Seeing behind the gluten curtain

Trying to eliminate gluten, but don’t know which ingredients to watch for on grocery store labels? Print this off and keep it with you while shopping for groceries.

Ingredient code words for gluten:

• Amino peptide complex
• Avena sativa
• Brown rice syrup
• Caramel color
• Cyclodextrin
• Dextrin
• Fermented grain extract
• Hordeum distichon
• Hordeum vulgare
• Hydrolysate
• Hydrolyzed malt extract
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (also known as MSG’s close cousin)
• Maltodextrin
• Modified food starch
• Natural flavoring
• Phytosphingosine extract
• Secale cereale
• Soy protein
• Triticum aestivu
• Triticum vulgare
• Yeast extract

Also, here’s a guiding rule for you: Never eat what you can’t pronounce or is a chemical added to food after it is already food.

There it is.
Simple and easy.
You’re welcome!

peace and love,
chuck