Gluten-free diet Page 1 of 8 Grain products to allow, question and exclude Reviewed by: Peggy Marcon, MD, FRCPC, Inez Martincevic, MSc, RD, Catharine Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FAAP, FRCPC | Last reviewed: February 6, 2017
**Oats must be pure, gluten-free (no cross contamination) Allowed Question Not Allowed
The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Items made with: Items made with buckwheat Items made with: • amaranth flour • wheat bran • arrowroot • wheat flour • buckwheat • wheat germ • corn bran • wheat-based semolina • corn flour • wheat starch • cornmeal • durum flour • cornstarch • gluten flour • flax • graham flour • legume flours (bean, • atta garbanzo or chickpea, • bulgur GarfavaTM, lentil, pea) • einkorn • mesquite flour • emmer • millet • farro • MontinaTM flour (Indian • kamut rice grass) • spelt • nut flours (almond, • barley chestnut, hazelnut) • rye • potato flour, potato starch, • triticale gluten-free oat products** • commercial oat products* • quinoa (e.g. oat bran, oat flour, • rice bran steel cut) • rice flours (brown, glutinous, sweet, white) • rice polish • sago • sorghum flour • tapioca (cassava, manioc) • taro
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Hot cereals: Rice and soy pablum unless Cereals made with added • amaranth labelled gluten-free, or made barley malt extract or barley • cornmeal with rice and/or corn malt flavouring • cream of buckwheat • cream of rice (brown, white) • hominy grits • gluten-free oatmeal* • quinoa • rice flakes • soy flakes and soy grits
Cold cereals: Rice and corn cereals Cereals made with added • puffed amaranth, puffed barley malt extract or barley buckwheat malt flavouring • puffed corn • puffed millet • puffed rice • rice crisps or corn flakes • rice flakes and soy cereal
Pastas, macaroni, spaghetti, Buckwheat pasta Pastas made from wheat, and noodles from beans, wheat starch and other corn, lentils, peas, potato, ingredients not allowed (e.g. quinoa, rice, and soy orzo)
Rice plain (e.g. Basmati, Seasoned or flavoured rice brown, jasmine, white, wild) mixes
Miscellaneous: corn tacos, Multi-grain or flavoured rice Wheat flour tacos and corn tortillas, rice tortillas crackers, rice cakes and tortillas, matzoh, matzoh Plain rice crackers, rice cakes popped corn cakes meal, matzoh balls, couscous, and popped corn cakes Low gluten communion tabouli Gluten-free communion wafers Regular communion wafers wafers
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Meat, fish, poultry; plain (fresh Prepared or preserved meats Fish canned in vegetable or frozen) such as deli or luncheon meat broth containing hydrolyzed (e.g. Bologna, salami), ham wheat protein (ready to cook), meat and Frozen turkey basted or sandwich spreads, meatloaf injected with hydrolyzed Frozen patties (meat, chicken wheat protein or fish), sausages, pate, hot Frozen or fresh turkey with dogs, frankfurters, imitation bread stuffing fish products (e.g. Surimi), Frozen chicken containing imitation seafoods and bacon chicken broth (made with bits, meat substitutes, meat ingredients not allowed) product extenders Meat, poultry or fish marinated in, dusted or breaded with ingredients not allowed
Eggs - Fresh, liquid, dried or Flavoured egg products powdered (liquid or frozen)
Other Baked beans, dry roasted or Chickpeas fried in Lentils, dried peas, dried seasoned nuts and seeds, contaminated oils beans (e.g. Black, chickpeas flavoured tofu, tempeh, miso or garbanzo, navy, pinto, soy, white), plain nuts and seeds, plain tofu, peanut butter
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Milk, most ice cream, sour Milk drinks, flavoured yogurt, Malted milk, ice cream made cream, buttermilk, plain frozen yogurt, cheese sauces, with ingredients not allowed yogurt, cream cheese, cheese spreads, flavoured processed cheese, processed shredded cheese, fancy cheese foods, cottage cheese cheeses, some ice cream, sour cream
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
Fruits and vegetables to allow, question and exclude
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Vegetables; fresh, frozen, and Vegetables with sauces, Scalloped potatoes canned vegetables and juices French-fried potatoes (containing wheat flour) (especially where gluten- Battered deep-fried containing foods may be vegetables cooked in the same oil)
