What do I need to avoid?

To avoid wheat and wheat products ask about ingredients at restaurants and others’ homes, and read food labels. The following list is not complete. Consult with a healthcare professional before making any significant changes to your diet.

• Bulgar wheat
• Couscous
• Flour: cake and pastry, durum, gluten, graham, wheat flour, whole wheat flour
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
• Semolina
• Wheat bran
• Wheat grem
• Wheat starch

Note:Buckwheat is not wheat. It’s listed below in Best Bets.

These foods may include wheat. Use with caution, if at all:

• Baked beans
• Baking powder (some)
• Biscuits
• Bouillon cubes and extracts
• Bread crumbs
• Breaded foods
• Breads
• Cakes, pastries, or cookies (commercial or prepared)
• Canned fish
• Cheese sauces or spreads (unless known to be wheat-free)
• Cloudy lemonade and ginger beer (some)
• Commercially prepared fruit pie fillings and jams
• Commercially prepared gravies, salad dressings, sauces, or condiments containing wheat flour
• Commercially prepared mustard
• Crackers
• Creamed or scalloped potatoes (unless thickened with cornstarch)
• Creamed or scalloped vegetables (if thickened with flour or topped with bread crumbs)
• Creamed products
• Egg dishes thickened with flour
• Luncheon meats
• Malted milk and drinks
• Meat and poultry containing flour
• Meat tenderizers (if made from monosodium glutamate [MSG])
• Muffins
• Mustard powder (some)
• Pancakes
• Pasta noodles
• Pre-molded hamburgers
• Pretzels
• Pudding (commercial or homemade, thickened with wheat flour)
• Rolls
• Sauce and gravy mixes
• Sausage (unless they are pure meat)
• Soups containing commercially prepared noodles, macaroni, or spaghetti
• Soup mixes and bases
• Soy sauce, Tamari (unless wheat-free)
• Stewed fruits thickened with flour
• Sweets dusted with wheat flour to prevent them from sticking
• Tomato sauces
• Waffles
• Wieners