The Good Guys-Gluten-free Ingredients and additives(SAFE TO CONSUME)

What exactly can some one on a Gluten Free diet eat. Of course all meats, fruits and veggies of course. But there are many questions as to what grains and food additives are safe to consume.

• Acorn
• Almond
• Amaranth
• Arborio rice
• Aromatic rice
• Arrowroot
• Basmati rice
• Brown rice, Brown rice flour
• Buckwheat
• Calrose
• Canola
• Cassava
• Channa
• Chestnut
• Chickpea
• Corn, corn flour, corn gluten, corn malt, cornmeal, cornstarch
• Cottonseed
• Dal
• Dasheen flour
• Enriched rice
• Fava bean
• Flax, flax seeds
• Garbanzo
• Glutinous rice
• Hominy
• Instant rice
• Job's tears
• Millet
• Modified corn starch
• Modified tapioca starch
• Montina^TM
• Peanut flour
• Potato flour, potato starch
• Quinoa
• Red rice
• Rice, rice bran, rice flour
• Risotto
• Sago
• Sesame
• Sorghum
• Soy, soybean, tofu (soya)
• Starch (made from safe grains)
• Sunflower Seed
• Sweet rice flour
• Tapioca
• Taro flour
• Teff
• Wild rice

Other safe additives that are commonly found in foods.

• Acacia Gum (gum Arabic)
• Adipic Acid
• Algin
• Annatto
• Aspartame
• Baking Yeast
• Benzoic Acid
• Beta Carotene
• BHA
• BHT
• Brewers Yeast
• Brown Sugar
• Calcium Disodium EDTA
• Carrageenan
• Caramel Color¹
• Carboxymethyl
• Cellulose
• Carob Bean Gum
• Cellulose
• Corn Syrup
• Corn Syrup Solids
• Cream of Tartar
• Dextrose
• Ethyl Maltol
• Fructose
• Fumaric Acid
• Gelatin
• Glucose
• Guar Gum
• Invert Sugar
• Karaya Gum
• Lactic Acid
• Lactose
• Lecithin
• Malic Acid
• Maltodextrin
• Maltol
• Mannitol
• Methylcellulose
• MSG - monosodium glutamate
• Papain
• Pectin
• Polysorbate 60; 80
• Propylene Glycol
• Psyllium
• Sodium Benzoate
• Sodium Metabisulphite
• Sodium Nitrate; Nitrite
• Sodium Sulphite
• Sorbitol
• Stearic Acid
• Sucralose
• Sucrose
• Sugar
• Tartaric Acid
• Tartrazine
• Titanium Dioxide
• Tragacanth
• Vanilla Extract
• Vanillan
• White Vinegar 2
• Xanthan Gum
• Xylitol
• Yam
• Yeast

1. Caramel Color is may contain Wheat. Usually in the US corn is used in making caramel color. It is important to contact the manufacturer to ensure that the caramel color contained in thier product is safe for a gluten free diet.


2. According to one source. Distilled white vinegar is safe to consume on the gluten-free diet. Vinegar is a solution made of acetic acid and flavoring materials such as apples, grapes, grain, and molasses. Distilled vinegars are gluten-free because the distillation process filters out the large gluten proteins so that they do not pass through to the end product. Therefore, the finished liquid is gluten-free. The exception to this rule is MALT VINEGAR, which is not distilled, and therefore is not safe to consume.

I have also heard that white vinegar may contain gluten, and to exercise caution when choosing which white vinegar you use. The good news is that cider vinegar, rice wine, balsamic vinegar and vinegars distilled from wines are perfectly safe.