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The whole grain gluten free challenge
We should all be eating more Whole Grain Foods for health but for those on a gluten-free or wheat-free diet, getting the recommended three portions per day can be particularly challenging. The range of ’free from’ foods is getting better all the time but so many of them use refined and white starches. So we have trawled the supermarkets and online suppliers to bring you a list of products that are whole grain and gluten free, retaining the goodness of the whole grain.
NB. Prices are the cheapest I could find, correct as of April ‘09
Whole Grain Gluten Free Breakfast Cereals
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Kallo organic Puffed Rice Cereal made from natural (wholegrain brown rice) 225g Tesco £1.91 Waitrose £1.85. Also a honey variety 275g Asda £1.98, Sainsbury’s £2.86 |
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Big OZ cereals includes Brown Rice / Millet / Buckwheat / Corn or Mixed puffs. Around £2.22 per box from www.goodnessdirect.co.uk or www.naturallygoodfood.co.uk |
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Nature’s Path whole grain brown crispy rice 284g £2.75 from Waitrose NB igredients include organic evaporated cane juice and organic molasses |
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Rude Health organic whole grain and gluten free brown rice puffs 225g £1.92 Sainsbury’s, £2.08 Ocado |
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Whole Grain Cornflakes 250g £1.65 www.realfooddirect.co.uk, £1.39 Ocado |
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Orgran 100% Amaranth Puffed Breakfast Cereal 100g £2.81 from www.healthinajiffy.co.uk |
Whole grain & gluten free breads
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Barkat wholemeal sliced bread (whole rice, millet, maize) £2.99 500g www.glutenfree-foods.co.uk |
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Biona Millet Bread whole grain & gluten free 250g £2.99 Waitrose (buckwheat, millet) |
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Glebe Farm seeded brown bread mix is gluten free and whole grain (brown rice flour, buckwheat flour) 1kg £3.69 Waitrose |
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Orgran All purpose gluten free bread crumbs 300g £2.06 www.healthinajiffy.co.uk |
Whole grain & gluten free pasta
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Doves Farm organic whole grain brown rice fusilli pasta / penne pasta / spaghetti (100% brown rice) 500g £1.99 Waitrose/ Tesco |
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Rizopia whole grain brown rice pastas (various shapes inc lasagne) 500g £3.99 Waitrose |
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Sainsbury’s free from Italian corn fusilli / penne (whole grain corn flour) 500g £1.48 |
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Werz organic whole grain millet pasta (93% millet) £2.15/200g www.ulula.co.uk |
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Orgran stone ground buckwheat spirals 250g £1.69 Sainsbury’s |
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Orgran stone ground rice and millet pasta 250g £1.59 Sainsbury’s |
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Orgran Vegetable Rice Pasta 250g £1.89 www.goodnessdirect.co.uk |
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Clearspring all buckwheat soba noodles (whole buckwheat flour) 250g £2.99 Waitrose |
Whole grain & gluten free snacks and treats
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Kallo organic thick slice rice cakes (whole grain brown rice) 130g Tesco/Sainsburys/Waitrose 93p |
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Popz popcorn 3×100g £1.95 Tesco / Waitrose |
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Real Foods corn thins (whole grain) 150g £1.09 Sainsbury’s/Tesco |
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Riceworks gourmet brown rice chips sea salt/sweet chilli 150g £1.59 Tesco/Waitrose |
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Doritos cool original/lightly salted/hint of lime (whole maize kernels) 225g £1.00 Asda, £1.47 Tesco |
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Orgran buckwheat pancake mix (49% wholegrain) £2.49 375g www.healthinajiffy.co.uk £2.39 Waitrose |
If you know of any other products that are whole grain & gluten free to add to the list let us know.
5 Responses to “Whole grain & gluten free”
Dietary Specials do a Brown Multigrain Loaf which is high in fibre but also a source of folic acid and calcium and is sold in Sainsburys and Asda, Coop and Somerfield
One other thing is that i have been eating the sainsburys corn pasta and was recently informed that its geneticly modified.
Im geusing that if its not organic then is gm?
Anyone know if thats true??
Thanks
The standards for being organic mean that it mustn’t contain GM ingredients but doesn’t mean to say if not organic then must be GM – e.g using pesticides / fertilisers = not organic but not GM.
There is a nice little summary from foods standards agency here: http://www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/gm/gm_labelling
Thanks for article,
One other food to add to the list maybe, its called Amaranth, its wholegrain and wheat & gluten free.
Also packed with ptotein and vitamins,
(Looks similar to cocous)
Regards
Its very high in protein
Good suggestion Katrina. I have never eaten Amaranth but it is gluten free and relatively high in protein and fibre, although the glycaemic index (GI) is high.
Does anyone have any amaranth recipes we could try? I promise to post the result, good or bad!!
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