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Shop Allergy Companion's Pantry Guide

Gluten-Free, Allergy-Friendly Pantry Guide 

Here is a list of allergy-friendly brands to point you in the right direction when searching for safe, allergy-friendly products in your home.

This information is up to date as of the publishing of this book, in March 2024. Because brands can change ingredients and processes anytime, we recommend that families always check the company’s website before purchasing.

Note that while there are many other options available, the brands presented are selected based on shared equipment status. About 30% of people with food allergies are not able to eat food made on shared equipment. With that in mind, this list focuses on brands that are gluten-free, top 8/9 free, and use clean equipment.

Bakery

Bread

  • Against the Grain (gluten free, contains some allergens, contact for more information)
  • B-Free Foods (top 8 free, B-Free-owned facility, call for sesame info)
  • Canyon Bakehouse (contains egg, contact for more information)
  • Ener-G Foods (allergy friendly, Ener-G-owned facility, contact for more information)
  • Happy Camper’s Gluten Free (allergy friendly, shared equipment with egg, contact for more information)
  • Little Northern Bakehouse (allergy friendly, shared equipment, contact for more information)
  • Schär (allergy friendly, contact for more information)
  • Bread SRSLY (sourdough, top 9 free, Bread-SRSLY-owned facility)
  • Cook’s Sourdough Gluten Free (top 9 free, contact for more information)
  • Young Kobras (sourdough, top 8 free, contact for more information)

Bagels

  • B-Free Foods (top 8 free, B-Free-owned facility, call for sesame information)
  • O’Doughs (gluten free, allergy friendly, O’Doughs-owned facility, contact for more information)
  • The Odd Bagel (gluten free, allergy friendly, contact for more information)

Tortillas

  • B-Free Wraps
  • Positively Plantain (gluten free, top 8 free and more, contact for more information)
  • Siete Foods (gluten free, some tortillas contain major allergens, contact for more information)

Breakfast & Cereal

Oats

  • GF Harvest (gluten free, purity protocol)
  • Zego Foods (gluten free, purity protocol)

Cereal

  • Arrowhead Mills (allergy aware, very transparent, many gluten- and dairy-free options)
  • Awsum Snacks (contact for more information)
  • Freedom Foods (allergy friendly, contact for more information)
  • Lovebird Foods (grain free, contact for more information)
  • Nature’s Path (allergy aware, very transparent, many gluten- and dairy-free options)

Please note, if you’re new to gluten free, a box of cereal may say “gluten free” on the front, but that doesn’t mean the statement is completely true. Terms like those are not regulated and there have been thousands of reported reactions to Cheerios cereal specifically, even though it says gluten free. The community knows to avoid them, especially if you have celiac disease.

 Granola

  • Red Plate Foods (top 9 free, very transparent, contact for more information)
  • Safe + Fair (gluten free, top 8 free, contact for more information)

For those who can have tree nuts, investigate “paleo granola.” There are several companies available, but you’ll need to investigate each one for other allergens.

Waffles

  • Banza (gluten free, very transparent, contains eggs, contact for more information)
  • Nature’s Path (gluten free, very transparent, contact for more information)

Dairy Alternatives

Dairy-Free Cheese

  • Babybel (their website says clean equipment but we could not confirm, contact for more information)
  • Follow Your Heart (review their allergen chart on the FAQ portion of the website, the Parm Shreds are top 9 free)
  • Kite Hill (email for more information on shared equipment and use of major allergens)
  • Miyoko’s Creamery (dairy free, very transparent, contains other major allergens, some items made in their exclusive facility, contact for more information)
  • Vio Life (note that one step of their process uses shared equipment with dairy)

There are other options available, but these are the best if you’re trying to avoid shared equipment with dairy. 

Dairy-Free Yogurt

  • Kite Hill (only the 5 oz. cups are made on dairy free equipment, contact for more information)
  • Vega Sport (dairy-free equipment, but very hard to find)

 There are other options available, but these are the best if you’re trying to avoid shared equipment with dairy. Additionally, for those who are wheat/gluten free, you’ll be hard pressed to find an oat yogurt brand using gluten-free, purity protocol oats.

Dairy-Free Butter

  • Earth Balance (the commercial 30 lb. box is top 8 free and the cleanest option available)

All dairy-free butter is a 1:1 exchange in recipes. However, the taste will not be the same, and might be more noticeable when cooking something like pancakes or spreading on toast. For those who can have soy, coconut and tree nuts, there are a lot of dairy-free butter options available. If you’re struggling to find options, search online for “vegan butter” which should get you results. Be sure to look out for engineered milk proteins in vegan products which will cause a reaction if you are allergic to milk.

