If you are following a gluten free diet, watch out for products with these ingredients listed -- they likely contain gluten unless specifically noted (i.e. “gluten free oats”).

Where's the Gluten?

Abyssian hard
Avena (oats)
Barley
Barley malt
Bran
Couscous
Durum
Edible starch
Einkorn wheat
Parina
Fu (dried wheat gluten)
Germ; wheat germ
Glutamate; glutamic acid
Hordeum
Hydrolyzed plant protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein/HVP
Job’s Tears (ancient form of barley)
Kamut
Malt
Modified food starch
Oats
Rye
Seitan
Semolina
Spelt
Tritical
Osecale
Triticum
Wheat

Where is Gluten Hiding?

Always check the ingredient lists! Gluten can be hiding in many common food items as well as other things that you might never suspect...

Baking Powder Baking Soda
Beer Bouillon cubes/powders
Craft paste Detergents
Ground spices Hair spray
Lipstick Miso
Mustard powder Play-dough
Medications Shampoo
Sunscreen Toothpaste
Broths Vitamins

Also found in glue on postage stamps & envelopes

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