Wheat Allergy Diet
General guidelines for wheat allergy
The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid all foods or products containing the food to which you are allergic. Wheat is found in many foods. To avoid foods that contain wheat, you should read food labels.
Foods | Allowed | Not allowed |
|---|---|---|
Beverages | Coffee, tea, fruit juices, decaffeinated coffee, carbonated beverages, all milks, cocoa | Cereal beverages, coffee substitutes Beverages made from wheat products: beer, ale, root beer Instant chocolate drink mixes |
Breads & cereals | Ry-Krisp, rice wafers Pure corn, rice, arrowroot, barley, potato, or rye bread made without wheat flour or wheat products Cornmeal, cornstarch, soybean flour, barley flour, oat flour, rice flour, potato starch, arrowroot flour Oatmeal cream of rice, puffed rice, or other cereals made from pure corn, oats, or rice to which no wheat has been added | Whole wheat, enriched, or white bread, rolls, or bread crumbs Graham or gluten bread Sweet rolls, muffins, French toast, waffles, pancakes, dumplings, bread stuffing, rusk, popovers Prepared mixes for pancakes, waffles, biscuits, breads, and rolls Cornbread, potato, or soybean bread unless made without wheat flour or wheat products Cereals made from farina, wheat, or those with wheat products or malt added Pretzels, crackers Semolina, spelt, or triticale |
Desserts | Custards, Bavarian creams Oatmeal, arrowroot, rice, or rye cookies without wheat products Cornstarch, tapioca, or rice puddings Fruit ices, meringues Gelatin | Cakes, pastries, commercial frosting, icing, ice cream, sherbet, ice cream cones Cookies, prepared mixes, or packaged pudding Graham crackers, donuts |
Eggs | Eggs prepared any way | Souffles or creamed eggs made with wheat products |
Fats | Butter, margarine, animal, or vegetable fats and oils, cream Salad dressings or gravy | Any salad dressing or gravy thickened with wheat flour or products |
Fruit | All fresh, canned, dried, or frozen fruits, and fruit juices | Strained fruits with added cereals |
Meat, fish, poultry | Baked, broiled, boiled, roasted or fried: beef, veal, pork, ham, chicken, turkey, lamb, or fish "All meat" hotdogs or wieners or luncheon meats | All breaded or floured meats, meats containing filler, such as meatloaf, or prepared meat patties |
Milk & milk products | Milk, buttermilk, yogurt, cheese, some cottage cheese | Malted milk, milk drink containing powdered wheat cereal or products Cottage cheese with modified starch or other wheat-containing ingredients |
Potatoes | White and sweet potatoes Rice | Scalloped potatoes Noodles, or other pasta products prepared with wheat or semolina flour |
Soup | Clear bouillon, consomme, or broth Homemade soups made without wheat products | Cream soups unless made without wheat flour Soups with noodles or other pasts Soup thickened with wheat flour |
Sweets | Corn syrup, honey, jams, jellies, molasses, sugar | Chocolates, malted chocolate, candy with cereal extract |
Vegetables | All fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables, and vegetable juices | Vegetables combined with wheat products Breaded or floured vegetables |
Miscellaneous | Salt, chili powder, condiments, flavoring extracts, herbs, nuts, olives, pickles, popcorn, peanut butter | Malt products, Worcestershire sauce, gravies thickened with wheat flour Monosodium glutamate (MSG), soy sauce |
Information for using wheat substitutes
1-cup wheat flour equals:
1 cup rye meal
1 to 1 1/4 cups rye flour
1 cup potato flour
1 1/3 cups rolled oats or oat flour
1/2 cup potato four plus 1/2 cup rye flour
5/8 cup potato starch
5/8 cup rice flour plus 1/3 cup rye flour
How to read a label for an wheat-free diet
Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:
Bran
Bread crumbs
Bulgur
Cereal extract
Couscous
Cracker meal
Durum
Einkorn
Emmer
Farina
Flour (enriched, graham, high-gluten, high-protein, whole-wheat)
Gluten
Matzoh, matzoh meal
Pasta
Seitan
Semolina
Spelt
Vital gluten
What berries, bran, germ, gluten, grass, malt, sprouted, starch
Other possible sources of wheat or wheat products
Ingredients that may contain wheat:
Gelatinized starch
Gum
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Kamut
Modified food starch
Modified starch
Natural flavoring
Soy sauce
Starch
Surimi
Vegetable starch