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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

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