| Foods That Should Be Avoided Alcohol (extracts and flavorings) Baking powder* Barley, barley grass or malt BBQ Sauce* Blue Cheese Bran Bread crumbs* Brewer’s yeast Brown rice syrup Buttermilk Bouillon cubes Cake and cake mixes* Candy* Caramel color Cereal * Cheese (pre-packaged shredded – dusted with powder to prevent sticking) Chilton Chocolate syrup* Chorizo Chow Main Noodles Citric Acid Cocoa* Cookie mixes* Couscous Cracker meal Croutons Doughnuts* Dry roasted nuts Durum Einkorn wheat Farina Graham Fish (processed) Flavored prepackaged rice Flavored prepackaged pasta Flavored instant coffee Flavored instant tea Flour – (bread, brown, cake, durum, gluten, graham, granary, high protein, strong, whole meal, whole wheat Flour tortillas Frozen dinners* Fu (dried wheat gluten) Germ Gravy Groats (barley, wheat) Ground spices * Gum base Hamburger patties (premade, check for fillers) Hot dogs* Ice cream* Ice cream cones Imitation bacon/seafood Kamut Ketchup* Malt, malt extract, malt syrup, malt vinegar Marinades Marshmallows* Marshmallow cream Mayonnaise* Miso Matzo Semonlina, Matzo meal Muffins* Oats (risk of cross contamination) Oat bran (risk of cross contamination) Oatmeal (risk of cross contamination) Pancakes* Pasta* Pearl barley Pies (crust, and filling that is thickened with flour) Popovers* Pop tarts Pretzels* Processed lunch meats Potato chips* (flavored, read labels) Pudding* Rice malt Rice syrup (some contains barley) Rice paper Rye Sausage* Seitan Semolina Soy Sauce* Soba noodles Sprouted wheat Steak sauce Suet Taco mixes* Tabbouleh Teriyaki sauce* Textured vegetable protein Triticale Udon noodles Vanilla* Vegetable gum Wheat Wheat bran, bulgar, gum, berries, nuts, abyssinian hard triticum durum Waffles* |
Autism Angels Network
Foods That Contain Gluten
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- It can be quite overwhelming when
beginning the gluten free diet. At first, it will
seem like just about everything contains
gluten, and there is nothing left for your
child to eat.
- However, I found it effective to look at gluten-
containing foods as poison for Jake. This
made it easier to make the necessary changes
in our house. This is also how I initially
explained gluten to Jake, that to his body it
was poison. For a child capable of
understanding this, it might be helpful in
gaining their cooperation in going gluten free.
- With a younger child or one that isn't
showing much sign of cooperation, you may
need to get creative at the beginning of the
process when making the transition away
from gluten-containing foods. If you can't
eliminate gluten all together at the beginning,
just cut back where you can. For example, if
your child snacks on pretzels, switch to
gluten-free pretzels. There is hardly a taste
difference in the two.
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| Here is a list of foods that contain gluten and should be completely eliminated when on the gluten free diet. The foods followed by an asterisk can either be found in stores made with gluten free ingredients, or can be made from scratch. Many recipes can be found on our website. |
Be persistent, as every change will make a difference, but your ultimate goal is
to get your child to a point where they are completely gluten free for at least
three months. After three months, you should be able to tell whether or not
gluten indeed has effects on your child.
As the gut strengthens and the body heals through treatment, diet, and
supplements; nutrient-rich foods will become more widely accepted by your
child and the necessity for a special diet can decrease over time.
to get your child to a point where they are completely gluten free for at least
three months. After three months, you should be able to tell whether or not
gluten indeed has effects on your child.
As the gut strengthens and the body heals through treatment, diet, and
supplements; nutrient-rich foods will become more widely accepted by your
child and the necessity for a special diet can decrease over time.
gluten free foods, please visit our store. A percentage of your purchase will be donated directly to Autism Angels Network. |