I created this database of brands of gluten free ingredients that you can use in my upcoming cookbook, Carla’s Best 125 Gluten-Free Recipes. I thought you may find it useful. I’ll add additional items and brands as I find the time. If you have any questions about specific products, ask me about them in the below comment field and I’ll add them to the chart.
Gluten Free Ingredients List
Ingredients | Brands |
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Almond Extract | McCormick® |
Almond Flour, Blanched | Funfresh Foods Dowd & Rogers™ |
Almond Flour, Superfine | Kirkland (Costco), Bob's Red Mill® |
Almond Paste | Solo® |
Apple Cider Vinegar | Heinz®, Bragg® (organic) |
Bacon | Applegate® Sunday Bacon, Hormel® Black Label and Fully Cooked; Hormel Natural Choice Uncured®; Jones Dairy Farm; Jennie-O Maple Flavored, Turkey, and Uncured; Farmer John® Premium Regular Smoked, Premium Thick Sliced, Thick Smoked, Center Cut, Premium Old Fashioned Maple, Premium Applewood, Premium Low Sodium, Old Fashioned Maple Table Brand, Steakhouse Seasoned |
Bacon Bits | Hormel Real Bacon Bits, Pieces, Crumbles, Sprinkles - Original |
Baking Powder, Aluminum-Free | Rumford® |
Baking Powder, Corn-Free | Featherweight by Hain® |
Barbecue Sauce | Stubb’s® and Annie’s® |
Bread Crumbs, Panko | Kinnikinnick® |
Bread Crumbs, Plain | 4C® |
Bread Crumbs, Seasoned | 4C |
Brown Rice Syrup | Lundberg® (regular or organic) |
Butter, Dairy-Free Substitute | Earth Balance® Buttery Sticks (for baking), Earth Balance Buttery Spread, or Smart Balance® Margarine |
Caramels | Lovely Candy Co.® |
Cheese, Dairy-Free | Daiya® and Follow Your Heart® |
Chicken Broth | HerbOx®, O Organics®, Minor's®, Pacific®, |
Chili Paste | Thai Kitchen® |
Chipotle Chile Pepper | McCormick |
Chocolate, Baking | Baker’s® by Kraft® |
Chocolate Bars, Milk and Dark | Hershey's |
Chocolate, Bittersweet | Scharffen Berger® |
Chocolate Chips | Nestle®, Ghirardelli®, Kirkland®, Enjoy Life Minis for dairy-free |
Cocoa Powder | Hershey’s, Hershey’s Special Dark, Ghirardelli |
Cocoa Powder, Dutch Processed | Rodelle® |
Cold Cuts | Applegate, Hormel Natural Choice, Jones Dairy Farm, and Boarshead |
Confectioners’ or Powdered Sugar | Most are gluten-free, check labels to be certain; Trader Joe’s Organic Powdered Sugar is free of gluten and corn. It contains tapioca starch instead of cornstarch |
Cornmeal | Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free, Nuts.com |
Cornstarch | Bob’s Red Mill or Frontier Natural Products® for organic |
Cranberries, Dried | Ocean Spray Craisins® |
Cream Cheese | Lifeway® Farmer Soft Cheese is certified gluten-free and 99% lactose-free. Philadelphia® is gluten-free, Tofutti is dairy-free |
Flax Seed Meal, Golden or Brown | Bob’s Red Mill (regular and organic) |
Food Coloring, Gel | AmeriColor® |
Food Coloring, Liquid | McCormick |
Garam Masala | Homemade Recipe (McCormick seasoning blends may contain gluten.) |
Gelatine, Unflavored | Knox ® |
Granola | KIND®, Udi’s® |
Greek Yogurt | FAGE®, Chobani® |
Guacamole | Wholly Guacamole® by Hormel |
Guar Gum | Bob’s Red Mill |
Hash Brown Potatoes, Frozen | Ore Ida® |
Hoisin Sauce | Wok Mei® |
Hot Dogs | Applegate® or Open Nature® |
Hot Sauce | Tabasco® |
Hot Fudge Sauce | Smuckers® |
Instant Yeast | SAF® |
Ketchup | Heinz® |
Lasagna Noodles | Tinkyada® |
Liquid Smoke | Wright’s® - Hickory, Mesquite, Applewood |
Maraschino Cherries | Royal Harvest Natural® (free of artificial dies, corn syrup, and preservatives and made in an allergen-free facility) |
Margarine | Smart Balance® or Earth Balance® (both dairy-free) |
Marinara Sauce | Barillo® |
Mayonnaise | Best Foods® and Hellmann’s® |
Meat Sauce | Barillo |
Milk, Instant, Nonfat, Dry | Carnation® |
Milk, Instant, Dry, Dairy-Free | Better Than Milk® |
Millet Flour | Nuts.com (certified gluten-free), Bob’s Red Mill |
Mushrooms, shiitake, dried or button, fresh | While mushrooms may contain gluten, usually wheat and other substrates they grow upon, they usually contain less than the legal limit of 20 parts per million. If you are extremely sensitive to gluten, omit mushrooms from your diet. Check with manufacturers for other varieties. |