For those managing multiple severe allergies or less common allergies (such as corn, sunflower, and pea), tiger nut oil (tuber, NOT a tree nut) is an excellent replacement for butter. It works in cooking, baking, mashed potatoes, pancaking-making and just about anywhere else you’d normally need butter. Tiger nut oil has a mild flavor and is full of nutritional benefits.

Meat & Seafood

  • Hilary’s Eat Well (gluten free, allergy friendly, contact for more information)
  • The Jackfruit Co. Pulled Jackfruit (plain jackfruit only, contact for more information)
  • Edward & Sons Jackfruit (contact for more information)

Produce

For most people, fresh produce won’t be an issue. For those who are corn free, review the corn-free pantry guide. The only area of recent concern will be product coatings such as Apeel. For those with concerns, start with a local farmer’s market. 

Dates

  • Woodspur Farms/Oasis Dates (only one facility makes tree-nut-free dates and date paste, contact for more information).

Generally, dates are always going to be processed alongside tree nuts. For more date options, check out LocalHarvest.org for leads on date farms that might be able to ship to you.

Soup & Canned Goods

Beans/Legumes

  • Eden Foods (gluten free, very transparent, contact for more information)
  • Jovial Foods (gluten free, very transparent, contact for more information)

Tomato Products 

  • BioNaturae by Jovial Foods (gluten free, very transparent, contact for more information)

Grains & Pasta

Pasta

  • Banza (chickpea based, gluten free, website has an amazing allergen chart, contact for more information)
  • Big Green Organic Food (gluten free, single-flour pastas from millet and sorghum, transparent, contact for more information)
  • Cybele’s Free to Eat (gluten free, top 9 free, rice-free pasta options, vegetable based, very transparent)
  • Jovial Foods (gluten free, allergy friendly, grain-free option, contact for more information, they have a range of products and several facilities)
  • Rustichella d’Abruzzo (gluten free, allergy friendly, contact for more information)
  • Tinkyada (gluten free, top 9 free, rice-only pasta, contact for more information) 

Rice and Quinoa

  • Lundberg (gluten free, top 9 free, facility uses rice, quinoa and mustard for rice- and quinoa-only products)

Frozen Foods

Pizza Dough/Pizza Crust

  • Wholly Wholesome (gluten free, allergy friendly, very transparent, contact for more information)

Fruits and Vegetables

  • Cascadian Farms (owned by General Mills, has a blanket policy about shared facility statements on labels, contact for more information)
  • Cascadian Farms Chinese-Style Stir Fry Vegetables
  • Woodstock Farms (gluten free, allergy friendly, pretty transparent, contact for more information)

Cooking & Baking

Flours & Mixes

  • Arrowhead Mills (very allergy aware and transparent brand, contact and let them know your restrictions and they will check every product you ask about, extremely helpful)
  • Authentic Foods (gluten free, allergy friendly, transparent, contact for more information)
  • Better Batter (gluten free, allergy friendly, contact for more information)
  • Gerbs (gluten free, top 8 free, very transparent, contact for more information)
  • GF Harvest (gluten free, purity protocol oat flour)
  • Hungry Harry’s (gluten free, top 14 free, dedicated facility, very transparent)
  • Namaste Foods (gluten free, allergy friendly, very transparent)
  • Organic Gemini (tiger nut products, contact for more information)
  • Otto’s Naturals (cassava flour, very transparent)
  • Rustic Scoop (gluten free, allergy friendly, some products contain coconut, very transparent) 

Golden Flax Meal

  • Gerbs
  • Namaste Foods

Maple Sugars and Maple Syrup

  • 365 Organic
  • Sap Jack (previously called The Maple Guild, defoamer is their own maple sap, contact for more information)
  • Sugar Maple Farms (Sugarmaplefarms.org, note that their purchasing processes are a bit old school, defoamer is extra virgin olive oil, their red lid syrup has a very dark/intense flavor)

Special note: Maple sugar and maple syrup can be contaminated with dairy and corn. Most companies also use honey or bee products during the processing. What you need to be concerned about is called a defoamer. Neither the defoamer nor processing aides are legally required to be on the labels. 

A defoamer is used during the boiling of maple sap. As the sap foams, a defoamer is added to remove the foam. Common defoamers are sunflower seed oil, safflower oil, canola oil or (milk) cream. 

