Use the list below to help identify which foods are gluten free, and which are not.
| Food Categories |
Foods/Ingredients without Gluten |
Foods/Ingredients with Gluten |
Grains/
Flours |
Rice, rice bran, tapioca, arrowroot, corn flour/meal, cornstarch, soy flour, buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, chickpea flour, potato flour/starch, millet, flax, sorghum(milo) |
Barley, bulgur, couscous, durum, flour, farina, graham flour, kamut, oats, oat bran, rye, spelt, triticale, what, wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat starch |
| Beverages |
Most milk and milk products, pure coffee or coffee substitutes, decaffeinated coffee, tea: carbonated drinks, fruit drinks. Distilled alcoholic beverages such as rum, gin, whisky, vodka, wines and pure liqueurs. |
Commercial chocolate milk with cereal additives, malted milk, instant milk drinks, hot cocoa mixes, nondairy cream substitutes, beverages such as Postum, instant coffee containing wheat. Beer, ale, and lagers. |
Breads |
Breads and rolls made from arrowroot, corn, potato, or rice starch; corn, potato, rice or soybean flour; gluten free bread mix; pure corn tortillas; corn tacos, rice cakes or rice wafers |
Any bread made with the ingredients from the Grains/Flours section, commercial mixes for biscuits, cornbread, muffins, pancakes and waffles. |
Cereals |
Corn or rice cereals labeled or identified as gluten free, containing malt flavoring derived from corn; Puffed Rice, Cream of Rice, rice flakes, cornmeal; hominy; grits, popcorn, buckwheat groats. |
Cereals containing malt flavoring or malt derived barley; cereals containing Grains/Flours from the Foods/Ingredients with Gluten section. |
Desserts |
Cakes, cookies, pies, pudding, custard, ice cream, rice pudding, tapioca, flavored gelatin, fruit ice, and sherbet made with allowed foods, plain gelatin. |
Commercially prepared mixes of all kinds (unless gluten free): commercial candies and baked products unless made with allowed ingredients, ice creams with gluten stabilizers, commercial pie fillings, bread pudding, pudding thickened with flour, commercial cakes, cookies, doughnuts, pastries prepared with the Grains/Flours listed under Foods/Ingredients with Gluten section. |
Fats |
Butter of fortified margarine, homemade salad dressings containing gluten-free vinegars (balsamic, apple cider or wine cider), pure mayonnaise, all fats and oils, cream. |
Commercial salad dressings containing gluten stabilizers. |
Fruits |
All natural fruit and fruit juices. |
Any thickened or prepared fruits, some pie fillings. |
Meats or Substitutes |
All meats, poultry, fish, and shellfish, eggs, dried peas and beans, nuts; peanut butter, natural cheese, soybeans and other meat substitutes; yogurt, cold cuts, frankfurters or sausage without filers. |
Any prepared with Grains/Flours from the Foods/Ingredients with Gluten section such as frankfurters, cold cuts, sandwich spreads, sausages and canned meats, processed cheese. Cheese foods and spreads containing a gluten source, canned pork and beans, turkey basted with hydrolyzed or texturized vegetable protein (HVP, TVP); breaded fish or meats such as meatloaf, meat patties, croquettes, Swiss steak, cheese containing oat gum. |
Potato or Substitute |
Potatoes, potato chips, enriched rice, rice noodles, pasta made with allowed flours (corn flour) 100% corn tortillas. |
Barley noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and other pastas prepared with Grains/Flours from Food/Ingredients with gluten list. Creamed or scalloped potatoes, commercial rice or pasta mixes. |
Soups |
Homemade broth, vegetable or cream soups made with allowed ingredients. Some canned and frozen soups. |
Commercially prepared soups mage with Grains/Flours in the Food/Ingredients with gluten list. Broth, bouillon. |
Sweets |
Sugar, syrup, honey, jelly, jam, hard candies, plain chocolate candies, molasses and marshmallows, meringues, aspartame. |
All other sweets not listed in the Gluten-Free foods/ingredients section. |
Vegetables |
All vegetables except those on the avoid list. |
Any creamed or breaded vegetables (unless allowed ingredients are used), canned baked beans, commercially prepared vegetables with cream sauce and cheese sauce. |
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