Mustard, Prepared | French’s® |
Mustard, Prepared, Dijon | French’s (also citrus-free), Grey Poupon® |
Oat Flour, Certified Gluten-Free | Bob’s Red Mill (US), Cream Hill Estates Lara’s (CA) |
Oats, Instant | Bob’s Red Mill |
Oats, Rolled | Bob’s Red Mill (US), Cream Hill Estates (CA) |
Oil, Cooking Spray | Most cans of spray oil are gluten-free. Avoid baking sprays containing flour, and always read labels carefully. |
Olives | Lindsay® regular and jumbo (not corn-free) |
Parmesan Cheese, Grated | Fresh or Kraft® canister |
Pepperoni | Hormel Natural Choice Pepperoni (Uncured) pizza-style, Boarshead sandwich-style, Applegate Pepperoni, Applegate Mini Pork Pepperoni, Applegate Mini Turkey Pepperoni |
Pesto Sauce, Basil | Buitoni® and Barillo |
Pie Filling, Canned | Comstock, Wilderness |
Pizza Sauce | Pastorelli® and Enrico’s® |
Potato Flour | Bob's Red Mill |
Potato Starch | Bob’s Red Mill (or Frontier Natural Products® for organic) |
Pumpkin, 100% Pure Puree | Libby’s® |
Ravioli | Three Bridges® Conte’s Pasta® |
Relish, Dill or Sweet | Heinz in the United States (Sweet Relish only in Canada) |
Rice, Instant | Minute Rice® |
Rice Papers | Three Ladies Brand® |
Rice Flour, White or Brown | Bob’s Red Mill |
Rice Flour, Superfine, White or Brown | Authentic Foods® or Vitacost® |
Rice Milk | Rice Dream® Original |
Ricotta Cheese | Most brands of ricotta cheese do not contain gluten. However, most companies cannot guarantee that their product is free of cross-contamination/contact. When vinegar is listed as an ingredient, check with manufacturers to find out what type of vinegar they use. Malt vinegar contains gluten. If you are highly intolerant to gluten, you may try the homemade substitute recipe at Homemade Ricotta Recipe |
Ricotta Cheese, Dairy-Free | Tofutti® Better Than Cheese Ricotta |
Salami | Boarshead, Hormel Hard Salami, Hormel Natural Choice Uncured Salami, Applegate |
Salsa | Embasa® Salsa Casera, Hot and Embasa Salsa Mexicana, Medium, both made by Hormel Foods in cans |
Sausage, Italian, Hot or Mild | Jenni-O, New York Style Sausage Company |
Sausage, Links | Applegate®; Jones Dairy Farm®; Hormel Little Sizzlers® Original Sausage Links, Hot (Tabasco) Sausage Links, Maple Bacon & Pork Sausage Links; New York Style Sausage Company® Holiday Sausage; Jenni-O® Mild; Farmer John |
Seasonings | McCormick’s® (All of their single-ingredient spices are gluten-free. All other spices will clearly list any gluten ingredient.*) |
Shortening, Vegetable | Spectrum®, Earth Balance, and Tropical Traditions Organic Palm |
Sorghum Flour | Bob’s Red Mill |
Sour Cream | Most are gluten-free. Many lite or light brands are not gluten-free. Carefully read all labels. Tofutti is also dairy-free. |
Soy Sauce | Kikkoman (only bottles labeled gluten-free) |
Spices | McCormick’s® (All of their single-ingredient spices are gluten-free. All other spices will clearly list any gluten ingredient.*) |
Stevia, Powdered | NOW Stevia (recommended) |
Stevia, Liquid | NuNaturals® |
Sweet Red Chili Sauce | Thai Kitchen® and House of Tsang® by Hormel |
Taco Sauce | McCormick Gluten-Free Taco Seasoning Mix mixed with hot water |
Tofu, Silken | Morinaga® |
Tamari Sauce | San-J reduced-sodium or regular |
Tapioca Flour | Bob’s Red Mill Del Monte® |
Tomato Paste, Canned | Del Monte® |
Tomato Sauce, Canned | Del Monte® |
Tomatoes, Whole or Crushed, Canned | Del Monte® or Hunts® which is periodically tested |
Vanilla Extract, Pure | McCormick |
Vanilla Stevia, Alcohol-Free | NuNaturals |
Vegetable Shortening, Organic | Spectrum, Tropical Traditions Organic Palm |
Xanthan Gum | Nuts.com (certified gluten-free) or Bob’s Red Mill |
Xylitol | Xylo Sweet Xylitol, Xyla (corn derived), Xylitol (birch derived recommended) |
Yeast, Instant, Dry | SAF-Instant (Though most yeast is gluten-free, I recommend this brand.) |
Yogurt | Yoplait® has many gluten-free varieties (check labels) |
Yogurt, Greek | FAGE®, Chobani® (contains no starch) |