Ingredients' checklist

Now that every ingredient has to appear in a product's ingredients' list, you need to know what to look out for!

Some ingredients can be derived from wheat or barley but are safe for people with coeliac disease. This is because they are highly processed and the gluten content is negligible e.g. glucose syrups derived from barley or wheat. Some ingredients may have a low level of gluten, but still be within the Codex standard e.g. Codex wheat starch and malt extract.

Use this checklist to help when you are shopping:

• Gluten-free ingredients:
  Textured vegetable protein
  Caramel
  Artificial sweetener
  Aspartame
  Dextrose
  Xanthan gum
  Maize starch
  Modified starch
  Modified maize starch
  Rice malt
  Corn malt
  Rice rusk
  Maltodextrin
  Glucose syrup
  Sorbitol
  Maltitol
  Isomalt
  Monosodium glutamate
  Citric acid
  Magnesium stearate
• Not gluten-free:
  Wheat starch
  Modified wheat starch
  Wheat rusk
  Wheat bran
  Barley malt
  Barley flour
  Oat bran
  Rye flour
• Ingredients that contain a low level of gluten within the Codex standard for gluten-free:
  Codex wheat starch