Here is the complete KFC gluten free menu.
Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the riskiest place for anyone with a gluten allergy or Celiacs disease to go to mainly because the flour used on the chicken is airborne. Step right in and your body is basically covered with gluten. It’s a nightmare. So if you’re allergic to gluten what so ever, DO NOT go into a KFC.
KFC Gluten Free Menu
Here are all of the gluten free options available at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Unfortunately it’s not as plentiful as some of the other fast food restaurant choices.
Homestyle Sides
- Coleslaw
- Corn on the Cob
- Green Beans
- Mashed Potatoes
- Potato Salad
- Sweet Kernel Corn
Salads
Be sure to order without croutons
- Caesar Side Salad
- House Side Salad
Salad Dressings
- Heinz Buttermilk Dressing
- Hidden Valley The Original Ranch Fat Free Dressing
- KFC Creamy Parmesan Caesar Dressing
- Marzetti Light Italian Dressing
Dipping Sauce and Condiments
- BBQ Dipping Sauce Cup
- Colonel’s Buttery Spread
- Grape Jelly Packet
- Honey Mustard
- Honey Sauce Packet
- Ketchup
- KFC Sauce
- Lemon Juice Packet
- Ranch
- Strawberry Jam Packet
Kids Drinks
- Capri Sun
- Chocolate Milk
- Milk
Kids Meal Applesauce
- Musselman’s Applesauce
If this Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) gluten free menu was helpful or inaccurate, please let us know by leaving a comment below. Thank you!
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Wilma Brigance
I agree KFC is not the place to go if you are allergic to gluten. It used to be one of our favorite fast food places to go before I was diagnosed.
Adam Bryan
If I could get one gluten-free pass, I would definitely have to get some original fried chicken and potato wedges. It’s always nice for me to dream though 😛
Shannon
What about the grilled chicken at KFC??
Donna
According to the allergens list on the KFC website, the grilled chicken contains wheat. I can’t imagine what unless it is basted in something that would contain wheat.
Vickie
If you are gluten sensitive or have celiacs, you should not even have the KFC grilled. Gluten has a tendency to float in the air. Since the grilled is prepared in the same kitchen and not separated, then it is dangerous. Even the sides should be left alone.
Even entering KFC is dangerous for some of us.
Adam Bryan
I couldn’t agree more Vickie. This is a Celiac no zone
emaegf
Vickie they coat the grilled with spices that contain wheat flour. It helps hold the spices to the chicken. It’s not from flour flying it’s direct contact deliberately put on the chicken.
Sarah Davill
You do realize that gluten has to be ingested to affect you?
Don
That is not true, sir. When the gluten is a powder, it can enter your mouth and nose just by breathing. And it is in every product that is on pork chops with a grain filled, gluten filled covering. And there are many meats and fish that restaurants put it on. And while the cooks are making food, gluten powder can easily become airborne and effect the digestive system of a person who has either the sensitivity or the disease itself.
Agnes Reid
100% agreed
Speaking from a family that have gluten diagnosed disorders.
Dave buttons
Fake. If they are so sensitive to wheat/gluten that airborne particles affect them, then they would already be dead since there is generally a little bit of wheat flour in the air wherever you go. Like in Asda if they have an in store bakery, or just from the outside of bags of flour.
Coeliac is not like a peanut or shellfish allergy, you don’t break out in hives just from touching it. And you can eat a teaspoon of flour per day and have zero effects.
Chill. Learn to chill.
emaegf
They use wheat flour in with the seasoning to help them hold to the chicken. That’s why the ingredients list wheat as an allergen.
Dave
does anyone know of a receipe for something like the taste of kfc. boy do i miss kfc. my wife has tried to make it but no luck.
Chris
Hey Dave,
I found a decent recipe and you can play with it until you get something close to what you like. After dipping the chicken in a whisked egg or two (one egg will coat three or four pieces), I toss it in a mixture of rice, corn, or potato flour, adding basil, oregano, chili powder, ground cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Make sure your spices are all gluten-free. You can also use gluten-free bread crumbs for a crunchier version, and double dip the chicken after it’s been coated in the flour once, then re-toss it in the breading. Pan frying on medium-low heat in canola, peanut, or olive oil, turning occasionally as it browns is the quickest option (for thighs and legs about 25 minutes). You can also bake: preheat oven to 400F, then reduce to 325F; put pieces on a greased baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, or until the internal temp reaches 170F (breasts will take longer).
