How to Buy Gluten-Free Products

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If you have a wheat allergy or have Celiac disease, you need to find gluten-free products. More and more people are finding they need to have a gluten-free diet so it is becoming easier to find and buy gluten-free products. The following will help you find products if you have been diagnosed with this problem.

Difficulty: Moderate

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Gluten-free products

Step 1

Find out if have a need for gluten-free products. Gluten-free products are not cheap; therefore, if you don't have to have them you probably don't want to buy them.
Step 2

Locate stores in your area that carry the products. Whole Foods seems to be all over the country and they carry gluten-free products.
Step 3

Look on the Internet to find local stores that carry gluten-free products or to buy directly from online merchants.
Step 4

Check ingredients as you may be surprised that some of the products you are currently using are gluten-free. For example, there are some cereals such as Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and Trix that do not have gluten in them. Unlike corn cereals, however, corn bread does contain wheat.
Step 5

Read the product information panels. Just because some products say that they are organically made they are not necessarily gluten-free. Organic wheat contains gluten just as regular wheat does. Also, some wheat-free products contain grains that have gluten.
Step 6

Buy gluten-free flours, pancake mixes and bread mixes. You can get the mixes easier than the products and then you can make your own bread, pancakes, baked goods, etc. This is easiest on your pocketbook but more work to make the items especially if you are not into cooking.

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earlandpatty said

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on 6/23/2009 Your suggestions of eating those cereals would put me in the hospital. They are not gluten free. Many persons who are newly diagnosed look to the Internet for advice on how to find food needed. Misinformation like this could be life threatening to some.

andrewcaiano said

on 3/2/2009 **IMPORTANT**The Kelloggs cereals listed above are NOT Gluten free. They all contain a malt flavoring made from barley.

ElvisAllard said

on 8/18/2008 Great article! I've been blogging about eating gluten free for 2 1/2 years now. It's so wonderful to be able to help people feel healthy. Please visit my blog at www.Iamglutenfree.blogspot.com. Thanks!