Here is a list of foods that you can eat, foods that you should question because they may have gluten, and foods that you should not eat. This is not a full list of all the foods that can or cannot be eaten. Work with a dietitian to learn which foods can be a part of your food plan.
Food |
Foods You Can Eat |
Foods You Should Question
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Foods You Should Not Eat |
Grains and Starchy Vegetables
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- Amaranth
- Arrowroot
- Buckwheat
- Bean flours
(garbanzo, fava, romano)
- Cassava
- Corn
- Flax
- Kasha
- Hominy
- Indian rice grass
- Jobs tears
- Mesquite flour
- Millet
- Montina
- Nut flours and meals
- Pea flour
- Potatoes, potato flour/starch
- Quinoa
- All forms of rice
(such as white, brown, jasmine, wild)
- Sago
- Sorghum
- Soy flour
- Tapioca
(manioc, cassava, yucca)
- Teff
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Uncontaminated oats
**
- Yucca
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- Baked products made with buckwheat
(Buckwheat is sometimes blended with wheat flour in baking mixes.)
- Cereals
(may have barley malt flavoring or barley malt extract)
- Communion wafer
- French fries
- Matzo
- Rice mixes, rice pilaf
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- Barley
- Bulgur
- Chapatti flour
- Couscous
- Cracked wheat
- Dinkel
- Durum
- Einkorn
- Emmer
- Farina
- Faro
- Fu
- Gluten, gluten flour
- Graham flour
- Hydrolyzed wheat protein
- Kamut
- Malt
- Matzo flour/meal
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Oats
(most commercial brands)
**
- Orzo
- Panko
- Rye
- Seitan
- Semolina
- Spelt
- Triticale
- Udon
- Wheat (wheat flour, wheat bran, wheat germ, other wheat products)
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Vegetables
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- All plain fresh, frozen, and canned vegetables
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Fruits
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- All plain fresh, frozen, and canned fruits
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- Dried fruits
(may be dusted with flour)
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Milk
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- Milk, buttermilk, and cream
- Plain cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese
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- Yogurt
- Cheese sauces and spreads
- Flavored cheese
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Meats and Beans
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- All plain, fresh meat, poultry, and fish
- Eggs
- Legumes
- Nuts, nut butters (such as peanut butter)
- Seeds
- Tofu
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- Cold cuts, hot dogs, salami, sausage
- Imitation seafood
- Flavored tofu
- Meat marinades and flavorings
- Seasoned nuts
- Poultry basted or injected with broth
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- Breaded meat, poultry, or fish
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Oils
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- Vegetable oils
(such as canola and olive)
- Margarine (choose trans-free margarines)
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Sweets and Snack Foods
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- Cakes, cookies, and pastries made from gluten-free flours
- Corn and rice tortillas
- Egg custards
- Gelatin desserts
- Plain popcorn
- Plain rice cakes or rice crackers
- Plain corn chips or corn crackers
- Whipped toppings
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- Candy
- Ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, and popsicles
- Potato chips
- Seasoned or flavored snack chips
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- Chocolate bars and candy that have barley malt flavoring or wheat flour
- Ice cream made with gluten-containing items
(such as cookie dough, brownies)
- Ice cream cones
- Icing and frosting
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Drinks
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- Distilled alcoholic drinks
(such as rum, gin, whiskey, vodka, wine, and pure liqueurs)
- Coffee
- Juices
- Soft drinks
- Tea
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- Cocoa drinks
- Flavored alcoholic drinks
(such as ciders and coolers)
- Flavored teas and coffees
- Nondairy soy, rice, potato, and nut beverages
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- Undistilled alcoholic drinks
(such as beer, ale, lager)
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Other
(Condiments, Baking Ingredients, Soups, Sauces, and Gravies)
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- Aspartame
- Baking soda
- Butter, lard, and shortening
- Carob chips and carob powder
- Corn syrup, maple syrup, and sugar
(brown, white, and confectioners)
- Cream of tartar
- Homemade broths
- Honey
- Jams, jellies, marmalade
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Pure cocoa, baking chocolate, and chocolate chips
- Plain pickles and relish
- Pure herbs and spices
- Pure black pepper
- Salt
- Vanilla
- Vinegars (such as apple, balsamic, cider, distilled white, grape, wine, spirit)
- Yeast
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- Baking powder
- Bouillon cubes
- Brown rice syrup
- Gravy and sauces
- Soups and broths
- Salad dressings
- Worcestershire sauce
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- Malt vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Teriyaki sauce
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