Taboo Ingredients To Avoid

The reasons to avoid these are stated in parenthesis after each, if the reason isn't obvious.

• barley
• bran (usually wheat; sometimes oats)
• bulgur (a form of wheat)
• cake meal
• couscous (a cracked wheat)
• durum flour
• flour (means "wheat flour" unless any other grain is specifically stated)
• gliadin (part of wheat)
• gluten (a part of wheat)
• graham flour
• kamut (a form of wheat)
• malt (made from barley)
• malt flavoring (made from barley)
• malted milk (malt)
• malt vinegar (made with malt)
• matzo meal
• oatmeal
• oat bran
• oats
• rolled oats
• rye
• semolina (made from wheat)
• seitan (made from wheat)
• spelt (an older form of wheat)
• triticale (a wheat-rye blend)
• wheat
• wheat berries
• wheat germ
• wheat starch
• whole wheat

Copyright ©1998 Linda Blanchard All Rights Reserved. Date Added: February 16, 1998. Last Update: May 29, 2005.