Avoiding Wheat

Helpful guide on wheat and what foods to avoid. (Same source as before: http://www.cpnonline.org/CRS/CRS/pa_wheatall_pep.htm) I have seen a better list than this. I'll keep looking.

Foods that contain wheat

• Most breads, cakes, cookies, and pastries
• Bread crumbs
• Pasta
• Couscous
• Many breakfast cereals
• Kamut (cereal grain)
• Crackers
• Enriched flour
• Whole wheat flour
• Graham flour
• Wheat (bran, germ, malt, starch, gluten)
• Semolina
• Spelt
• Farina
• Durum
• Bulgur
• Cracker meal
• Gluten (one of the wheat proteins)
• High-gluten flour; high-protein flour
• Vital gluten.

Foods/ingredients that often contain wheat (check the label or ask)

• Modified food starch
• Gelatinized starch
• Hydrolyzed vegetables protein
• Natural flavorings
• Soy sauce
• Vegetable gum or vegetable starch.

You will need to prepare more meals from scratch using whole natural foods. Wheat-free food products, such as bread and pancake mixes, noodles, and substitute flours such as potato, rice, soy, and corn are often available in health food markets and the natural foods section of grocery stores. There are also Web sites where you can buy specialty foods online (such as http://www.allergygrocer.com/). To be on the safe side, buy products that have an 800 number for you to call and ask about ingredients.