Wheat Free
DC-113
Section 1: Allergy & Intolerances
Compendium Definition
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Note: n/a
Caution: xxxx
Vegetables
Allowed
- vegetables prepared with allowed ingredients
- fresh, frozen and canned vegetables and their juices
NOT allowed:
- vegetables prepared with dressing / garnish containing wheat
Fruit
Allowed
- fresh, frozen and canned fruit and their juices
NOT allowed:
- fruit dishes containing wheat
Salads
Allowed
- salads made from allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- salads containing wheat or ingredients made from wheat (e.g. pasta, croutons)
Grain Products
Allowed
- grains, cereals, flours, starches made from or with: amaranth, arrowroot, barley, buckwheat, chickpea, corn, lentil, pea flour, kasha, millet, oats, potato, quinoa, rice, rye, soy flour, tapioca
- breads and baked goods made from allowed flours and starches
- rice, soy and rye breads
- rice crackers, rice cakes, crackers made from allowed ingredients
- cereals made from grains on allowed list: Corn Flakes®, cream of rice, oatmeal, Rice Krispies®, puffed rice, millet or amaranth
- pasta made from grains on allowed list without added flour: brown rice, buckwheat, corn, lentil, pea, potato, rice, quinoa, wild rice pastas
NOT allowed:
- grains, cereals, flours, starches made from or with: atta, bulgur, couscous, cracked wheat, durum, einkorn, emmer, farina, fu, gluten enriched, graham, kamut, seitan, semolina, spelt (dinkel and farro), starch, triticale, wheat, wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat berries
- regular white bread, 60% whole wheat bread, whole wheat bread, buns, croissants, bagels and baked goods made with flours not allowed
- bran, bread crumbs, cracker meal, sourdough bread
- crackers containing wheat (eg. cheese crackers, graham crackers, Ritz ® crackers, saltines, vegetable thin crackers containing wheat)
- cereals containing wheat: Cream of Wheat, puffed wheat, Red River Cereal®, shredded wheat, Weetabix, Wheaties
- pasta made from wheat flour: egg noodle, spinach, vermicelli pasta
Milk & Alternatives
Allowed
- milk (skim, 1%, 2%, whole, lactose-reduced, Lactaid ®)
- buttermilk, cream, sour cream, yogurt
- all types of cheese
- food made from pure milk
NOT allowed:
- cheese sauces, spreads, other wheat containing dairy products
- thickeners containing wheat: instant cocoa, hot chocolate mixes, malted milk, coffee substitutes
- some ice cream
Meat & Alternatives
Allowed
- plain, fresh, frozen, canned meat, poultry, fish
- meat, poultry, fish, egg, legume dishes prepared without wheat, wheat batters or bread crumbs
- plain tofu
- peanut butter
- plain nuts and seeds
NOT allowed:
- meat dishes containing wheat (eg. battered, breaded, luncheon meat, meat loaves, meatballs, patties, processed meat, sausages, stuffing)
- wieners
- egg or legume dishes containing wheat
- falafel
- soy and tamari sauces
- foods with hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed plant protein, MSG
Soups
Allowed
- homemade meat, poultry, vegetable soup stock
- soups made with allowed ingredients
NOT allowed:
- chicken and beef broth, bouillon cubes, packaged soup seasoning mixes, commercial soups with pasta
Oils & Fats
Allowed
- pure vegetable, nut, seed, fish oils
- butter, cream, lard, margarine, meat drippings, shortening
- homemade gravy thickened with corn starch, tapioca, arrowroot, etc.
- pure nut and seed butters
NOT allowed:
- salad dressing containing wheat
- gravy thickened with wheat flour / starch
- sauces containing wheat
- wheat germ oil
Desserts & Sweets
Allowed
- desserts made with acceptable flours
- sherbet
- honey, jam, jellies, molasses, sugar
NOT allowed:
- commercial pie fillings and puddings
- pie crusts made with wheat flour or graham cracker
- desserts / sweets made with wheat
- some candy, icing sugar, marshmallows, ice cream
Fluids
Allowed
- tea, herbal tea, coffee
- carbonated beverages except root beer
- fruit juices, fruit drinks, pure vegetable juices
- most wines (check with manufacturer)
NOT allowed:
- root beer
- cereal based coffee substitutes
- beer and other alcoholic beverages (check with manufacturer)
Miscellaneous
Allowed
- plain herbs and spices
- Tabasco sauce®
- Worcestershire sauce
- wheat-free soy sauce, relish
- distilled vinegar
NOT allowed:
- herbs, spices, sauces and condiments containing wheat
References:
Dietitians of Canada – Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) Sulphite-restricted Diet, 2012
Health Canada: Wheat – A Priority Food Allergen, 2016
