Labelling has come a long way in the past 20 years. Gluten Free products are better labelled and have improved in quality; making everyone’s lives a bit easier during busy times. Annually, B is tested for Celiac Disease because so many autoimmune diseases can be linked together.
OUR FAVOURITE GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS
Some of the following products are made and distributed in Canada. Similar product recipes in other countries may vary and contain gluten. These are some of our favorites:
Ingredients
Alcohol
- Pure distilled liquor (even if made from wheat, barley or rye is considered GF because it is distilled)
- Bard’s Beer
- New Grist Pilsner Style Beer
- Wine – White and Red
- Most Liqueurs
Baking
- Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose/Tapioca Flour
- Caputo GF Pizza Flour
- Humble and Frank GF Beer Batter Mix
- Kinnikinnick Graham Style Crumbs
- Robin Hood GF Flour
- Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
Bread, Buns and Cereal
- Care Bakery Dinner/Hotdog Buns
- Enviro Kidz Amazon Flakes
- Kellogg’s Rice Crispies Brown Rice
- Kinnikinnick Hotdogs Buns (denser than baguettes for toppings/bruschetta etc/always toast or grill first)
- Little Northern Bakehouse Seeds and Grains Bread
- Made Good Vanilla and Chocolate Rice Crisp Cereals
- Nature’s Path Coconut and Cashew Butter Granola
- Stickling’s Rice Breadcrumbs
- Schar Rice Breadcrumbs
- Kikkoman Panko Coating Bread Crumbs
- Sunrise Crunchy Vanilla Cereal
- Udi’s White Sandwich Bread
Cheese
- *Kraft lists all allergens. Many products are not certified GF because there may be cross contamination but they do not actually contain gluten. Examples: MacLaren’s Imperial Cheese and Velveeta. You may have to decide for yourself if some of these products bother you or not.
- Plain natural, full-fat cheeses are GF.
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- Processed types of cheese may contain gluten to add flavour: check each label
- Blue Cheese was started on a bed of moldy bread however, today, that’s not the start and most Blue Cheese is Gluten Free – check the label or with the supplier.
Chips, Pretzels, Popcorn
- Angie’s Boom Chicka Pop
- Cauliflower Cheezy Crackers
- Cheeto’s
- Dorito’s
- Hard Bite Handcrafted Chips
- Hawkin’s Cheezies
- Kettle Brand Chips
- Kirkland Microwave Popcorn
- Lay’s Chips
- La Cocina Tortilla Chips
- Old Dutch Chips
- Que Pasa Tortillas/Crisp and Thin Cheese
- Sensible Portion Veggie Chips/Sticks
- Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps
- Snyders of Hanover Pretzel Sticks
- Three Farmers Crunchy Little Lentils
- Tostito’s Tortilla Chips
Condiments
- Amano Tamari Soy Sauce
- A Taste of Thai Sriracha
- Blue Kettle Dressings and Vinaigrettes
- Brianna’s Fine Salad Dressings (12 of 14 GF)
- Bulls-Eye Barbeque Sauces
- Cattleman’s Barbeque Sauces
- Cholula Original Hot Sauce
- Frank’s Hot Sauce
- French’s Ketchup and Mustard
- French's GF Worcestershire Sauce
- Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise
- Kikkoman GF Oyster Sauce (Amazon)
- Kikkoman Gf Soy Sauce
- Kikkoman GF Teriyaki Sauce
- Lee Kum Kee Sriracha Chili Sauce
- Louisiana Hot Sauce
- Nandoo’s Peri Peri Sauce
- Pace Chunky Salsa
- Renee’s Salad Dressings
- San – J GF Hoisin Sauce
- San – J GF Teriyaki Sauce
- Sweet Baby Ray’s Gourmet Sauces
- Tabasco Sauce
- Tostito’s Con Queso/Salsa
- The Wizard’s Worcestershire
Crackers
- Breton GF Biscuits
- Christie Good Thins
- Crunchmaster Multi-Seed/Grain Crackers
- Mary’s Gone Crackers Original
- Mulino Bianco Senza Glutine Cracker Al Riso E Rosmarino
- Sanissimo Salmas Corn Crackers
Herbs and Spices.
- Add as much as you like for flavor or to kick up the heat. We cook for young children so we watch some spices. It won’t change the CHO count or weight.
Rice
- Pure rice is GF (Basmati, Jasmine, Paella, White, Brown, Wild etc.)
- Packaged rice with spices is not usually GF.
Pasta and Gnocchi
- *Never overcook pasta (especially GF.)
- Catelli Pasta
- Garofalo Pasta and Gnocchi
- La Rossa Pasta
- La Veneziane Pasta and Gnocchi
- Rummo Pastas
Pasta/Tomato Sauces
- Gigi’s Passata
- Hunt’s Original Tomato Sauce/Paste
- Rao’s – Pasta and Pizza Sauces
- Scarpone’s Whole Tomatoes
Prepared Foods
- Golden Grill Hashbrown Potatoes
- M&M Food Market (many gf products)
- McCain’s Frozen Shoestring French Fries
- Simple Simon Pies (many types of products gf)
- Spolumbo’s Sausages
Snacks
- Made Good Granola Bars
- Made Good Soft Baked Mini Red Velvet Cookies
- Sunkist Fruit Snacks
- SunRype Fruit to Go
- SunRype Organic Fruit Bites
- Welch’s Fruit Snacks
Soups and Stocks
- Baxter’s Lentil and Bacon
- CO-OP Gold or Great Value Cream of Mushroom (use in cooking only)
- Habitant Split Pea Soup/With Smoked Ham
- Imagine Chicken Bone/Mushroom/Beef Stock
- Imagine Creamy Potato and Leek Soup
- Pacific Creamy Tomato Soup
- Pacific Cream of Mushroom/Butternut Squash
Sweets
- Aero Milk Chocolate Bars
- Breyers Ice Cream
- Chapman’s GF Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
- Dove Chocolates
- Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Bean Ice Cream/Salted Caramel and Limoncello Gelato
- Inspired Bakery Cakes and Desserts (usually in the freezer section)
- Lake View Bakery GF Tart Shells
- Lazzaroni GF Cookies with Cocoa
- M&M TOO TALL Chocolate Cream/Brownie Chunk Cakes
- Mrs. Crimble’s Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
- Schar Chocolate and Caramel Cookie Bar
- Simon Coll Milk Chocolate
- Tapioca
