Gluten free Shopping List
Buying groceries can be a daunting task, and finding gluten free products that don’t break the bank isn’t easy either. What’s great is there are products out there like Hormel® Natural Choice® meats that are gluten free and comparable in cost to other deli meats. So once you know the basics and have the right shopping list you’ll be better prepared to head to the grocery store.
Some recommended gluten free products include:
- Hormel® Natural Choice® meats. Varieties include deli sandwich meats, carved chicken breast, bacon, Canadian bacon, pork loin filet, pepperoni and hard salami
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
- Dairy products (be sure to read the labels!)
- Fresh meats
- Eggs
- One hundred percent fruit juices
- Plain fruits and vegetables that are fresh or frozen
- Dried beans, lentils and peas
For a more comprehensive shopping list, visit www.celiachealth.org and download the gluten free guide.
Gluten free Labeling
In early 2007, the Food and Drug Administration released the proposed rule for labeling gluten free products (LINK to http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/glutqa.html#q4). Based on the FDA’s proposed rule, companies that choose to make “gluten free” claims for their products need to follow the guidelines below.
- Gluten free is defined as a product containing less than 20 parts per million of gluten.
- Gluten free for labeling means that the food does not contain any of the following:
- An ingredient that contains any species of the grains wheat, rye, barley or a crossbred hybrid of these grains, known collectively as prohibitive grains;
- An ingredient that is derived from a prohibitive grain and has not been processed to remove the gluten (such as wheat flour);
- An ingredient that is derived from a prohibitive grain and has been processed to remove the gluten (such as wheat starch), and if the use of that ingredient results in the food having 20 parts per million or more gluten; and
- 20 parts per million or more gluten in the food.