Ingredients (GF & not GF)

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From CUK

Now that every ingredient has to appear in a product's ingredients' list, you need to know what to look out for!
Some ingredients can be derived from wheat or barley but are safe for people with coeliac disease. This is because they are highly processed and the gluten content is negligible e.g. glucose syrups derived from barley or wheat. ...........



Use this checklist to help when you are shopping:

Gluten-free ingredients:
Textured vegetable protein
Caramel
Artificial sweetener
Aspartame
Dextrose
Xanthan gum
Maize starch
Modified starch
Modified maize starch
Rice malt
Corn malt
Rice rusk
Maltodextrin
Glucose syrup
Sorbitol
Maltitol
Isomalt
Monosodium glutamate
Citric acid
Magnesium stearate

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Ingredients that contain a low level of gluten within the Codex standard for gluten-free:

Codex Alimentarius gluten free wheat starch

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NOT gluten-free:
Wheat starch
Modified wheat starch
Wheat rusk
Wheat bran
Barley malt
Barley flour
Oat bran
Rye flour
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