Apple Cider Vinegar

  • Vermont Village (green label, parent company is Stonewall Kitchen, allergy friendly, very transparent)

Sprinkles

  • Let’s Do Organic
  • India Tree (their natural line)
  • Supernatural

Each of these sprinkle companies are allergy aware and should be contacted first as some products contain major allergens.

For a sprinkle alternative, crush up Karen’s Naturals freeze dried fruit (gluten free + top 8 free)

Baking Powder

  • Hain Featherweight
  • Otto’s Naturals 

Vanilla Extract

  • Singing Dog Vanilla (only commercial vanilla from a facility that is gluten-free, top 9 free and corn-free)

Chocolate Chips

  • Equal Exchange (only the chocolate chips are safe from this brand and the label should reflect that in the allergen statement as well)
  • Pascha (gluten free, top 9 free, also has a truly corn-free option and keto option)

Seasonings/Spices

  • Spicely Organics (gluten free, top 8 free, no anti-caking agents, very transparent, contact for more information)
  • Mountain Rose Herbs (gluten free, allergy friendly, very transparent, contact for more information)

Please note, do not buy pink peppercorn if you are allergic to cashews. It’s known to be highly cross reactive in those who are cashew allergic.

If Spicely isn’t for you, please reach out to other companies before buying. Many commercial spice brands use shared equipment with a range of major allergens.

Salt

  • Selina Naturally (their Celtic Sea Salt)
  • Kirkland (their Mediterranean Sea Salt)
  • Redmond’s Real Salt
  • Himalayan Pink Salt

Condiments, Dressings & Spreads

Lemon Juice

  • Lakewood Organic
  • Santa Cruz (contact for more information)

Jam/Jelly

  • Crofter’s Organic

Ketchup

  • True Made Foods 

Egg Free Mayo

  • Follow Your Heart
  • Primal Kitchen
  • Sir Kensington 

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  • Kirkland Organic (Costco proprietary brand, gluten free & top 8 free, and not adulterated olive oil)

Nut, Seed, Legume, Tuber Butters & Spreads

  • 88 Acres (gluten free, top-8-free facility, very transparent, watermelon seed, pumpkin seed and other spreads)
  • Beyond the Equator (gluten free, top-8-free facility, very transparent, seed blend spreads)
  • Crazy Richard (peanut butter, gluten free, nut-free facility, contact for more information)
  • Don’t Go Nuts (soy based, gluten free, allergy friendly/aware, contact for more information)
  • Field Trip (chickpea based, gluten free, allergy friendly/aware, contact for more information)
  • Spread the Love (almond and peanut, almond and peanut made in separate exclusive facilities, gluten free, contact for more information)
  • SunButter (sunflower seed spread, gluten free, top 8 free, contact for more information)
  • Voyage Foods (seed based, contact for more information)
  • Wow Butter (soy based, contact for more information)
  • Paleo Tiger (tiger nut (not a nut) butter, contact and confirm it’s safe for you before purchasing, tiger nut butter can also be made at home using a NutraMilk)
  • Roots (tiger nut (not a nut) butter, contact and confirm it’s safe for you before purchasing, tiger nut butter can also be made at home using a NutraMilk)

Other

Snack Bars

  • 88 Acres (gluten free, top 8 free, range of options, very transparent, contact for more information)
  • Bearded Bros (gluten free, contains tree nuts, very transparent, refined sugar free, contact for more information)
  • Blake’s Seed Based (gluten free, top 9 free, range of options available)
  • Chomps (gluten free, top 8 free, meat stick bars)
  • Don’t Go Nuts (gluten free, contains soy, contact for more information)
  • FreeYumm Foods (gluten free, allergy friendly, transparent, exclusive facility, contact for more information)
  • Libre Naturals (gluten free, top 8 free, contact for more information)
  • Made Good Foods (gluten free, top 8 free, contains many less common allergens, contact for more information)
  • Ommie Snacks (gluten free, allergy aware, contains coconut, contact for more information)
  • That’s It (gluten free, allergy friendly, contact for more information)

Freeze Dried Fruits and Vegetables

  • Karen’s Naturals (gluten free, top 8 free, exclusive facility)

Unsweetened Applesauce

  • North Coast Organics
  • Go-Go Squeeze (only the applesauce pouches are made in a free-from facility, website has more information)

Seeds

  • Blake’s Seed Based
  • Gerbs
  • Super Seedz 

Raisins

  • Sunmaid Organic

LocalHarvest.org: Farms you can contact directly; some may ship directly to you.

Kitchen Tool Recommendations

Milk Machine

  • The NutraMilk
  • Almond Cow

Parchment Muffin Cups

  • If You Care brand