Simple steps when you’re cooking at home
- Clean surfaces, pots, pans, cutlery, and cooking utensils with hot soapy water
- Washing up liquid will remove gluten, or using a dishwasher machine with suitable dishwasher detergent
- You do not need to use separate cloths or sponges, make sure to rinse of any residue
- Use clean oil or a separate fryer for frying gluten free food
- Use clean cutlery for shared butters, jams and spreads. Or consider having separate condiments to avoid contaminating shared products
- Using separate bread boards is a great way of keeping gluten free and gluten containing breads separate
- Use toaster bags or consider using a different toaster for your gluten free bread products
What is the best way to store gluten free ingredients?
In the kitchen, keep your gluten free ingredients separate from other ingredients during storage and preparation to avoid cross contamination. There are many ways that you can reduce and avoid cross contamination, find out how.
What foods should I be avoiding?
Gluten can be found in many products, but the main foods that contain these grains are:
- bread
- pasta
- breakfast cereals
- pastry
- cakes
- biscuits
- pizza
- crackers
But the list doesn’t stop there, so also look out for it in foods such as soups, sauces, stock cubes, ready meals and processed foods like sausages.
If you don’t know how to read labels, find out how as it is important to check labels of products such as stock cubes and seasonings, prebought sauces and processed vegetable products (eg frozen chips) to ensure they don’t contain gluten.
