| Here's a list of 14 places you might not expect to | | | | for the gluten intolerant, as the ones that aren't |
| find gluten:Sausages contain breadcrumbs (the | | | | coated are usually packaged in a sauce thickened |
| bread is one of the ways in which the texture of | | | | with flour.Monosodium glutamate, known to |
| the sausage is obtained, without including an | | | | Chinese cooks as 'taste powder' or 've-tsin' is |
| unacceptably high proportion of fat), except the | | | | manufactured with gluten. This ingredient is very |
| most high class variety of butcher's sausage, and | | | | frequently included in factory-prepared goods, but |
| even in this case it's quite likely.Burgers, grillsteaks | | | | may not be listed on the label - or merely |
| and similar products generally also include bread or | | | | described as a 'flavor enhancer'.Soy sauce is |
| other wheat products in the mixture.Crab sticks | | | | almost always made by fermenting soy beans |
| and prawnies seem to be made entirely of fish, | | | | and wheat together, so contains gluten.Although |
| but if you check the label and you will find wheat | | | | wheat germ does not itself contain gluten, |
| flour or modified starch listed in the | | | | because of the process of separation employed in |
| ingredients.Some drinks contain gluten as a | | | | manufacture, it is likely that a small amount of |
| thickener, to provide 'body'.Wheat flour may be a | | | | gluten will be present in wheat germ sold in the |
| hidden ingredient in ice cream, ketchup, | | | | stores.Malt and malt extract are derived from |
| mayonnaise and instant coffee.You often find | | | | wheat, and can be a hidden source of gluten. This |
| gluten in low fat versions of products, to make | | | | is sometimes listed as maltase or |
| them seem less watery (for example, yoghurt, | | | | malto-dextrin.Any alcoholic drink made from grain |
| soft cheese or mayonnaise).Pre-packed grated | | | | - beer or whisky, for example, contains |
| cheese is coated in flour or modified starch to | | | | gluten.Even medicines may contain gluten, used as |
| stop it from sticking together in the packet - this | | | | a thickener or a binder.Frann Leach lives in |
| includes the cheese sold with jacket potatoes in | | | | Edinburgh, Scotland. Sign up for her new Gluten |
| takeaways, unless they grate their own (but | | | | Factsheet with a new gluten-safe recipe and |
| most don't).Obviously, anything coated in batter or | | | | article every week: |
| breadcrumbs contains gluten in the coating. This | | | | Gluten Factsheet. |
| makes almost every fish product out of bounds | | | | |