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GLUTEN-FREE DIET
Diet Principles:
1. Wheat, rye, barley, malt and products made from these grains are excluded from the diet.
2. Cereal products made from corn, rice, gluten free flours, potato starch flour, tapioca and
arrowroot may be used.
3. Labels should be read carefully and any product containing flour, emulsifier, stabilizer,
hydrolyzed vegetable protein, gluten or any of the grains mentioned in #1 above, should be avoided.
Check labels for gluten containing additives and gums and ask questions about unlisted ingredients
added during processing.
HVP - Hydrogenated Vegetable Protein or MFS-Modified Food Starch (ok if from corn or soy)
GF - Gluten Free
FOOD TYPE
ALLOWED
NOT ALLOWED
Beverage
Nut Milk, carbonated
beverages, tea*, cocoa
Ale, beer, gin, malted milk, postum,
instant coffee and chocolate drinks
made with cereal, non dairy
creamers, whiskeys, bourbons,
most liquors, ovaltine, some herbal
teas*, instant coffee*
Bread and Pasta
Any made from cornmeal,
arrowroot, or corn, potato
starch, or rice flour, pure corn
tortillas or taco shells
Bread, biscuits, rolls, muffins,
waffles, pancakes, crackers and
doughnuts made from wheat, rye,
or barley; rye crisps, rusks,
pretzels, breaded foods, bread
crumbs
Any pasta made from rice or
potato flour
Cereal
Any made from corn or rice
such as cornmeal, hominy,
rice, puffed rice, cream of
rice, rice krispies
All wheat, rye, and barley cereals;
wheat germ, Kasha, bran or bran
cereals.
Dessert
Gelatin, sherbet, homemade
ice cream, junket, custard,
Cakes, cookies, pastries unless
homemade with allowed
rice pudding, pudding made
with cornstarch, tapioca and
other desserts if prepared
with allowed flours
ingredients; ice cream cones and
ice cream made with gluten;
prepared mixes, prepared
puddings; sherbets made with
wheat stabilizers
Egg
Any except as listed
Eggs prepared with wheat flour
Fat
Butter, cream, sour cream,
lard, bacon, vegetable oils
from allowed grains,
homemade salad dressings
and mayonnaise thickened
with allowed flours
Commercially prepared mayonnaise
or salad dressings made with flour
or gluten stabilizers, wheat germ
Fruit
Fresh, frozen canned or
dried* (100 percent pure),
some pie fillings*, fruit
thickened with tapioca or
corn starch
Prepared fruits and some pie fillings
Meat, Fish Poultry
and Cheese
Any whole meat, fish,
shellfish, or poultry (check
for HVP**), which does not
contain prohibited cereals;
ham (check for HVP or MFS)
cold cuts or sausage made
with all meat; cream cheese,
cottage cheese or cheese
which has not been
processed with gluten
products. Dried beans and
legumes
Meat, fish, poultry or cheese
prepared with cereals not allowed.
Any of the following unless marked
pure meat; cold cuts, hotdogs,
sausage, scrapple, meat loaf, meat
patties; canned meat, breaded
meats or prepared meats, tuna
canned in vegetable broth, creamed
or stuffed items, commercial chili or
taco's, commercial soufflés or
omelets, turkey and chicken
injected with HVP
Potato or substitute
White or sweet potatoes,
rice, potato chips, dried
peas, beans or lentils
Macaroni, noodles, spaghetti,
dumplings, any prepared with
cream sauce or gravy, unless made
without gluten products
Soup
All clear and vegetable
soups; cream soup
thickened with cream
cornstarch or potato flour
All canned soups except clear
broth; all cream soups made with
flours not allowed
Sweets
Corn syrup, sugar, molasses, Commercial candy containing
honey, jelly, jams, maple
cereal products
sugar; homemade candy
made with allowed ingredients
Vegetable
Any fresh or frozen except
as listed; dried peas and
beans; include one dark
green leafy or yellow
Creamed vegetables unless cream
sauce is thickened with cornstarch,
potato flour or tapioca flour/starch
and any prepared with bread
crumbs; commercial French fries
and salads, some canned or baked
beans, some instant potatoes
Miscellaneous
Spices, herbs, flavorings,
pure chocolate, pure cocoa,
coconut, vinegar, homemade
catsup and chili sauce, olives,
pickles, nuts, peanut butter;
popcorn, baking powder,
baking soda
Gravy and cream sauces unless
thickened with allowed products;
malt flavorings; dry roasted nuts,
commercial meat sauces.
QUESTIONABLE PRODUCTS
Flavoring and extracts
Avoid vanillin and extracts made with or processed
with gluten-containing alcohol.
Flour of cereal products
Use rice, corn, potato, soy and tapioca flour cereals
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
NONE
Malt or malt flavoring
Only from corn
Modified food starch
Only from arrowroot, corn, potato, tapioca, or maize
Mono Diglycerides
Only if gluten free
Vegetable protein
Only from corn
Natural Flavor
Only from gluten free ingredients
Rice Syrup
Made without a barley enzyme
Starch
Allowed when listed as corn starch
Vegetable gum
Carob bean, locust bean, cellulose gum, guar gum,
Arabic gum, gum acacia, gum tragacanth or
xanthan gum are OK
Vinegar
Those made from gluten free source
MEDICATIONS: can contain wheat, wheat germ, wheat starch, etc as ingredients or coatings.
Check with your druggist, use the PDR or call the manufacturer on all medications
GLUTEN FREE COOK BOOKS
Visit your health food store and ask for recommendations. There are several excellent cookbooks
that will help you in the transition of cooking gluten free.