Internal temp is the best way to check for doneness.; with chicken you don’t want to flirt with undercooking, but overcooking makes it awful to eat.
Good luck.
Janet
I have eaten KFC chicken for many years. Then all of a sudden within 30 minutes of eating some KFC chicken for dinner my face started burning and swells like a balloon…..is this the reaction to gluten? I called the restaurant to try to see if they had done anything different and was told they had not. Kinda at a loss here, but now scared to eat out now.
emaegf
Could be also could be a reaction to somethings else. Best to talk to your doctor about it.
Marcia Chante'
Janet, that is a gluten reaction! I had eaten KFC for years also, that is until I had shoulder surgery. That’s when I found out the hard way I had become alergic to gluten. The reactions get worse each time. It’s not worth the pain & the sick feeling to keep testing it.
Lynne L
…and whatever you do…DO NOT eat KFC fries…they use a flour-based shakey coating. Scary scary place for us!! Thanks Chris for the “faux” KFC recipe
michelle
I’m in KFC now watching my non gf bf eat & I’m getting a bad headache & dizzy just sitting here 🙁
Adam Bryan
That airborne gluten is a killer, Michelle 🙁
Dave buttons
Airborne gluten is not a thing. What she is describing are psychological symptoms.
Esi Staff
Are you sure about some of these KFC sauces? They most likely have vinegar, and that’s a gluten no no unless it’s real cider vinegar.
Jamey
Get me somma that Potato Salad, top that shit with summa that Honey Mustard Sauce son!
Thanks for posting this, it’s pretty much what I expected.
ihateyoumilk
I found it hard trying to see what was lactose free at KFC, I managed to write up here http://www.ihateyoumilk.com/places-to-eat/lactose-free-kfc but they don’t make it easy! Its hidden in the chicken and weird products too.
Phil
I have an sensitivity to gluten so not celiac but also 16 other food so diagnosed with leaky gut which you can repair with bone broth naturally. Also we have been sold that fat is bad for us, load of rubbish the 1950 study by ancell cherry 7 country study into lipids and cholestral was biased, it was 21 countries he didn’t like the result for 14 countried 🙁 and this study started us om the low fat low cholestral diet google fat revolution I still can eat kfc but not as much as I use to 🙁 I am trying to remove grains, dairy, oils and processed food from my diet kfc is the last fastfood I eat so getting there.
WTFOMGLOL
I’m not celiac, but am recently diagnosed as gluten intolerant. Gluten used to give me severe all-over arthritis, real sore muscle ache, for years, before I finally caught on to the allergy. Within 2-3 days of going completely gluten-free, all of the pain subsided to nothing. Then I made the mistake of back-sliding with a few KFC breaded wings last week, (I knew the breading wasn’t gluten-free, but couldn’t resist trying some); and paid for it dearly. Within 24 hours, I felt as though I had been trampled by a horse, in my neck and back. The stiffness, my old friend, was back! “HELLO! nice to see you again! did you miss me?” uggggh If that didn’t teach me that it’s physical, and not psychological, I don’t know what will. No more KFC for me. 🙁 I’ll miss you, extra crispy!!!! : ( 🙁
Peter A Edwards
The problem with eating out whether it be at the local KFC or other take away, most of the food is a no go area when you have a food allergy. All the food are off limits, at any of these places that provide a fast food service. It states it all at the beginning of the blog, that the flour is airbourne, that being the case even gluten free produce soon becomes non gluten free. Vote with your feet, be safe and walk away or past the door.
Very rarely would I eat take away food, before being diagnosed with Ceoliac Disease. Even at home we my not be safe, you really do need to be careful of what you place in your mouth if you value your health.
Ames
KFC processed fries contain wheat. It says so on the ingredients on the shipping box.
Lu
I get so bloated after eating kfc and yogurt. Do
You think I have gluten allergies? And maybe lactose? I take the breading off as much as possible and still bloat so Bad. Ugh.