Food ingredients that may contain wheat or gluten depending on their processing
Baking powder - May contain wheat starch
Barley Grass - May have been contaminated during processing
Bicarbonate of Soda - May contain wheat starch
Blue Cheese - May have been cultured with mold grown on bread,
especially if artisanal cheese
Bouillon - May contain gluten
Broth - May contain gluten
Brown Rice Syrup - May contain barley
Caramel Flavoring - May contain gluten depending on
manufacturing, usually gluten-free in North America
Carob - May contain barley
Cellulose - May be derived from gluten containing-grain
Cereal - May consist of gluten-containing grain
Cider - May utilize barley in production
Clarifying Agents - May contain a gluten-containing grain or byproduct
Crisped Rice - May contain barley
Curry Powder - May contain wheat starch
Edible Food Coatings and Films - May contain wheat starch
Edible Paper - May contain wheat starch
Emulsifier - May be derived from gluten-containing grain
Fat Replacer - May be derived from wheat
Filler - May be derived from gluten-containing grain
Flavored Liquors - May contain gluten
Flavoring - May be derived from gluten-containing grain
Flour - This will normally be wheat unless otherwise specified
Groats - May be from wheat, barley or oats (or other source such as buckwheat or corn)
Heeng/Hing - Usually sold mixed with wheat flour
Herbal Tea - May contain gluten in flavoring, such as barley
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate - May be derived from wheat
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (HPP) - May be derived from wheat
Hydrolyzed Protein - May be derived from wheat
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) - May be derived from wheat
Hydroxypropylated Starch - May be derived from wheat
Kecap/Ketjap Manis (Soy Sauce) - May contain wheat
Miso - May be made from barley
Mixed Tocopherols - Commonly derived from wheatgerm (or soy)
Mono and Diglycerides Wheat may be used as a carrier during
processing
Mustard Powder - May contain wheat starch
Natural Flavoring - May be derived from gluten-containing grain
Perungayam - Usually sold mixed with wheat flour
Pregelatinized Starch - May be derived from a gluten-containing
grain
Protein Hydrolysates - May be derived from a gluten-containing grain
Rice Malt - May contain barley
Rice Syrup - May contain barley
Seasoning - May contain wheat starch
Smoke Flavoring - May contain barley
Soy Sauce Solids - May contain wheat
Soy Sauce/Shoyu - May contain wheat
Spice and Herb Blends - May contain wheat starch
Stabilizers/Stabilizing Agents - May be derived from gluten containing grain
Suet - Suet from a packet contains wheat flour
Tamari - May contain wheat
Textured Vegetable Protein - May be derived from a gluten containing grain
Tocopherols - Commonly derived from wheatgerm (or soy)
Vegetable Gum - May be derived from a gluten-containing grain
Vegetable Protein - May be derived from a gluten-containing
grain
Vegetable Starch - May be derived from a gluten-containing grain
Wheat Grass (can contain seeds) - May have been contaminated during processing
Yeast Extract - May be cultivated using gluten-containing grain
Classified as gluten free but may be derived from wheat or gluten
Avena Sativa - Additionally may have been contaminated by other grains
Caramel Color - May be derived from highly-processed wheat or barley, usually gluten-free in North America
Citric Acid - May be derived from wheat (or corn/beet sugar/molasses)
Codex Wheat Starch - A highly processed wheat starch with gluten removed
Dextrimaltose - A highly processed starch which can be derived from barley
Dextrin - A highly processed starch which can be derived from wheat (or other starch)
Dextrose - A highly processed starch which can be derived from wheat or barley (or other starch). Gluten source does not need to be labelled in Europe
Gin - Derived from a combination of distilled grains
Glucose Syrup - A highly-processed sweetener which can be
derived from wheat (or other starch). Is usually derived from corn in
North America. Gluten source does not need to be labelled in
Europe
Grain Alcohol - May be derived from distilled gluten grain
Grain-Based Vodka - May be derived from distilled rye or wheat (or other source such as potato)
Malt Vinegar - Derived from barley, contains only traces of gluten due to fermentation process
Maltodextrin - May be derived from highly processed wheat, would be clearly labelled in North America but gluten source does not need to be labelled in Europe
Maltose - May be derived from highly processed barley or wheat, is usually derived from corn in North America
Modified (Food) Starch - May be derived from highly processed wheat, would be clearly labelled in North America but gluten source does not need to be labelled in Europe
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) - May be derived from wheat
Oat Bran - Additionally may have been contaminated by other grains
Oatmeal - Additionally may have been contaminated by other grains
Oats - Additionally may have been contaminated by other grains
Sake - May contain barley enzymes
Scotch - May be derived from distilled wheat, rye, barley (or corn)
Starch - May be made from a highly processed gluten-containing grain, would be clearly labelled in North America
Vanilla Extract - May contain grain alcohol
Vanilla Flavoring - May contain grain alcohol
Whisky - May be derived from distilled wheat, rye, barley (or corn)
Xanthan Gum - May be derived from wheat
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