Gluten free, Dairy free, Egg free, Corn free Ingredient list

Before I had my son, I don't think I ever thought about how difficult it was to figure out if something contains an allergen. Truly, why would I? Why would any of us? We all have so much to do, who has time to learn something that you are not going to use in your daily life? But I learned what ingredients to avoid so that my son didn't come into contact with dairy. His reactions were mild, overall, so we didn't have to be quite as strict as we probably should have.

Then we got the celiac disease diagnosis, and strict is the new word of the day.

My mother has asked more than once for the list of what foods we avoid like the plague, so that she could see if there are ANY snacks she could buy for the kids. So, mom, this blog's for you. Or rather, this is for you, dad, to print out for mom, since we both know that the world will end before she actually touches that computer you bought her.

I hope you have a lot of paper

For a gluten free, dairy free, egg free, and corn free diet, these are the ingredients that we have to avoid, to my knowledge. Strangely enough, I am still not a doctor, so any advice and information are strictly from a layman's perspective and not from an official expert. Some foods listed are those that require a phone call to check the safety based on the source ingredients, additives, or processing specifics.

• Artificial color
  
• Ascorbic Acid
• Albumin
  
• Alcohol
• Atta flour
  
• Baking Powder (corn starch varieties)
• Barley
• Barley grass
• Barley hordeum vulgare
• Barley malt
• Beer
  
• Bleached flour
• Bran
• Bread flour
• Brewer's yeast
• Brown flour
  
• Brown Sugar – look for use of Caramel color.
• Bulgur, Bulgur wheat
• Butter
• Buttermilk
• Butter flavoring
  
• Calcium Citrate
  
• Caramel
• Caramel color
• Caramel flavoring
• Casein
• Caseinate
• Cellulose
• Cereal Binding
• cheese
  
• Chilton
  
• Citrate Forms of Citrate include: Calcium Citrate, Magnesium Citrate, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Citrate, and more.
  
• Citric Acid
• Clarifying agent
  
• Club wheat
  
• Cookie crumbs
• Cookie dough
  
• Corn
  
• Corn Meal
  
• Corn Starch – in most over the counter medicines that come in a dry pill form.
  
• Corn Syrup
• Cous cous
• Cream
  
• Crisped Rice
• Curds
  
• Decyl Glucoside
  
• Dextrin, Maltodextrin
• Dextrimaltose
  
• Dextrose (glucose)
  
• Dinkle
• Disodium wheat germamido
• Dried egg
  
• Dry milk solids
  
• Dry roasted nuts
  
• Durum wheat
• Edible coatings
• Edible films
• Edible starch
• Egg
• Egg solids
  
• Egg white
• Egg white solids
• Egg yolk
• Einkorn
• Emmer
• Emulsifiers
• Enzymes
  
• Ethanol
  
• Farina
• Farro
• Fat replacers
  
• Ferrous Gluconate
• Filler
  
• Flavoring - Artificial or "Natural Flavors"
• Food starch
• Food starch, modified
  
• Fu
• Germ
• Ghee
• Globulin
  
• Glucose Syrup
  
• Golden Syrup
• Graham Flour
• Gravy cubes
  
• Groats
• Ground spices - typically spice 'mixtures' are the biggest risk
  
• Hard Wheat
• Heeng
• Hing
  
• Honey - May contain corn syrup
• Hordeum vulgare extract
• HPP
• HVP
• Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
  
• Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (HPP)
  
• Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)
• Hydrolyzed wheat gluten
• Hydrolyzed wheat protein
  
• Hydrolyzed wheat starch
• Hydroxypropylated starch
  
• Iodized Salt
  
• Kamut
• Kecap manis (soy sauce)
  
• Ketjap manis (soy sauce)
• Kiwi (This is just for my daughter's kiwi allergy)
  
• Kluski pasta
• Lactalbumin
• Lactate
  
• Lactic Acid
• Lactoferrin
• Lactoglobulin
• Lactose
  
• Lauryl Glucoside
  
• Livetin
• Lysozime
  
• Macha wheat
  
• Magnesium Citrate
  
• Magnesium Stearate
• Maida
  
• Malic Acid
  
• Malt
• Malted barley flour
• Malted milk
• Malt extract
• Malt Flavoring
• Malt syrup
• Malt vinegar
  
• Maltitol - (also known as Maltisorb and Maltisweet)
  
• Maltodextrin
• Maltose
  
• Mannitol
  
• Matza
• Matzah
• Matso
• Matso semolina
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• Meringue
  
• Methyl Gluceth
  
• Milk
• Milk protein
  
• Mir
• Miso
• Mixed Trocopherols
  
• Modified Food Starch
• Modified Starch
  
• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
  
• Natural flavoring
• Natural flavors
• Natural juices
  
• Nishasta
• Non-dairy creamer
• Non-fat dry milk
• Nougat
• Oat straw
  
• Opta
  
• Oriental Wheat
• Orzo pasta
• Ovalbumin
• Ovoglobulin
• Ovomucin
• Ovomucoid
• Ovotransferrin
• Ovovitella
• Ovovitellin
  
• Pasta
• Pearl Barley
• Pectin
  
• Persian wheat
• Perungayam
• Polish wheat
  
• Polylactic Acid (PLA)
  
• Polysorbates
• Potassium Citrate
• Poulard wheat
• Powdered Egg
  
• Powdered Sugar - contains corn starch
• Pregelatinized starch
• Protein hydrolysates
  
• Rice malt
• Roux
• Rusk
• Rye
  
• Saccharin
  
• Seafood analogs
• Seasonings
  
• Seitan
• Semolina
• Shot wheat
• Silici albuminate
  
• Simplesse
  
• sirimi
• Smoke flavoring
• Soba noodles - check, some are pure buckwheat, which is safe for us
  
• Sodium Citrate
  
• Sorbitan Monostearate
  
• Sorbitol
• Sour cream
• Sour milk
  
• Soy sauce
• Soy sauce solids
  
• Spelt
• Sphingolipids
  
• Spirits - check source ingredients and additives
• Sprouted wheat or barley
• Stabilizers
  
• Starch
  
• Stock cubes
  
• Strong flour
  
• Sucralose
• Suet
  
• Sweet’N Low
• Tabbouleh
• Tabouli
• Teriyaki sauce
• Timopheevi wheat
  
• Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
• Triticale
• Triticum vulgare (all varieties)
• Udon
• Unbleached flour
  
• Vanilla Extract
• Vavilovi wheat
• Vegetable broth
• Vegetable gum
• Vegetable protein
• Vegetable starch
  
• Vinegar, Distilled White
  
• Vitamins
• Vitellin
  
• Wheat amino acids
  
• Wheat and Whole Wheat (Buckwheat is NOT wheat)
• Wheat bran extract
• Wheat germ extract
• Wheat germ glycerides
• Wheat germ oil
• Wheat grass
• Wheat nuts
  
• Wheat protein
• Wheat starch
• Whey
• Whole Egg
  
• Whole meal flour
• Wild einkorn
• Wild Emmer
  
• Xanthan Gum
• Xylitol
• Yogurt
  
• Zein

Corn free list is from: Live Corn Free
Gluten free list is from: www.celiac.com
Dairy free list is from: www.dairyfreekids.com
Egg free list is from: kidshealth.org

I think that looking at this list, most people could understand why shopping can take a long, loooong time. Cooking from scratch looks easy by comparison sometimes, eh?