Foods Allowed | Foods to Avoid |
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BEVERAGES |
Coffee, tea, carbonated beverages, cocoa (Bakers, Hersheys, Nestle), rum, tequila, vodka (if made from potatoes, grapes, or plums), wine. | Postum, Ovaltine, beer, ale, gin, vodka (if made from grain), whiskey, some flavored and instant coffees, some herbal teas. |
BREADS |
Breads made with gluten-free flours only (rice, potato starch, soy, tapioca, corn, bean) baked at home or purchased from companies that produce GF products. Rice crackers or cakes, corn tortillas. | All breads made with wheat, oat, rye, and barley flours. All purchased crackers, croutons, bread crumbs, wafers, biscuits, and doughnuts containing any gluten flours. Graham, soda, or snack crackers, tortillas containing wheat. |
CEREALS |
Cornmeal, hot rice cereals, hominy grits, gluten-free cold rice and corn cereals (those without malt). | All cereals containing wheat, rye, oats, or barley (both grain and in flavoring, such as malt flavoring, malt syrup). |
DAIRY PRODUCTS |
Milk (fresh, dry, evaporated or condensed), buttermilk, cream, sour cream, butter, cheese (except those that contain oat gum), whipped cream, yogurt (plain and flavored if GF), ice cream (if GF), artificial cream (if GF). | Malted milk, artificial cream (if not GF), some chocolate milk drinks, some commercial ice creams, some processed cheese spreads, flavored yogurt (containing gluten), some light or fat-free dairy products (containing gluten). |
DESSERTS |
Any pie, cake, cookie, or other desserts made with GF flours and flavorings. Gelatins, custards, homemade puddings (rice, cornstarch, tapioca). | All pies, cakes, cookies, etc. that contain any wheat, oat, rye, or barley flour or flavoring. Most commercial pudding mixes, ice cream cones, prepared cake mixes. |
FATS |
Margarine, vegetable oil, nuts, GF mayonnaise, shortening, lard, some salad dressings. | Some commercial salad dressings, some mayonnaise. |
FLOURS |
Rice flour (brown and white), soy flour, potato starch flour, potato flour, tapioca flour, corn flour, cornmeal, cornstarch, rice bran, rice polish, arrowroot, nut or legume flours. | All flours or baking mixes containing wheat, rye, barley, or oats. |
FRUITS AND JUICES |
All fruit, fresh, frozen, canned (if GF), and dried (if not dusted with flour to prevent sticking). | Any commercially canned fruit with gluten thickening. |
MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, AND EGGS |
Any eggs (plain or in cooking), all fresh meats, fish, poultry, other seafood; fish canned in oil, vegetable broth, or brine. GF prepared meats such as luncheon meats, tofu, GF imitation seafood. | Eggs in gluten-based sauce, imitation seafood containing gluten flour, prepared meats that contain gluten, some fish canned in HVP, self-basting turkeys injected with HVP. Imitation seafood containing wheat flour. |
PASTAS |
GF homemade noodles, spaghetti, or other pastas, oriental rice noodles, bean threads, purchased GF pasta made with corn, rice, tapioca, and potato flours. | Noodles, spaghetti, macaroni, or other pastas made with gluten flours. Any canned pasta product. |
SOUPS AND CHOWDERS |
Homemade broth and soups made with GF ingredients, some canned soups, some powdered soup bases, some GF dehydrated soups. | Most canned soups, most dehydrated soup mixes, bouillon and bouillon cubes containing HVP. |
VEGETABLES |
All plain fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables; dried peas, beans, and lentils. | All creamed, breaded, and scalloped vegetables. Some canned baked beans, some prepared salad mixes. |
SWEETS |
Jellies, jams, honey, sugar, molasses, corn syrup, syrup, some commercial candies. | Some commercial candies, some cake decorations. Note: Icing sugar in Canada may contain wheat. |
CONDIMENTS |
Salt, pepper, herbs, food coloring, pure spices; rice, cider, and wine vinegars; yeast, GF soy sauce, GF curry powder, baking powder, baking soda. | Some curry powder, some mixed spices, distilled vinegar,* some ketchup, some prepared mustards, most soy sauces. Some pepper with wheat flour added (often found outside the United States). |