triticum carthlicum)
Perungayam
Poulard Wheat (Triticum turgidum)
Polish Wheat (Triticum polonicum)
R
Rice Malt (if barley or Koji are used)
Roux
Rusk
Rye
S
Seitan
Semolina
Semolina Triticum
Shot Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Small Spelt
Spirits (Specific Types)
Spelt (Triticum spelta)
Sprouted Wheat or Barley
Stearyldimoniumhydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Strong Flour
Suet in Packets
T
Tabbouleh
Tabouli
Teriyaki Sauce
Timopheevi Wheat (Triticum timopheevii)
Triticale X triticosecale
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Flour Lipids
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
U
Udon (wheat noodles)
Unbleached Flour
V
Vavilovi Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Vital Wheat Gluten
W
Wheat, Abyssinian Hard triticum durum
Wheat Amino Acids
Wheat Bran Extract
Wheat, Bulgur
Wheat Durum Triticum
Wheat Germ Extract
Wheat Germ Glycerides
Wheat Germ Oil
Wheat Germamidopropyldimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Wheat Grass (can contain seeds)
Wheat Nuts
Wheat Protein
Wheat Starch
Wheat Triticum aestivum
Wheat Triticum Monococcum
Wheat (Triticum Vulgare) Bran Extract
Whole-Meal Flour
Wild Einkorn (Triticum boeotictim)
Wild Emmer (Triticum dicoccoides)
Hidden Gluten In Food Additives
The following items may or may not contain gluten depending on where and how they are made, and it is sometimes necessary to check with the manufacturer to find out:
This list focuses on unsafe/forbidden foods and ingredients (non-gluten-free) for those with celiac disease (USA and Canada)
Foods That Contain Gluten:
A
Abyssinian Hard (Wheat triticum durum)
Alcohol (Spirits - Specific Types)
Atta Flour
B
Barley Grass (can contain seeds)
Barley Hordeum vulgare
Barley Malt
Beer (most contain barley or wheat)
Bleached Flour
Bran
Bread Flour
Brewer's Yeast
Brown Flour
Bulgur (Bulgar Wheat/Nuts)
Bulgur Wheat
C
Cereal Binding
Chilton
Club Wheat (Triticum aestivum subspecies compactum)
Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Cookie Crumbs
Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough Pieces
Couscous
Criped Rice
D
Dinkle (Spelt)
Disodium Wheatgermamido Peg-2 Sulfosuccinate
Durum wheat (Triticum durum)
E
Edible Coatings
Edible Films
Edible Starch
Einkorn (Triticum monococcum)
Emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
Enriched Bleached Flour
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
Enriched Flour
F
Farik
Farina
Farina Graham
Farro
Filler
Flour (normally this is wheat)
Freekeh
Frikeh
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
G
Germ
Graham Flour
Granary Flour
Groats (barley, wheat)
H
Hard Wheat
Heeng
Hing
Hordeum Vulgare Extract
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
K
Kamut (Pasta wheat)
Kecap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Ketjap Manis (Soy Sauce)
Kluski Pasta
M
Maida (Indian wheat flour)
Malt
Malted Barley Flour
Malted Milk
Malt Extract
Malt Syrup
Malt Flavoring
Malt Vinegar
Macha Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Matza
Matzah
Matzo
Matzo Semolina
Meripro 711
Mir
N
Nishasta
O
Oriental Wheat (Triticum turanicum)
Orzo Pasta
P
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Persian Wheat (Triticum carthlicum)
Perungayam
Poulard Wheat (Triticum turgidum)
Polish Wheat (Triticum polonicum)
R
Rice Malt (if barley or Koji are used)
Roux
Rusk
Rye
S
Seitan
Semolina
Semolina Triticum
Shot Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Small Spelt
Spirits (Specific Types)
Spelt (Triticum spelta)
Sprouted Wheat or Barley
Stearyldimoniumhydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Strong Flour
Suet in Packets
T
Tabbouleh
Tabouli
Teriyaki Sauce
Timopheevi Wheat (Triticum timopheevii)
Triticale X triticosecale
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Flour Lipids
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
U
Udon (wheat noodles)
Unbleached Flour
V
Vavilovi Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Vital Wheat Gluten
W
Wheat, Abyssinian Hard triticum durum
Wheat Amino Acids
Wheat Bran Extract
Wheat, Bulgur
Wheat Durum Triticum
Wheat Germ Extract
Wheat Germ Glycerides
Wheat Germ Oil
Wheat Germamidopropyldimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Wheat Grass (can contain seeds)
Wheat Nuts
Wheat Protein
Wheat Starch
Wheat Triticum aestivum
Wheat Triticum Monococcum
Wheat (Triticum Vulgare) Bran Extract
Whole-Meal Flour
Wild Einkorn (Triticum boeotictim)
Wild Emmer (Triticum dicoccoides)
Hidden Gluten In Food Additives
The following items may or may not contain gluten depending on where and how they are made, and it is sometimes necessary to check with the manufacturer to find out:
- Amp-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein (2)
- Artificial Color (2)
- Baking Powder (2)
- Clarifying Agents (2)
- Coloring (2)
- Dry Roasted Nuts (2)
- Emulsifiers (2)
- Enzymes (2)
- Fat Replacer (2)
- Gravy Cubes (2)
- Ground Spices (2)
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten (2)
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein (2)
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Pg-Propyl Silanetriol (2)
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch (2)
- Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate (2)
- Hydroxypropylated Starch (2)
- Miso (2)
- Natural Juices (2)
- Non-dairy Creamer (2)
- Pregelatinized Starch (2)
- Protein Hydrolysates (2)
- Seafood Analogs (2)
- Seasonings (2)
- Sirimi (2)
- Soba Noodles (2)
- Soy Sauce (2)
- Soy Sauce Solids (2)
- Sphingolipids (2)
- Stabilizers (2)
- Starch (1, 2)
- Stock Cubes (2)
- Suet (2)
- Tocopherols (2)
- Vegetable Broth (2)
- Vegetable Gum (2)
- Vegetable Protein (2)
- Vegetable Starch (2)
- Vitamins (2)
- 1) If this ingredient is made in North America it is likely to be gluten-free.
- 2) Can utilize a gluten-containing grain or by-product in the manufacturing process, or as an ingredient.