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Gluten Free Dining: 5 Dangerous Foods that Could Gluten You

Last updated on Sep 5, 2014 by Adam Bryan. These menus are unofficial meaning they may not be accurate and can change at any time.

If you are on a gluten free diet, chances are you pretty much already know that certain foods contain gluten in it.

You know, foods like breads, beer, cookies, cakes, etc.

But what about things you’d least expect like soy sauce?

It’s the foods that you’d least expect to have gluten in them to be the most dangerous.

So before you eat out at a restaurant when you are on a gluten free diet, it is very important that you know all the secretly dangerous glutenous foods.

Below is a list of the 5 most dangerously glutenous foods you will encounter at restaurants, unless you come prepared.

The 5 Dangerous Foods of Gluten Free Dining

Here are 5 foods that you need to pay extra attention to:

1. Soy Sauce

Who would’ve thought that soy sauce has gluten in it? But that unfortunately, is the bitter truth. So if you’re eating out at an Asian restaurant, be sure that they use gluten free soy sauce.

2. Special Ice Cream Flavors

Most ice cream is gluten free as long as you stick with original flavors. But when it gets to other flavors like cookies and cream, or cookie dough, it’s a 100% sure bet that these flavors contain gluten in them. So that being said, not all 31 Baskin Robbins flavors are going to be gluten free.

3. Cream of “[insert food here]”

Most cream soups, such as cream of crab or lobster bisque, don’t really contain much cream at all. Instead, starch is used to make the soup creamier. And unfortunately, starch comes from wheat, thus making the cream soups glutenous.

4. Beer

A lot of people don’t know that beer contains gluten in it. But unfortunately it does (in the form of barley). Luckily, there are some gluten free alternatives such as Red Bridge (100% gluten free).

5. Hamburger Meat

Yes hamburger meat. Sometimes, bread crumbs are incorporated into hamburger patties to help them stick together. This is the same way meatballs are also prepared. So it’s best to ask your server about how their burgers are made.

So in conclusion…

Hopefully these 5 gluten free dining tips can help you steer clear of some deceptively glutenous foods.

Thanks for reading and be safe!

Also be sure to check out the original gluten free eating out guide.

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Comments

  1. Ron

    August 08, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    Here’s one that got me, Blue Diamond Wasabi and Soy Sauce Almonds. I knew soy sauce can have gluten but I never thought to check these almonds until I was half way through them.

    Reply
    • Adam Bryan

      August 11, 2013 at 12:19 am

      Wow, that’s very surprising Ron. But thanks so much for the future heads up!

      Reply
  2. Kimberly

    July 22, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    Also Red Vines licorice, was once a family favorite at the movies now fruit snacks are our choice. Who would’ve thought about licorice? Read labels, read, read ,read 🙂

    Reply
  3. Lindsay

    January 08, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    Smarties! M & M’s are fine, Smarties are NOT. Learned the hard way 🙁

    Reply
    • Mary F Breckeen

      November 09, 2022 at 7:57 am

      According to their website: “All Smarties® products are gluten-free and safe to eat for people with Celiac Disease. Furthermore, Smarties® products are manufactured in facilities that produce exclusively gluten-free candies.

      Reply
  4. Lindsay

    January 08, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    Also – Cesar’s or Bloody Mary’s. Likely contain Worcester sauce – which contains wheat.

    Reply

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