Fruits; fresh, frozen and Dates, fruits with juices, canned fruits and juices dried fruits
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Butter, cream, margarine, Salad dressings, suet, Contaminated oils, fats and lard, vegetable oil, shortening, cooking spray salad dressings made with salad dressing with allowed ingredients not allowed ingredients Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
Snack foods to allow, question and exclude
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Plain popcorn, nuts, soy nuts, Seasoned (flavoured): nuts, Pizza made with ingredients potato chips, taco (corn) soy nuts, potato chips, taco not allowed chips; gluten-free pizza (corn) chips; rice cakes and rice crackers
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Most ice cream, sherbet, Cake icings and frostings Bread pudding, ice cream whipped toppings, whipping made with ingredients not cream, egg custards, custard allowed; cakes, cookies, powder, gelatin desserts, milk muffins, pies and pastries puddings, cakes, cookies, made with ingredients not pastries made with allowed allowed; ice cream cones, ingredients, gluten-free ice wafers and waffles made with cream cones, wafers and ingredients not allowed waffles
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting. Other foods to allow, question and exclude
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The following foods contain The following foods are The following foods may gluten and must be taken out naturally gluten-free. contain gluten of your child’s diet
Beverages
Tea, instant or ground coffee Flavoured and herbal teas, Cereal and malted beverages (regular or decaffeinated), flavoured coffees, coffee (e.g. Ovaltine®, chocolate cocoa, soft drinks, most non- substitutes malt and those with malt dairy beverages made from flavour, Postum®), non-dairy nut, potato, soy and rice beverages (nut, potato, soy rice) made with barley malt extract, barley-malt flavouring or oats
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Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic Beverages Flavoured alcoholic beverages Beer, ale and lager (made Distilled alcohol – bourbon, (e.g. Coolers, ciders, Caesar from barley) rum, gin, rye whiskey, scotch vodka beverage) whiskey, vodka and pure liqueurs; wines; gluten-free beers (rice, buckwheat or sorghum)
Snacks and sweets
Honey, jam, jelly, marmalade, Hard candies, chocolate bars Regular liquorice and candies corn syrup, maple syrup, and chocolates made with ingredients not molasses, sugar (brown and allowed including chocolate white), icing or confectioner’s bars with wafers and cookies sugar, gluten-free liquorice and other candies
Spices and sauces
Plain pickles, relish, olives, Seasoning mixes, specialty Soy sauce (made from wheat), ketchup, plain prepared prepared mustards, teriyaki sauce (containing soy mustard, pure mustard flour, prepared mustard flour, sauce made from wheat), tomato paste, pure herbs mustard pickles, curry paste, malt vinegar, other sauces and spices, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce and gravies made with wheat salt, vinegars (apple, cider, flour, hydrolyzed wheat rice, balsamic, distilled white, protein or other foods not grape or wine), gluten-free allowed teriyaki sauce, other sauces and gravies made with allowed ingredients
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Soups
Homemade broth, gluten- Canned soups, dried soup Soups made with ingredients free bouillon cubes, cream mixes, soup bases and not allowed, bouillon and soups and stocks made from bouillon cubes bouillon cubes containing ingredients allowed hydrolyzed wheat protein
Baking
Plain cocoa, pure baking Baking powder Brewer’s yeast chocolate, carob chips and powder, chocolate chips, monosodium glutamate (MSG), cream of tartar, baking soda, vanilla, pure vanilla extract, artificial vanilla extract, vanillin, yeast (active dry, autolyzed, baker’s, nutritional, torula), coconut, xanthan gum, guar gum, artificial sweeteners
Adapted from Case, S. (2001). Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. Regina: Case Nutrition Consulting.
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