This article is for those who are beginning or considered a gluten-free lifestyle. I suggest printing this off and keeping it in your wallet for the next time you go shopping.
Gluten finds itself in the following grains: wheat, barley, rye, triticale.
Common derivatives of those grains are:
BARLEY: barley, malt, malt syrup, malt vinegar
WHEAT: all-purpose flour; besan flour; bran; bread crumbs; bread flour; bulgur; cake and pastry flour; cracked wheat flour; durum; enriched flour; farina; farro; fu (wheat gluten); gluten flour; graham flour; hard flour; kamut, phosphated flour; pizza '00' flour; self-rising flour; semolina; spelt flour; triticale; triticum; wheat flour; wheat germ; white flour; whole wheat flour RYE: beer, rye flour, whiskey, and some vodkas, triticale OTHER COMMON HIDING PLACES FOR WHEAT: baking powder; hydrolyzed vegetable protein (hvp), monosodium glutamate, non-certified oats, spices, powdered seasonings, sauce mixes (including some everyday condiments), soy sauce, prepared soup, bulk bins. *Note: all the items in this list do not inherently contain wheat/gluten but often do. AND NOW THAT YOU’RE WARNED, HERE'S WHAT TO BUY.
Grains to avoid
While we find gluten in so many products there are countless more free of it. However, most if not all gluten-free flours/starches should be used in combination with others for best results.
AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF GLUTEN FREE GRAINS, FLOURS, AND THE LIKE: agar; almond flour; almond meal; amaranth flour; arrowroot starch/flour; bean flour; buckwheat flour, light and dark; brown rice flour; cassava flour; coconut flour; cornflour; cornstarch; chia seed; chickpea flour; flaxseed; glutinous rice flour; kasha, which is toasted buckwheat; lentil flour; maca root; millet flour; mung bean starch; nut meal/flour; oat flour, certified gluten-free; potato starch; potato flour; pysllium husk; quinoa flour; soy flour, although I do not recommend it for health reasons; sorghum flour; sweet potato flour; sweet rice flour; tapioca starch/flour; teff flour; white rice flour; wheat starch (all gluten has been striped from the starch); xanthan gum, see article on page xx; yam flour; yuca flour Like what you read? Sign up to our newsletter and find out about posts sooner! How to Comment Anonymously on This Site. Check out this brief and entertaining tutorial from Life After Gluten on how to comment anonymously on a site that uses disqus.
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