Where That Pesky Gluten Can Hide

This list is crazy long, but that just goes to show how many foods gluten can be found in, even ones you may not think would have it. So basically, if you want to be gluten-free, just don't eat anything, it's the best way to completely avoid it. But, if you HAVE to eat, be wary of these foods that can often be sources of gluten:

Common foods that may contain hidden gluten:

-Artificial coffee creamer

-BeerBouillon cubes

-Broth/stocks

-Candy

-Certain ground spices

-Certain veined cheeses

-Chewing gum

-Chips

-Cold cuts

-Flavored teas

-Flavored rice

-Fish sticks

-Flavored crackers

-French fries

-Gravies

-Hot dogs

-Imitation seafood

-Instant coffee and other instant hot drinks

-Ketchup

-Matzo flavor

-Mustard

-Mayonnaise

-Pasta side dishes

-Rice mixes

-Roasted nuts

-Soy sauce

-Salad dressing

-Seitan (wheat gluten, used in meat substitutes)

-Self-basting turkey

-Soy and teriyaki sauces

-Tinned baked beans

-Tomato sauces

-Vegetable cooking spray

-Veggie burgers

-VodkaWine coolers

Ingredients to watch out for that may contain gluten:

-Artificial color

-Baking powder

-Barley extract or lipids

-Brown rice syrup

-Caramel color/flavoring (frequently made from barley)

-Citric acid (can be fermented from wheat, corn, molasses or beets)

-ColoringDextrins (primarily corn and potato, but can come from wheat, rice, tapioca)

-Diglycerides

-Emulsifiers

-Enzymes

-Fermented grain extract

-Fat replacers

-Flavorings

-Food starch

-Gelatinized starch

-Glucose syrup

-Glycerides

-Hydrolysate

-Hydrolyzed malt extract

-Hydrolyzed oat flour or protein

-Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP)

-Hydrolyzed soy protein

-Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)

-Malt extractMaltodextrin (corn, wheat, potato, rice)

-Mustard powder (some contain gluten)

-Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

-Modified food starch (source is either corn or wheat)

-Natural juices

-Natural flavoring, fillers

-Peptide bonded glutamine (hydrolyzed wheat gluten)

-Rice malt (contains barley or Koji)

-Rice syrup (contains barley enzymes)

-Sulfonate

-Stabilizers

-Starch

-Triticum aestivum (common or bread wheat)

-Wheat starch

-Whey protein concentrate

-Whey sodium caseinate

-White vinegar or white grain vinegar

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Yeast extract