Thursday 15 October 2009

In a gluten-free flap?


Last night, a friend of mine - worried we couldn't have anything she was serving - asked me if we could eat rice. It dawned on me that, these days, telling someone you're gluten intolerant instills as much panic as those words "I'm a vegan" would have a few years ago. What do you feed us?! I'll be honest, I've spent the last 10 months wondering what I feed us!

No longer Mr and Mrs I'll Eat Anything, I realised that I needed to make this easier for everyone involved. The good news is... unprocessed meat, fresh potatoes, rice, herbs and all fruit and veggies have the green light. It's when we start to get fancy with pasta, sauces, snacks and desserts that things get a little bit more confusing.

So, I'm going to share my "easy alternatives" shopping list with you. Whether you're gluten-intolerant or coeliac, or even if you're just having someone round who is, check it out and you'll see that the menu is a lot larger than you thought. Keep checking this list, as I will update it as I go along. I have also noted which products are free from dairy and eggs for anyone (like myself and Gav) who is sensitive to these too.

Take Stock

We're Baking
  • Dr Oetker Gluten-Free Baking Powder - check for the blue g-free label * **
  • Bicarbonate of Soda - yip bicarb is 100% gluten-free * **
  • Dove's Farm Gluten and Wheat Free Plain White Flour Blend * **
  • Dove's Farm Gluten and Wheat Free White Bread Flour
  • Dove's Farm Gluten and Wheat Free Brown Bread Flour
  • Dove's Farm Stoneground Rice Flour (blend of white and brown)
  • Orgran Gluten-Free All-Purpose Plain Flour * **
  • Orgran Self-Raising Flour
  • Orgran Vanilla Cake Mix
  • Orgran Chocolate Cake Mix
  • Orgran Buckwheat Pancake Mix
  • Orgran Gluten-Free Gluten Substitute
  • Orgran Gluten-Free Chocolate Mousse Mix
  • Glebe Farm Gluten-Free White Bread MIx * **
  • Glebe Farm Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix * **
  • Glebe Farm Gluten-Free Muffin Mix * **
  • Hodgson Mills Milled Flax Seed * **
  • Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Buckwheat Flour
  • Bob's Red Mill Sweet White Sorghum Flour
  • Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Quinoa Flour
  • Bob's Red Mill Stoneground Whole Grain Millet Flour
  • Bob's Red Mill All Natural Arrowroot Starch/Flour
  • Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain Amaranth Flour
  • Naturkom Muhle Wholemeal 4 Grain Flour Mix
  • Rosenfeller Muhle Gluten-Free Organic White Loaf Mix
  • Rosenfeller Muhle Gluten-Free Organic Baking Mix
  • Rosenfeller Muhle Gluten-Free Organic Millet Cake Baking Mix
  • Arrowhead Mills Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake Mix
  • Arrowhead Mills All-Purpose Baking Mix
  • Clearspring Organic Japanese Kuzu Gluten-Free Starch Thickener * **
  • Basco Golden Butter Cake Mix
  • Basco Buttermilk Pancake Shake
Grain Fed
  • Bohlsener Muhle Organic Millet
  • Bohlsener Muhle Organic Quinoa
  • Bohlsener Muhle Corn Semolina Polenta
  • Bob's Red Mill Organic Kasha Roasted Buckwheat Kernels
Daily Bread
  • Naturkom Muhle Gluten-free Wholemeal 4 Grain Energy Bread
  • Organic Foods & Cafe Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Egg-free Chocolate Loaf
  • Organic Foods & Cafe Gluten-free Rice Bread
  • Organic Foods & Cafe Gluten-free Toast Bread
Healthy Start
  • ProNutro Original - Wheat Free * **
  • Nature's Path Organic Corn Flakes * **
  • Barkat Organic Breakfast Pops * **
  • EnviroKidz Organic Koala Crisp Cereal * **
  • EnviroKidz Organic Gorilla Munch
