Foods to avoid and alternatives

Foods to Avoid

• All bread and crackers made from ordinary flour
• Biscuits, buns, cakes and pastry made from ordinary flour
• Pasta, spaghetti, couscous
• Breakfast cereals made from or containing wheat. E.g. puffed wheat, weetabix, shredded wheat, branflakes, cheerios, muesli, alpen
• Pizza, lasagne, quiche, scotch eggs
• Tortilla wraps, spring rolls, kebabs, sausages, black and white pudding, meat pies, meat loaf, fish or chicken, in batter and breadcrumbs
• Tart, crumble, pancakes, semolina
• Stout and some lagers contain wheat starch and so are unsuitable but other alcoholic drinks are wheat-free. Revolution Red Beer, made by the Dublin brewing company is wheat free, and is widely available.

• Bread, biscuits, buns, cakes and pastry made from rice
• Soya or potato flour
• Rice, potato
• Porridge, rice krispies, cornflakes
• Fresh vegetables, eggs, cheese
• Grilled or roast meat, chicken, and fish (sauce made with cornflour)
• Fresh fruit, meringue, rice, pudding, custard, yoghurt (except muesli flavour).