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Flower Celiac Patient Education Information:
Safe & Unsafe Foods for Celiac Patients
bread Grains, flours, breads & starches
Food Item Allowed To Question Not Allowed
Grains & Flours Amaranth, Arrowroot, Bean Flour (Lentil, Romano, Garbanzo, etc.), Buckwheat, Carob Flour, Chickpea Flour, Corn Flour, Corn Meal, Cornstarch, Job's Tears Kasha (Roasted -Buckwheat), Kudzu Root Starch, Maize, Maize Waxy, Masa Flour, Millet, Montina Flour (Indian Rice Grass), Nut Flour (Almond, Chestnut etc.), Pea Flour (Chickpea, Besan, Cowpea etc.), Potato Flour, Potato Starch, Quinoa, Ragi, Rape, Rice Flour (White, Brown, Sweet, Bran), Sago Flour, Sorghum, Soy Flour, Tapioca, Flour, Tarrow Root, Teff Flour, Yam Flour Safe flours in bulk bins in stores.

Groats can be from either safe or unsafe grains.

Soba Flour is usually buckwheat but may contain wheat as an ingredient.

Barley (Malt, Pearl, Grass etc.), Bleached Flour, Bran, Bread Flour, Brown Flour, Farina Graham, Fu (dried wheat gluten), Gluten Flour, Graham Flour, Granary Flour, Groats (Barley, Wheat), Harina, Malt, Matzo Semolina, Oats, Rye, Semolina, Spelt, Wheat (Semolina, Sprouted, Durum, Starch, Bulgar, Kamut, Grass, etc.), Whole-Meal Flour Wheat Germ
Breads Breads and mixes using only allowed flours, (100% corn, rice, soy etc). Gluten-free breads and mixes made in a non-dedicated facility. All breads and bread products made with flours and grains not allowed.
Cereals Hot and cold cereals made from the allowed grains, Cream of Rice, Cream of Buckwheat, Grits Corn, Hominy Grits Commercial cereals made in a non-dedicated facility Hot and cold cereals containing a grain not allowed. Cereals made with malt or malt extract.
Pastas, Potatoes & Other starches Pastas made from allowed grains, Rice including white brown and wild, Corn tacos and corn tortillas, Potatoes, Saifun (bean threads), rice noodles Commercial rice and pasta mixes, French Fries, Fried restaurant foods (gluten contaminated grease), Polenta All pastas made from grains not allowed, Couscous, Tabbouleh, Soba Noodles
Crackers & Snack foods Corn Tortillas (plain), Potato Chips (plain), Popcorn (plain), Nuts (plain), Crackers made with grains are allowed. Flavored tortillas and chips, Flavored rice cakes, Rice Crackers, Roasted Nuts, Rice Cakes, Microwave popcorn All containing grains not allowed, Pretzels, Flour Tortillas
Dairy
Food Item Allowed To Question Not Allowed
Dairy Products Milk dry, evaporated and condensed milk, Cream, Yogurt (plain), Aged Cheeses Whipping Cream, Flavored Yogurts, Milkshakes, Flavored milk, Ice-cream, Frozen Yogurt, Soy and Rice milks, Cottage Cheese, American Cheese, Cheese Spreads, Cream Cheese, Low Fat and Fat Free Cheese, Ricotta Cheese, Imitation Cheeses, Sour cream, Veined Cheese (Blue, Gorgonzola). Dairy products containing ingredients not allowed, Malted Milk, Chocolate milk with malt.
Meat
Food Item Allowed To Question Not Allowed
Meat & Other Proteins Fresh 100% meat, beef, pork, and poultry, Eggs, Tuna Fish canned in oil or water, Tofu-Soya Curd, Nuts (plain), Legumes (beans, peas and lentils) Soybean and other meat substitutes, Sausages, Meat Imitations, Seafood Imitations, Egg Substitutes, Tuna canned in broth or brine, Meats and fish containing HVP or HPP, Deli Meats, Peanut Butter, Products that contain broth. Processed meat products containing ingredients not allowed, Seitan
Fruits, Vegetables & Soup
Food Item Allowed To Question Not Allowed
Fruits & Fruit Products Fresh Fruit, Pure Fruit Juices Thickened or prepared fruits and pie fillings, Dried fruit mixes, Jelly and Jam  
Vegetables Fresh, frozen and canned plain vegetables without additives, Legumes, Peas Beans and Lentils. Tomato paste, sauce, and puree, Vegetables in sauces or contain additives, Baked Beans Battered dipped vegetables
Soups Commercially prepared gluten-free soups and stocks.