One essential ingredient in successfully being gluten free, is the ability to read labels. You need to be able to know what the different names of gluten are. I cannot stress the importance of learning the different names of gluten and reading labels. Here are some of the ingredients that you need to be aware and cautious of:

Items that may Contain Hidden Gluten:

• Baked Beans
• Beer-All types
• Bouillon
• Bread-yes I went there!
• Bread Crumbs
• Cakes
• Candy
• Canned tuna, salmon, crab
• Chocolate and chocolate bars (only some-thank goodness!)
• Cookies
• Cookie crumbs
• Cookie dough
• Cornbread
• Couscous
• Cheese including but not limited to: mixes, shredded, processed, packaged and spreads
• Crackers
• Croutons
• Deli Meats
• Dry Nuts and Nut Mixes
• Durum
• Flavored Coffee
• Flavored Coffee Cream- powder and liquid
• Flavored Teas
• Frozen potato products
• Frozen meals
• Frozen Vegetables with seasoning or sauces
• Gravy
• Gum
• Hot Cocoa
• Hot Dogs
• Ice Cream
• Imitation Bacon
• Imitation Seafood
• Instant Drink Mixes
• Instant Mashed Potatoes
• Ketchup
• Matzo
• Mayonnaise
• Mustard
• Noodles
• Pasta
• Polish Sausage/Kielbasa
• Potato Chips
• Pre-Cooked Bacon
• Pre-Packaged meals including but not limited to: seasoning packets, boxed, canned or jarred
• Pre-seasoned meats
• Pretzels
• Ramen Noodles
• Salad dressings
• Sauces including but not limited to: canned, jarred or pre-packaged powder.
• Sausage
• Soups
• Soup mixes
• Sour Cream
• Soy Sauce
• Spice and spice blends
• Stir Fry Sauces
• Yogurt

Health and Beauty

• Vitamins and Supplements
• Cough Drops
• Medications
• Body Creams and Lotions
• Make up
• Skin Care
• Hair Care Products
• Body Soap

Hidden Gluten in the Ingredient List:

• Artificial Colors
• Artificial Flavors
• Barley
• Barley Malt
• Bran
• Bread Flour
• Brewers Yeast
• Brown Flour
• Bulgur
• Bulgur Wheat
• Caramel-may contain malt
• Caramel coloring- may contain malt
• Dextrin- may be made from corn or wheat
• Dinkel
• Durum
• Einkorn
• Emmer
• Farina
• Farro
• Kamut
• Graham
• Hordeum Vulgare-barley
• Malt
• Malted Milk
• Malt Extract
• Malt Flavoring
• Maltodextrin-may be made from corn or wheat
• Maltodextrose-may be made from corn or wheat
• Malt Syrup
• Malt Vinegar
• Matzo
• Matzo Meal
• Modified Food Starch -may be made from corn or wheat
• Modified Starch -may be made from corn or wheat
• Modified Wheat Starch
• Natural Flavors – may contain wheat, barley or rye
• Oatbran
• Oat Flour
• Oatmeal
• Rye Bread
• Rye Flour
• Secale cereal-rye
• Semolina
• Seitan (this is an imitation meat found in many vegetarian dishes)
• Spelt
• Triticale
• Triticum Spelta-spelt
• Triticum Vulgare-wheat
• Wheat
• Wheat Germ
• Wheat Proteins
• Wheat Starch
• Whole Oats-may or may not contain gluten
• Worcestershire Sauce-some are gluten free while others are not

This is by no means a complete list but gives you a good idea the scope of hidden gluten.