List of Gluten Free Food and Drink Products

Introduction

Gluten is defined as a protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley, wheat, rye, and other cereal grains, not readily soluble in water. The Gluten presence in flour makes production of leavened baked goods possible. Gluten gives elasticity to dough, helping it rise and keep its shape and often gives the final product a chewy texture. Gluten is used in cosmetics, hair products, and other dermatological preparations.

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Gluten, in its generic form, simply refers to the protein grass plants build into their seeds (grains) to support the growth of the next generation of plant life. Gluten is commonly found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale. Gluten is also found in many whole grain foods related to wheat, including farro, bulgur, spelt, kamut, and triticale (mix of wheat and rye).

Avoiding wheat can often be quite hard as this means you should avoid all wheat based flours and ingredients. For some people, around 1% of the population, consuming gluten can be a matter of life or death. These people have a condition known as Celiac disease (or coeliac disease) - an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine. A strict gluten free diet is currently the only known treatment for people with Celiac disease.

Current U.S. food labeling laws do not require food manufacturers to list gluten in either allergen or contains statements. The best way to be sure you are eating a gluten free diet is to eat unprocessed foods. If you're just starting on a gluten-free diet, you should consider consulting with a dietitian who can answer any questions and provide you with advice about avoiding gluten while still eating a healthy and well balanced diet.

Below is a list of possible Gluten free products. Be sure to double check before using any product or ingredient on the list, and if you know of an error, or can add to the list, please contact us so we can amend the entry.

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Gluten Facts and Statistics

• In the United States celiac disease (coeliac disease) is thought to affect between 1 in 1750 (defined as clinical disease including dermatitis herpetiformis with limited digestive tract symptoms) to 1 in 105 (defined by presence of IgA TG in blood donors).
• Globally celiac disease (coeliac disease) affects between 1 in 100 and 1 in 170 people - rates do however vary between different regions of the world from as few as 1 in 300 to as many as 1 in 40.
• Other populations at increased risk for celiac disease, with prevalence rates ranging from 5% to 10%, include individuals with Down and Turner syndromes, type 1 diabetes, and autoimmune thyroid disease, including both hyperthyroidism (over-active thyroid) and hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid).
• In the United States, gluten might not be listed on labels, because the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has historically classified gluten as GRAS (generally recognized as safe). In August 2013, FDA issued a final rule, effective August 2014, to define the term gluten-free for voluntary use in the labeling of foods i.e. presence of gluten in the food must be less than 20 parts per million.
• Wheat allergy and coeliac disease are different disorders.
• The protein content of some pet foods may also be enhanced by adding gluten.
• Gluten is often present in beer and soy sauce, and can be used as a stabilizing agent in more unexpected food products, such as ice cream and ketchup.
• Gluten, when dried and milled to a powder and added to ordinary flour dough, improves a dough's ability to rise and increases the bread's structural stability and chewiness.
• Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the digestive process of the small intestine.
• Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (sometimes known as gluten intolerance) is a condition thought to arise as a result of an immunological response to gluten that differs in nature to the immune response characteristic of coeliac disease.

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