Anybody know where I can get a list of chemicals in foods that contain gluten?

Question

My mother was recently diagnosed with celiac diseases and we're trying to help her shop in a small town grocery store.

Answer 1

The list of things to avoid looks very long -- but this list contains all the most "common" names and products that contain gluten. As always, check the label. If a product says "gluten free" on the label, you are usually safe.

Here goes!

Alcohol (derived from gluten based products such as wheat, barely, malt, rye, etc.)
Ale
Artificial Color (check with manufacturer, could contain gluten)
Artificial Flavoring (check with manufacturer as it could contain gluten)
Baking Powder (check with manufacturer, could contain gluten. Clabber Girl is gluten free.)
Barley Grass
Barley
Barley Malt
Beer
Bleached Flour
Blue Cheese (generally made with bread that is wheat based)
Bran
Bread Flour
Brewer's Yeast
Brown Flour
Bulgar Wheat or Nuts
Buttermilk (some contains modified food starch. Check label.)
Bouillon Cubes & Prepackaged Broth (often contain starch)
Calcium Caseinate (Contains MSG, check with manufacturer)
Cakes & Cake Mixes
Cake Flour
Candy (always check with manufacturer; often dusted with flour to prevent sticking)
Caramel Color (some types contains gluten. Call manufacturer!)
Cereal (most contain gluten. Look on labels for gluten free varieties)
Cereal Binders, Extracts, and Fillers (usually contain gluten; verify with manufacturer)
Cheese (shredded cheese is often dusted with flour to prevent sticking)
Chilton
Chocolate Syrup (read label and contact manufacturer)
Chorizo (most contain cereal fillers, so check label and contact manufacturer)
Chow Main Noodles
Citric Acid (in the U.S. it is gluten free, but outside U.S. it can be made from wheat or corn)
Cocoa (Check with Manufacturer. Hersheys and Nestles are gluten free.)
Cookie Mixes
Couscous
Cracker Meal
Croutons
Dextrins (Check with manufacturer. It can be made from a variety of starches including wheat)
Distilled Vinegar (Check with manufacturer. Most apple cider, balsamic, white wine are gluten free)
Doughnuts
Durum
Durum Flour
Edible Starch
Einkorn Wheat
Farina Graham
Filler
Fish (some processed fish contains gluten. Read the label! Ex. Gorton's Grilled Fish & Imitation Crab Meat)
Flavorings (check with manufacturer. Many could be gluten based)
Flavored Prepackaged Rice (check with manufacturer. For example, Rice A Roni IS NOT gluten free.)
Flavored Prepackaged Pasta (rice or corn pasta makes a great substitute)
Flavored Instant Coffee (check with manufacturer)
Flavored Instant Tea (check with manufacturer)
Flour Tortillas
Food Coloring - (Check with manufacture. Walton's and McCormicks are gluten free.)
Food Starch (check with manufacturer! Often, these can be wheat based)
Frozen Dinners (check with manufacturers. Amy's & Whole Food have some gluten free dinners)
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
Gelatinized Starch (check with manufacturer)
Germ
Glutamate
Gluten Flour
Graham Flour
Granary Flour
Gravy & Gravy Mixes (check with manufacturer)
Groats (barley, wheat)
Ground Spices (check with manufacturer. McCormick's and Frontier make gluten free Spices)
Gum Base (check with manufacturer)
Hamburger Patties (when purchasing or eating out make sure it contains no fillers like bread crumbs)
Hard Wheat
Hydrolyzed Oat Starch (gluten free, but could have cross contamination)
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (Also called HPP. Check with manufacturer; often contains wheat)
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (Also called HVP. Check with manufacturer; often contains wheat)
High Protein Flour
Ice Cream (some contain gluten; check with manufacturer)
