More and more people around the world have celiac disease.

This gluten intolerance is creating  feed problems for sufferers.

In the last years, in all food stores, we find gluten-free products. This is a new market and many companies have begun to produce this kind of products that often cost much more than their real value, even if you have to consider that the production of the products Gluten Free, can not be made in the rooms and with machinery that are used for foods that contain gluten, … this in part justifies the higher price!

We have grown accustomed to buy packed products, often without even reading what they contain.

With a little attention and a little commitment, even celiac disease can eat can have a normal and varied diet and save a little of money preparing their recipes at home, starting from the basic ingredients.

What are the foods that  celiac disease can eat?

This is a list that serves for all to understand what products and foods  contain gluten, and those that do not contain gluten.

PRODUCTS NOT CONTAIN GLUTEN:

• CORN (corn) *
• BUCKWHEAT *
• RICE *
• QUINOA *
• CASSAVA *
• MILLET *
• AMARANTO *
• SORGO *
• TEFF *
• ZIZANIA *
• FLOUR DIET (specialized companies)

* Be careful because even if these seeds and grains do not contain gluten, often flour obtained may be contaminated with other ground products . So flour must be from authorized companies. Another nice solution could be to buy a small mill at home and use it to produce by your own the flour.

• FRESH EGGS
• Pasteurized eggs without added flavors
• FRESH FISH AND FROZEN natural *
• FRESH CLAMS
• FRESH AND FROZEN SEAFOOD natural *
• FISH PRESERVED CANNED
• SMOKED FISH without additives and flavorings
• FRESH MEAT, FROZEN *
• HAM
• LARD OF COLONNATA IGP
• LARD D’ARNAD DOP
• LARD

* Obviously not breaded or floured; not prepared recipes that may contain thickeners

• FRESH MILK
• UHT MILK not with added flavorings or other substances
• FRESH CREAM
• CREAM UHT
• BUTTER
• FRESH CHEESE _ SEASONED
• YOGURT no added thickeners and flavorings
• GREEK YOGURT no added thickeners and flavorings
• FRESH VEGETABLES, DRIED, FROZEN
• VEGETABLES liofilizzate
• VEGETABLES IN VINEGAR
• VEGETABLES IN OIL
• VEGETABLES IN SALT
• FRESH MUSHROOMS, DRIED AND FROZEN
• FROZEN MUSHROOMS natural
• FRESH VEGETABLES, DRIED, CANNED
• FRESH FRUIT _ FROZEN
• DRIED FRUIT WITH _ WITHOUT SHELL
• DEHYDRATED FRUIT
• FRUIT SYRUP
• COFFEE
• TEA
• TISANE
• WINE
• SPIRITS unflavoured
• SOFT DRINKS AND SPARKLING
• HONEY
• ROYAL JELLY
• SUGAR
• GLUCOSE
• FRUCTOSE
• DEXTROSE
• COCOA BUTTER
• VEGETABLE OILS
• OLIVE OIL
• WINE VINEGAR unflavoured
• APPLE VINEGAR
• Balsamic vinegar DOP AND IGP
• BREWER’S YEAST FRESH, DRY, LYOPHILIZED
• AGAR AGAR IN SHEETS
• SALT
• SPICES
• HERBS
• LICORICE ROOT AND RAW
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PRODUCTS CONTAINING GLUTEN – BANNED THEN:

• WHEAT (WHEAT)
• SPELT
• BARLEY
• OATS
• RYE
• KAMUT (Khorasan)
• SPELTA
• TRITICALE
• WHEAT GERM
• MALT
• BULGUR
• COUSCOUS
• SEITAN
• SOY SAUCE
• Polenta taragna if the buckwheat flour is mixed with wheat flour
• MILK CEREALS
• MILK AND BEVERAGES OAT
• FRUIT DEHYDRATED floured
• INSTANT COFFEE
• BEER brewed with malted barley or wheat
• SOURDOUGH

The advice for people who really suffer from this disease is to equip themselves in the house and prepare your own meals from raw materials allowed.

Many products permitted could be contaminated in processing and distribution, so when we go shopping we have always read the labels !

For further information you can visit the Italian Celiac Association