Celiac Disease: Permitted Foods and Forbidden Foods
- Allowed ( gluten free );
- At risk;
- Prohibited or prohibited (with gluten ).
Among the “at risk” foods there are some products that may be gluten-free, therefore suitable for coeliacs, but which may also have an unknown botanical origin or be “at risk of contamination in the various stages of production”. In this regard, we recommend the GLUTEN-FREE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS HANDBOOK drawn up by the Italian Celiac Association. This handbook indicates the food products guaranteed by the gluten-free manufacturers.
Cereals And Flours
Permitted Foods
- Rice , Early Childhood rice cream
- * corn (corn) , corn kernels (corn), home-made popcorn
- * creamed corn and tapioca; cream of rice, corn and baby tapioca
- buckwheat
- manioc
- * millet
- * sesame
- soy
- bread, breadsticks , focaccias , pizzas prepared with permitted ingredients
- pasta , stuffed pasta, gnocchi prepared with permitted ingredients
Risky Foods
- * starch , native starch, modified starch , pregelatinized starch, dextrinized starch
- * malt , maltodextrin , malt extract, maltose ; dextrose
- * rice flour , rice starch , rice semolina , rice cream
- * corn flour , flour for pre-cooked and instant polenta , ready polenta, cornstarch ( corn starch )
- * carob flour
- * chestnut flour
- * chickpea flour
- * coconut flour
- * buckwheat flour
- * almond flour
- * millet flour
- * sesame flour
- * soy flour
- * potato starch
- * tapioca
- * pods of: corn, potatoes
- * vegetable fibers , dietary fibers
- * corn flakes , rice, soy, tapioca without adding malt
- * rice cakes
- * packed popcorn
- ready risottos (in bags, frozen , flavoured)
Doubtful Foods, Not Recommended
- quinoa
- amaranth
- teff (teff grass)
Prohibited Foods
- wheat (wheat), rye , oats , barley , spelled , spelled , kamut , triticale , sorghum
- gluten ( gliadin and prolamines ) of: wheat (wheat), rye, oats, barley, spelt , kamut spelt, triticale, sorghum
- flours, starch, semolina, creams and flakes of: wheat, rye, oats, barley, spelled, spelled, kamut, triticale, sorghum, KOKOH
- multigrain cream
- pasta, stuffed pasta, potato gnocchi , gnocchi alla romana ;
- pizzoccheri
- bread , sandwich bread , breadcrumbs; rye bread , oat bread , cereal bread , soy bread , corn, iron ; unleavened bread
- wholemeal bread , wraps ; taralli ; croutons, pretzels
- focaccia , pizza, panzerotti , bread sticks , crackers , rusks, crackers , crepes
- wheat germ
- muesli , porridge
- couscous , tabbouleh, bulgur (boulgour burghul), seitan , frik, cracked wheat, greunkern, gries
- grain muscle
- * bran from prohibited cereals; vegetable fibers and dietary fibers from prohibited cereals
- malt, malt extract, maltodextrins from prohibited grains
- flakes of: corn, rice, soy, tapioca with the addition of “FORBIDDEN CEREALS” malt
- * polenta taragna (if buckwheat flour is mixed with wheat flour)
- * particles (hosts)
- * all foods prepared with the above-mentioned flours
- Dietary flours, bread, rusks and toasts with traces of gluten (with wheat starch)
Sweets
Permitted Foods
- biscuits , sweets, cakes prepared with permitted flours and ingredients
- biscuits, sweets, cakes, snacks , wafers , totally gluten-free dietary snacks (without wheat starch)
- * honey , sugar (granulated white, cane , wholemeal )
- * licorice root , pure licorice
Risky foods
- * chocolate drinks
- * soy puddings and desserts
- * cocoa
- sweets, licorice sweets , lollipops, sugared almonds, jellies and candied fruit
- chewing gum
- chocolate, chocolates , chocolate pralines, cocoa mass
- * creams, puddings , desserts, mousses, panna cotta
- spreadable creams
- * packaged ice creams, sorbets , ice lollies and slushes ; semi-finished products for ice cream shops
- * fruit jelly , jelly for sweets
- * jams and marmalades, chestnut creams
- * brown glazes
- Marzipan
- * molasses , maple syrup
- pralines, sugared almonds, sprinkles for decorating cakes
- * preparations for hot chocolate and cappuccino
- * nougat , crunchy, almondy ( dried fruit sticks )
- * vanillin
- * icing sugar , icing vanilla, in grains
Prohibited Foods
- * biscuits, sweets, cakes, pastries , snacks , snacks , wafers
- Muesli bars _
- * ice cream cone and pods
- Dietary biscuits and cakes with traces of gluten (with wheat starch)
Dairy Products
Permitted foods
- fresh, long-life milk
- fresh and aged cheeses
- * whole and low-fat natural yoghurt
- * fresh cream
Risky Foods
- * fruit and flavored yoghurt
- * soy yogurt
- * yogurt cream
- flavored milk
- condensed milk
- fiber milk
- cheeses: melted, spreadable, small cheeses, sliced, light , fruit cheeses, flowery rind cheeses (such as brie , Camoscio d’Oro)
- soy cheese (Tofu)
- long-life cream (cooking, whipping, spray)
- vegetable cream substitute for cream
Prohibited Foods
- malted milk “OF FORBIDDEN CEREALS” and cereals
- malt yogurt “OF FORBIDDEN CEREALS” and cereals
- blue cheeses (type: gorgonzola , roquefort , Danish Blue)
Meat, Fish, Eggs
Permitted Foods
- all types of meat , poultry, fish , crustaceans , molluscs
- raw ham
- egg
Risky Foods
- raw , cooked, fresh and seasoned cured meats and sausages : cooked ham , coppa , bacon , speck , bresaola , bacon , mortadella (or bologna), wurstel , salami ,
- cotechino , zampone , sausage
- ready roasts
- corned beef
- packaged meat sauce
- canned tripe
- surimi
Prohibited Foods
- breaded meat and fish (e.g. Milanese cutlet ) or floured (e.g. escalopes ) or with sauces thickened with prohibited flours.
