Master of Disguise: How Gluten Hides Where You Least Expect It

Here's a list of 14 places you might not expect tofor the gluten intolerant, as the ones that aren't
find gluten:Sausages contain breadcrumbs (thecoated are usually packaged in a sauce thickened
bread is one of the ways in which the texture ofwith flour.Monosodium glutamate, known to
the sausage is obtained, without including anChinese cooks as 'taste powder' or 've-tsin' is
unacceptably high proportion of fat), except themanufactured with gluten. This ingredient is very
most high class variety of butcher's sausage, andfrequently included in factory-prepared goods, but
even in this case it's quite likely.Burgers, grillsteaksmay not be listed on the label - or merely
and similar products generally also include bread ordescribed as a 'flavor enhancer'.Soy sauce is
other wheat products in the mixture.Crab sticksalmost 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 wheatwheat germ does not itself contain gluten,
flour or modified starch listed in thebecause of the process of separation employed in
ingredients.Some drinks contain gluten as amanufacture, it is likely that a small amount of
thickener, to provide 'body'.Wheat flour may be agluten 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 findwheat, and can be a hidden source of gluten. This
gluten in low fat versions of products, to makeis 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 togluten.Even medicines may contain gluten, used as
stop it from sticking together in the packet - thisa thickener or a binder.Frann Leach lives in
includes the cheese sold with jacket potatoes inEdinburgh, Scotland. Sign up for her new Gluten
takeaways, unless they grate their own (butFactsheet with a new gluten-safe recipe and
most don't).Obviously, anything coated in batter orarticle every week:
breadcrumbs contains gluten in the coating. ThisGluten Factsheet.
makes almost every fish product out of bounds