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Gluten-Free Food Lists
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Food product labels governed by the FDA must clearly list wheat if it is used as an ingredient. However, barley, rye and oats are not included in the allergen-labeling law. Barley is a particular concern because it is used in natural flavorings. It is still often necessary to contact companies to determine the gluten status of their products. However, a number of large food manufacturers have voluntarily decided to list all gluten ingredients, including barley, rye, and oats. A list of these companies was recently compiled by one of our GlutenfreeIndy board members. Foods labeled under USDA regulations are not required to list wheat or gluten. Some companies do so voluntarily. Below are links to lists of food that have been checked with the manufacturer at some point and verified to be made from gluten-free ingredients. The date that each product was checked should be indicated, and it may not have been checked recently. These lists should only be used as guides to find products that you may be interested in, because gluten status can change. The best source of information is your own phone call to the manufacturer's customer service line. A toll-free number is often found on the product label. These lists usually do not address the issue of cross-contamination. If a supposedly GF food is produced on the same equipment or even in the same facility as a gluten-containing food, it may be contaminated with gluten. In fact some manufacturers will not claim that their products are gluten-free, even though they use gluten-free ingredients, due to the probability of cross-contact in their facilities - or their suppliers' facilities. The best source of information on the chances of cross-contamination is the manufacturer. Another source of information about foods is the Celiac Listserv or other forums. Often, contacts with manufacturers are reported there. Sometimes a quick search of the archives will give you fairly recent information about a product. Here are the Commercial Product lists: CSA
Gluten-Free Product List Celiac
Disease On-line Support Group - Confirmed Product List Trader Joe's Gluten-Free Products Meijer
Gluten-Free Foods
The Food Allergen Labeling Bill requires companies to disclose wheat-derived ingredients, but not rye, barley or oats, so that a call to the company is still necessary to confirm the gluten-free status of their products. However, some companies have voluntarily decided to label all sources of gluten in their ingredients, including rye, barley and oats. One of our GlutenfreeIndy support group board members, Suzanne, has contacted many companies and compiled the following list. Cross-contamination may still be possible. Please note: the following is *not* a list of gluten-free products. Many of their products contain lots of gluten, but it does mean that if wheat, rye, barley or oats are used as an ingredient, you can trust that it will appear on their labels. New
8/08: A support group in San Diego has compiled
some information on this as well: Updated 12/15/06 ***Blue Bunny: per call on 12/12/06, any gluten would be listed among ingredients ***ConAgra:
All gluten is included on label ingredients, per phone call
with customer service on 12/13/06. ***Edy's: Gluten is listed on labels, in addition you can also look up all the flavors on the Edy's website, and they will say whether each is GF or not. ***General
Mills: Their brands list all gluten ingredients,
per phone call on 12/12/06. ***Hain-Celestial:
Disclosure of all gluten ingredients, confirmed by phone with
customer service on 12/13/06. ***Kozy Shack: All GF Kozy Shack products are marked "gluten free." ***Kraft:
All brands list gluten, full disclosure statement available
on website. ***McCormick:Ê Confirmed by phone 12/13/06, Jennie in customer service: All McCormick products list any gluten on the ingredient labels.Ê This includes Old Bay (which is gluten free) and also Zatarain's seasonings.Ê ***Nestle:
"For several years now Nestle has been following a strict
labeling policy with regard to any of the 'Big Eight' allergens
in our foods and incoming ingredients. We have insisted that
our suppliers notify us if gluten is used in any of their
ingredients and yet is not declared on their labeling. Thus,
we believe that we have uncovered any potential uses of gluten
containing ingredients. Therefore, any Nestle products will
be fully labeled for any presence of gluten or gluten containing
ingredients." (Received by e-mail 12/12/06) ***Ortega: Per e-mail from company on 12/13/06, all gluten is listed on label. ***Sara
Lee: (Sara Lee brands list all gluten. Have confirmed
this twice in recent months, once when calling Bryan meats
and also with Ball Park) ***Smart Balance: Smart Balance products are all clearly labeled as GF if they are free of gluten ingredients. ***Sunny Delight: Per the web site, all SunnyD products are gluten free. ***T Marzetti: They list all gluten ingredients. From the web site: "If gluten or a gluten-containing ingredient is used in a formula, it is our practice to declare this on our ingredient listing. However, we cannot certify our products as gluten free for use by celiac sprue patients, and therefore make no claims to that effect." ***Trader Joe's: (TJ's own brands only) From their gluten-free foods downloadable document: " 'Natural flavors' and 'spice" listings in our private label products are gluten free." I also like that TJ's goes out of their way to note if a product is manufactured on shared equipment with wheat products. ***Tyson: Lists all gluten; confirmed by e-mail 12/13/06 ***Unilever:
Per a phone call to Unilever on 12/12/06, with Barbara in
Consumer Relations, all gluten is declared on the ingredients
label.
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