Wheat by any Other Name
One of the biggest problems I’ve found with a wheat allergy is that it has an awful lot of sneaky names, and/or can be included under a heading that you wouldn’t maybe think of. And there aren’t that many super recent sources online of those names so I decided to gather what I can and list them all here, updating as needed. My source sites will be listed down at the bottom!
Masquerading Wheat
These are things that are definitely wheat, or contain wheat, just under another name just to confuse people.
Atta
- Bread (if made with a wheat flour)
- Bread Crumbs (if made with a wheat flour)
- Bulgur
- Cereal
- Cereal Extract
- Couscous
- Cracker Meal
- Einkorn
- Emmer
Flour
- All Purpose
- Atta
- Bread
- Bromated
- Cake
- Club
- Common
- Durum
- Enriched
- Einkorn
- Emmer
- Farina
- Graham
- High Gluten
- High Protein
- Instant Pastry
- Kamut
- Maida
- Phosphated
- Plain
- Self-Rising
- Semolina
- Soft Wheat
- Spelt
- Steel Ground
- Stone Ground
- Triticale
- Triticum
- Unbleached
- White
- Whole Wheat
Farro
- Farina
- Flour (see left)
- Fu
- Gluten
- Wheat Gluten
- Vital Gluten
- Vital Wheat Gluten
- Fu
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Kamut
- Khorasan Wheat
- Malt
- Malt Extract
- Malt Vinegar
- Malted Milk
- Matzo
- Matzo meal
- Matzoh
- Matzah
- Matza
- Noodles (if made with a wheat flour)
Pasta (if made with a wheat flour)
- Seitan
- Semolina
- Spelt
- Dinkel
- Farro
- Tabbouleh
- Triticale
- Triticum
- Tritcum Aestivum
Wheat
- Whole Wheat
- Wheatberries
- Wheat Bran
- Whole Wheat Bread
- Whole Wheat Flour
- Wheat Germ
- Wheat Germ Oil
- Wheat Protein Isolate
- Wheat Starch
- Wheat Sprouts
- Sprouted Wheat
- Wheatgrass
Is it or is it not wheat?
These are the things that CAN be wheat, but aren’t always. Or they sometimes have wheat in them, mixed in with the other stuff. Maybe the traditional recipe uses wheat and it’s not a food you’d think obvious. Sometimes, as in the case of oats, it’s listed because the cross contamination risk is high, though most of those are ok as long as you get the gluten free ones. But not all! So it’s a case of check each individual item that contains them, just in case.
Artificial Flavoring
- Baking Powder
- Caramel Color
- Deli Meat
- Dextrin
Food Starch
- Gelatinized Starch
- Modified Starch
- Modified Food Starch
- Vegetable Starch
- Glucose Syrup
- Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (HPP)
- Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
- Ice Cream (depends on flavor and brand!)
Licorice
- Maltodextrin
- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
- Natural Flavors
- Oats
Soy Sauce
- Shoyu
- Tamari
- Teriyaki Sauce
- Surumi
- Textured Vegetable Protein
Vegetable Gum
- Yeast Extract