Gluten Free Diet Details
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THE GLUTEN FREE DIET Many manufacturers also provide a panel of nutritional information. Foods sold as gluten free will state on the nutrition panel “no detectable gluten”. Gluten is a protein found in: • Wheat Many products are gluten free but make no claim to be so. You will have to • Rye scrutinise the ingredients list to determine whether they are suitable. Avoid any • Barley manufactured food which has no ingredients list. Avoid any product if the • Triticale( a cross between wheat & rye) ingredients list contains any of the following: • • Oats Wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats A gluten free diet omits all products made with these cereals. Other varieties of • Flour, all types unless a gluten free source is specified, wheat: kumat, spelt (dinkel or german wheat), bulgar (burghul), durum, couscous • Pasta, semolina, etc. must also be excluded. • Farina or thickeners, • Wheatstarch, starch or thickener (unspecified), There are many obvious foods that contain gluten such as breads, cakes, cereals • Cereal, bread, biscuit, batter, crumbs, etc. but there are also a whole range of foods that are not obvious sources of • Cornflour (unspecified or wheat based) gluten, such as sausages, processed meats, soups, stock cubes, sauces, malt etc. • Malt However do not be discouraged as there are also a lot of products that are gluten Be aware that there may be small traces of gluten in any of the following free – either naturally gluten free, substitute products or also commercial additives: products. • Modified starch or thickening agent • Additive numbers 1400-1450 (of wheat origin or unspecified) SHOPPING FOR THE GLUTEN FREE DIET • Malt flavouring and malt extract • Maltodextrin (of wheat origin) The first and most important point when shipping for gluten free food is to • Hydrolysed protein (of wheat origin) become a “LABEL READER”, if you have any doubt about the ingredients printed on the labels don’t buy the product. WHEN IN DOUBT – LEAVE IT OUT Food labels are required to state: • The common name of the product • The name and address of the manufacturer, packer, importer or vendor • The ingredients listed in descending order of their relative proportion by weight SAFE FOODS FOODS TO AVOID SAFE FOODS FOODS TO AVOID HERBS, SPICES & CONDIMENTS ALCOHOL Pepper, salt, herbs, spices, curry All commercial sauces, pickles, Wine, cider, liqueurs, spirits, Beer, ale, lager, porter, stout. powder, mustard powder (check these relishes, chutneys, compound mustard, champagne, sherry, port, brandy, for an anti-caking agent which may prepared mustard, mustard paste*. whisky, gin & vodka contain gluten). Soya sauce*, tomato puree*. MISCELLANEOUS Tomato sauce. Sugar – white, brown, castor. Icing sugar mixture. BEVERAGES Pure icing sugar, jelly, gelatine. Vanilla & flavouring essences*. Water, mineral water – plain & Barley drinks i.e. barley water, lemon Popcorn, plain potato crisps*. Flavoured crisps & packet snack flavoured, still or carbonated. Soft barley. Plain corn chips & taco shells* foods*. drink – sweetened or diet type, fruit & Caro & cereal tea, coffee substitutes. Candy floss & fairy floss. Stock cubes & gravy mixes*. vegetable juice, cordials without Drinking chocolate & similar Plain dark & milk chocolate (no Sweets, lollies & filled chocolates & barley, soda & tonic water, sports flavourings for milk fillings). chocolate snack foods*. electrolyte type drinks, tea, herb tea, coffee (pure, instant & decaffeinated) SAFE FOODS FOODS TO AVOID SAFE FOODS FOODS TO AVOID Arrowroot, Maize (corn), polenta, All varieties of wheat including kumat, FRUIT, SEEDS & NUTS maize cornflour, cornmeal, buckwheat spelt (dinkel or german wheat), bulgar All types of fresh, dried, canned, Fruit mince & Christmas