Ice Cream Cones (There are a couple of gluten free brands on the market currently)
Inulin (Usually made from chicory, but best to check with the manufacturer)
Kamut
Ketchup (contains vinegar, check with manufacturer. Heinz is gluten free)
Laxatives (Most contain gluten. Check with manufacturer, read label. Metamucil is gluten free.)
Liquor (many are made from glutinous grains, check with manufacturer)
Malt (check with manufacturer, generally wheat/barley based)
Malt Extract
Malt Syrup
Malt Flavoring
Malt Vinegar
Mayonnaise (contains vinegar, check with manufacturer. Hellmans, Dukes, Best Buy, and Kraft are GF)
Marshmallows (check with manufacturer)
Marshmallow Creme (check with manufacturer)
Millet (gluten free, but beware of cross contamination)
Miso
Matzo Semolina
Matzo Meal
Modified Food Starch (check with manufacturer)
Modified Starch (check with manufacturer)
Mono and Diglycerides (Check with manufacturer, could be wheat based)
MSG (Made outside USA, it is usually made from wheat. US MSG usually from corn)
Muffins & Bread Mixes
Mustard Powder (check with manufacturer, Coleman's is not gluten free)
Natural Flavoring (check with manufacturer)
Non Stick Cooking Sprays. (some contain flour or grain alcohol. Pam & Wesson have a gluten free spray)
Oats (oats are usually considered gluten free, but beware of cross contamination. McCains & Quakers are not gluten free.)
Oat Bran (oats are gluten free, beware of cross contamination)
Oatmeal (oats are gluten free, beware of cross contamination)
Oatrim (oats are gluten free, beware of cross contamination)
Pancakes
Pasta
Pearl Barley
Pies (this includes the filling that is often thickened with flour)
Popovers
Pop Tarts
Powdered Sugar (contact manufacturer but usually it has some starch in it to keep the sugar from sticking)
Pretzels
Potato Chips (the seasoning usually contains wheat. Contact manufacturer or eat only salted)
Prepackaged Mixes & Spice (example taco mix. McCormick taco mix is gluten free)
Pudding (check with manufacturer. Kozy Shack is gluten free & very good)
Restaurant Grills & Fryers ( be very careful of cross contamination)
Rice Malt (Usually contains barley or Koji, contact manufacturer)
Rice Syrup (contact manufacturer, some contains barley, Lundberg Farms is gluten free.)
Rice Paper (contact manufacturer)
Rye
Sausage (most contain fillers, check with manufacturer)
Seitan
Semolina
Semolina Triticum
Shoyu (soy sauce, check with manufacturer)
Small Spelt
Soba Noodles
Soft Wheat
Sodium Caseinate (Contains MSG, check with manufacturer)
Soy Sauce (most contains wheat; try San-J wheat free Tamari)
Spirits (check with manufacturer)
Spelt
Sprouted Wheat or Barley
Starch (in the U.S starch is generally made from corn, contact manufacturer if unsure)
Steak Sauce (check with manufacturer)
Stock Cubes (check with manufacture, generally contain wheat)
Strong Flour
Suet
Taco Mixes (check with manufacturer)
Tabbouleh
Teriyaki Sauce
Textured Vegetable Protein - TVP
Triticale
Udon ( wheat noodles)
Vanilla & other Extracts (contact manufacturer, could contain alcohol made from gluten)
Vegetable Starch (check with manufacturer usually contains gluten)
Vegetable Gum (check with manufacturer)
Vinegar (check with manufacturer)
Vitamins (check with manufacturer)
Wheat
Wheat Bran
Wheat Gum
Wheat Berries
Wheat Nuts
Wheat, Abyssinian Hard triticum durum
Wheat, Bulgur
Wheat Durum Triticum
Wheat Triticum mononoccum
Wheat Starch
Wheat Germ
Wheat Grass
Whole-Meal Flour
Whole Wheat Flour
Whiskey
Waffles
Wieners (check with manufacturer, usually contains fillers)
Zwieback Cookies

Answer 2

Glutenfreepantry.com is a great website to order food online. I buy many things for my son from this website. They also have cookbooks you can order which are really helpful!