  • Kallo honey puffed rice * **
  • Dove's Farm Gluten-free Chocolate Stars
Got Milk?
  • So natural rice milk **
  • Ma Soya Milk **
  • Waitrose soya milk **
  • Silk Soya Milk * **
  • Rice Dream * **
  • Benecol Spread * **
Sweets for My Sweet
  • Thornton's Original Toffi-Chocs - Thornton's delicious chocolates are all g-free
  • Nestle After Eights
  • Gullon Gluten-Free Biscuits
  • Barkat GMan Gingerbread Cookies
  • Kallo Organic Rice Cake Thins Coated with Belgian Dark Chocolate
  • Jell-O
  • Plain M&M's
  • Torra Chocolate
  • Orgran Biscotti Classic Choc
  • Orgran Wild Raspberry Fruit Filled Biscuits
  • Swedish Glace Rich Chocolate and Smooth Vanilla Ice Cream * **
Time for a Cuppa
  • Nesquick Chocolate Powder
  • Maxwell House Instant Coffee
Sauces and Toppings
  • Smucker's fruit toppings, sauces and preserves
  • Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
  • Hellmann's mayonnaise
  • Jif Peanut Butter
  • Skippy peanut butter
  • Athenos hummus
  • Mott's Apple Sauce
  • Orgran Gluten-free Gravy Mix
Mamma Mia!
  • Rizopia Organic Brown Rice Pasta Spaghetti **
  • Rizopia Organic Wild Rice Pasta Spaghetti * **
  • Rizopia Organic Wild Rice Penne * **
  • Rizopia Organic Wild Rice Radiatore * **
  • Casalare Lasagne Sheets
  • Casalare Cannelloni
  • Del Grosso pasta sauces
  • Hunts pasta sauce
  • Waitrose Sundried Tomato Paste
Turning Japanese
  • Fantastic Original Rice Crackers
  • Clearspring Japanese Tamari Soya Sauce
The Mexican Order
  • Discovery Refried Beans
  • Discovery Chipotle Paste
  • Tostitos chunky salsa
  • Old El Paso White Corn Taco Shells
New D(h)eli
  • Patak's Original Pappadums Plain
  • Geeta's chutneys
  • Patak's curry sauces
The Tin Plan
  • Renuka Coconut Cream * **
  • Heinz baked beans in tomato sauce
  • Libby tinned pumpkin
  • Del Monte tinned fruit
Snack Attack
  • Tyrrell's Natural Beetroot, Parsnip and Carrot Chips * **
  • Tyrell's Lightly Sea Salted Potato Chips * **
  • Barkat Gluten-Free Pretzel Sticks * **
  • Lay's Stax
  • Raffles potato chips
  • Hole-Sum Corn Chips Original
  • Real Foods Corn Thins - Original, Soy & Linseed, Multigrain * **
  • Kallo rice cakes with sesame seeds
  • Kallo rice cakes
  • Oskri Almond Coconut Bar
  • Oskri Original Coconut bar
  • Oskri Fig Fruit Bar
  • Oskri Sesame Bar Molasses and Black Cumin
  • Oskri Honey Bar Muesli
  • Oskri Honey Bar Turkish Delight
  • Oskri Honey Bar Mixed Nuts
Sugar and Spice
  • Ina Paarman's beef, vegetable and chicken stock powders
  • Kallo stock cubes
  • Kitchen Basics Original Chicken Stock * **
  • Roland Maple Syrup
  • McCormick spices
Fruit 'n Nuts
  • Ocean Spray Craisins
Eat your Veggies
  • Green Giant frozen vegetables
Hey Sausage
  • Jones Dairy Farm Golden Brown Beef Sausages
Say Cheese
  • Babybel
  • Philadelphia cream cheese
Gum
  • Wrigley's chewing gum
  • Dentyne
  • Lifesavers
Drink Up
  • Mountain Dew
  • Pepsi
  • V8 Vegetable juice
  • Dewlands Fruit Juice
  • Ceres Fruit Juice
  • Tang

Brand websites that list gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free status clearly...
Supermarkets that clearly mark their ranges of gluten-free, dairy-free products

* egg free
** casein free

Please note that most of the listed products are those I am currently able to find in Oman, or when I make the occasional trip to the Organic Cafe in Dubai. Where I have listed brands, I am not endorsing these products in any way, it is simply intended to be a useful resource. If you have any questions, please email me colwynleigh at gmail dot com

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