mince* & pure buckwheat flour, quinoa, (burghul), durum, couscous. Wheat stewed & preserved fruits so long as no Pie fillings & commercial thickened sorghum, sago tapioca, rice (white & starch, wheaten cornflour, wheat & thickening is added. fruit products*. brown), wild rice, rice flour, ground multigrain flour, wheat germ, Nuts & seeds in shells, shelled or Dry roasted nuts. rice, rice bran, glutinous rice. Pea, wheatmeal, wheat bran, semolina, roasted provided only salt &/or oil is gram, lupin, potato, lentil & soya flours triticale, rye, barley, pearl barley, oats, added. oatmeal (there are several varieties of DAIRY FOODS & EGGS millet some of which appear to affect Milk – fresh & long life, plain Malted milks. Flavoured milks*. coeliacs) powdered, canned evaporated & Artificial cream. Ice-cream & ice CEREALS & FARINACEOUS PRODUCTS condensed. Buttermilk, goats milk, confectionary containing thickeners & Plain non malted rice or maize (corn) Wheat based & mixed grain breakfast infant formulae, soy beverages & infant cereal components, especially breakfast cereal ie. Puffed rice or corn, foods, muesli, oat porridge, infant formulae*. flavoured & gourmet types. Custard cornflakes (not malted type), glutted cereal (except rice). Cream – fresh & canned. Cheeses – powders & ready made custards*. free muesli, infant rice cereal. Gluten Pasta, spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, plain, block, sliced & sticks. Processed Fruit flavoured yoghurt & fruche in free pasta, rice noodles & vermicelli, lasagne, ravioli, etc. cheeses*. which the fruit component contains a taco shells made from pure maize flour. Gluten & gluten steaks Plain yoghurt & fruche. Plain ice- thickener*. Non dairy whiteners & BREADS, BISCUITS, CAKES, PASTRIES ETC. creams & confectionary*. creamers*. Cheese mixtures, pastes, Gluten free bread, biscuits, cakes & All regular bread & rolls (including Eggs – all types spreads*. Cheese dips & gourmet or pastries. multi-grain), rye bread, wuppertaler, fruit cheeses*. Gluten free bread, biscuits, cake & wuppabrot, pumpernickel breads, MEAT, FISH & POULTRY pastry mixes barley bread. Sour dough, commercial Fresh, smoked, corned, pickled & Sausages, burger, rissoles*. Rice bread* breads even if make from non gluten salted. Crumbed or battered. Frozen dinners. Rice cakes (plain) grains & flours if the sour dough itself Canned without sauce or cereal. Processed meats & poultry*. Imitation Rice crackers (plain) contains a cereal, soya commercial Ham on the bone. seafoods. Haggis. breads containing wheat or gluten. SOUPS Biscuits, cakes, slices, crispbreads, Clear soups & soups thickened with Soups containing thickeners, cereals or pastry, pizza bases, pancakes, waffles, allowed flours* grains ie. barley, noodles, macaroni. doughnuts, oat cakes etc. Commercial soups. Ice cream wafers & cones. Rusks FATS & OILS VEGETABLES Oils – vegetable & seed None except wheat germ oil All types of fresh, frozen & canned Commercial vegetables in a sauce ie. Cream & butter. Margarine both poly vegetables so long as no thickener is baked beans*. Hot chips & potato & mono unsaturated types added. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams wedges coated with flour. Vegetable or SALAD DRESSINGS home prepared chips & oven chips. potato salads*. Processed or canned Pure cider vinegar. White vinegar*. Malt vinegar. Salad dressings & Fresh herbs. Pulses, legumes & lentils. varieties of legumes*. Peas pudding, mayonnaises*. Dried peas, split peas, gram peas. mush peas containing thickener. JAMS & SPREADS Soya, borlotti, cannelloni & garbanzo All jams, marmalade, honey, golden Vegemite, Marmite & Promite. beans. Dried beans ie. kidney. syrup, treacle, maple syrup, molasses. Meat & fish pastes*. Olives, gherkins, cocktail onions. Peanut butter*. * = CHECK INGREDIENTS * = CHECK INGREDIENTS .