CategoryContains glutenUsually gluten free
Breads, cereals, rice, and pasta
  • Bread or pasta made from barley, bran, gluten flour, graham flour, oat bran,* rye, wheat-based semolina, spelt, wheat, or wheat germ

  • Cereals made with wheat, rye, barley, or oats, or with malt extract or malt flavorings

  • Bread, cereals, or pasta made from arrowroot corn, buckwheat, corn, cornmeal, hominy, millet, potato starch, rice, rice bran, sago, soy, or tapioca

  • Puffed corn

  • Rice (brown or white); rice noodles

Vegetables and beans
  • Creamed or breaded vegetables; some French fries

  • Canned baked beans

  • Plain, fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables

  • Soybeans

Fruits
  • Some commercial fruit pie fillings and dried fruit

  • All fruits

Dairy
  • Malted milk; some milk drinks and flavored or frozen yogurt

  • Milk and milk products that do not contain gluten additives

Meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, eggs, and nuts
  • Any prepared with barley, oats, rye, wheat, or gluten stabilizers or fillers, including some cold cuts, frankfurters, sandwich spreads, sausages, and canned meats

  • Plain meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish

  • Cold cuts, frankfurters, sandwich spreads, and sausages that do not contain gluten fillers

  • Eggs; nuts and peanut butter

Snacks and condiments
  • Many commercial salad dressings, prepared soups, condiments, and sauces

  • Butter and margarine

  • Honey; jam and jelly; molasses; sugar

  • Coconut; hard candy; marshmallows; meringue; plain chocolate

Beverages
  • Flavored instant coffees; herbal teas

  • Hot cocoa mixes; nondairy cream substitutes

  • Pure instant or ground coffee; tea

  • Carbonated drinks; fruit juices