Shopping List
Gluten Free Staples
- Beans, Peas, Legumes
- Buckwheat*
- Butter**
- Cheese (unprocessed)**
- Corn – Cornmeal, Polenta, Masa, Grits
- Eggs
- Flax
- Fruits (fresh is best)
- Meats and Fish**
- Milk
- Millet*
- Oils – Vegetable, Canola, Olive
- Nuts – Plain, Flours
- Potato – Flour, Starch
- Quinoa
- Rice – All types, flours
- Seeds
- Sorghum
- Soy – Milk, Cheese, Tofu
- Spices – Pure (beware of seasonings**)
- Tamari
- Tapioca – Starch, Flour
- Vanilla – Extract**
- Vegetables (fresh is best)
- Vegetable Broth
- Yeast (except Brewers Yeast)
- Yogurts**
*Beware if combined with other flours
** Read labels for gluten-filled additives
Foods To Avoid
- Barley (including sprouted)
- Barley Malt
- Beer (unless specified as gluten free)
- Bouillon Cubes
- Bran
- Bread Crumbs
- Breaded Foods
- Bulgar
- Cake Flour
- Couscous
- Duram
- Farina
- Flour Tortillas
- Graham – Flour, Crackers
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Malt – Vinegar, Flavoring, Syrup, Extract
- Matzah/Matzo
- Oats (unless specified as gluten free)
- Pasta (unless specified as gluten free)
- Ramen Noodles
- Rye, Spelt, Kamut, Triticale
- Semolina
- Soy/Teriyaki Sauce (unless specified as gluten free)
- Tabbouleh
- Udon
- Vegetable Starch
- Wheat Germ or Bran
- Wheat Starch
- Wheat – Grains, Flours, Pasta, Sprouted