- Fresh and/or frozen meat and fish hamburgers with the addition of flour and/or breadcrumbs
- fresh and/or frozen meat and fish with the addition of flour and/or breadcrumbs
Vegetables And Legumes
Permitted Foods
- every kind of vegetable
- all types of legumes and dry: locust beans, chickpeas, cicerchia , beans , broad beans , okra beans , lentils , lupins , peas , soybeans
- * fresh and dried mushrooms
- * olives
Risky Foods
- some types of frozen vegetables (e.g. pre-fried potatoes; mashed potatoes ; mixed side dishes)
- chips (snacks)
- prepared for soups, purées, stews and legume soups
- (ready-to-use frozen foods to be cooked freeze-dried )
- instant mashed potatoes
Prohibited Foods
- vegetables breaded and floured with prohibited ingredients
- preparations for soups, purees, stews and legume soups with spelled, barley and other prohibited cereals (frozen ready-to-use freeze-dried cooking)
Fruit
Permitted Foods
- fresh fruit
- dried fruit (e.g. almonds , walnuts , hazelnuts , Brazil nuts , pine nuts , cashews , pistachios ), chestnuts and peanuts
- roasted nuts without vegetable oil
Risky Foods
- candied fruit
- canned fruit
- toasted nuts with vegetable oil
Prohibited Foods
- floured dried fruit
Fats And Seasonings
Permitted Foods
- butter , lard , lard
- oil of: extra-virgin olive , olive , peanut , sunflower , corn , palm , rice , safflower seeds , soy , grape seeds
Risky Foods
- * light butter (light)
- * peanut butter (peanuts butter)
- margarine , light margarine, margarine for cakes
- * various seed oil
- vegetable oil
- vegetable fat
- RICE MISO
- TAMARI
- TEMPEH
- condiments of undefined composition
Prohibited Foods
- Wheat germ oil
- BARLEY MISO
- SHOYU
Drinks
Permitted Foods
- carbonated drinks
- chamomile , tea, decaffeinated tea , herbal teas : in filter bag
- coffee beans and ground, decaffeinated coffee beans and ground
- white, red, rosé wine ; Holy wine
- sparkling wine , champagne
- distillates: brandy (or grappa of wine and marc),
- armagnac, calvados, dreamac (or brandy ), port , rum , slivovitz, tequila , vermouth
- normal or egg marsala
Risky Foods
- soft drinks tea, coffee
- light carbonated drinks
- rice drinks
- soy drinks
- sports drinks
- soluble coffee
- almond milk
- ready-made mixes for milkshakes
- soluble preparations for tea, chamomile, herbal teas
- syrups
- fruit juices and nectars
- bitters and liqueurs ( alcohol based + other ingredients) not included in the permitted list
Prohibited Foods
- drinks containing malt, barley, oats, rye wheat
- malt soy beverages OF BANNED GRAIN
- cereal soy drinks
- beer , whiskey , vodka
- barley coffee
- coffee substitutes containing barley, rye, oats, wheat;
- roasted grain blends
- YANNOH
Broths, Soups, Soups
Permitted Foods
- vegetable and meat broth
- soups, purees and soups prepared with the ingredients of permitted foods
Risky Foods
- stock cubes, meat extracts , vegetable extracts , broth preparations
- preparations for soups, purées, minestrone and legume soups (frozen ready-to-use to be cooked freeze-dried)
Prohibited Foods
- preparations for soups, purees, stews and legume soups with spelled, barley and other prohibited cereals (frozen ready-to-use freeze-dried cooking)
Various Spices And Flavourings
Permitted Foods
- wine vinegar
- * mayonnaise and béchamel prepared with permitted ingredients
- products in wine vinegar , in oil of: olive, extra virgin, olive, peanuts, corn, soy, sunflower, grape seeds
- * salt , pepper , aromatic herbs and spices
- seeds of: cumin , sunflower, flax , poppy , sesame, pumpkin
- * gravies, pesto , sauces prepared with permitted ingredients
Risky Foods
- fruit and cereal vinegar
- thickeners , gelling agents, release agents
- aromas
- isinglass , gelatin sheets (for sweet and savoury), gelatin (for sweet and savoury)
- sweeteners
- yeast extract
- soy lecithin
- natural and chemical yeast
- mayonnaise, sauces, soy sauce
- mustard
- blends of aromas for roasts and dishes
- * royal jelly
- * anchovy paste
- pate
- vegetable proteins , protein hydrolysates
- * pickled products of fruit or cereals
- products in oil of various seeds
- GLUCOSE SYRUP
- ready-to-eat sauces and pesto
- * saffron
Prohibited Foods
- bechamel
- Koji
