Where are the cheapest gluten-free foods?

heyLloydy

If your not already a member of the Coeliac Society join. For about £20 a year you receive an A5 book that details all off the shelf brands (that are usually a lot cheaper than items stacked in the gluten free section) that are gluten free, including supermarket own. They also send you a magazine four times a year that has hints, tips, recipes & money off coupons and have a great web site too.

Katiehound

I was going to suggest Aldi as I was surprised to see quite a few items GF in their Killarney store only last week.
I couldn't see any mention on the UK website so phoned them- here's their number: 0800 042 0800. GF not available here at present but all calls are logged- so customer demand might tip the balance!!
(I was hoping for some dairy free stuff apart from milk!)

Sherlotte

Sainsbury's Twitter account once tweeted me this link - it has lists of all their own-brand stock, organised by allergy/intolerance type. So, if you're avoiding gluten, download their 'for those avoiding gluten' list.
I bet the other supermarkets have them too...
[double-u double-u double-u dot]sainsburys-live-well-for-less[dot]co[dot]uk/recipes-inspiration/healthier-eating/health-advice/product-guidance-lists/

mrshughes86

If you join the Love Food club on the Glutafin website they send you a free hamper full of gluten free food.
It is all food that is available on prescription if you have coeliacs disease.
http://www.glutafin.co.uk/

Katiehound

Hi Sherlotte- yes you are right
Here's Tesco's list:
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=gluten+free&newSort=true&search=Search

and Asda
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/search/gluten%20free

annie12

Son has to have a gluten free diet.
Genius multi seed bread is the only one he will eat, we have tried them all!
Also dietary specials white small rolls (part baked).

Bisto in the glass jar is gluten free.

I think seabrooks crisps are mostly gluten free.

Ocado have the allergy listing marked clearly - you can go on the website just to check an item which is very handy. You can also filter so that only gf food shows.

Most of Thorntons chocolates are gf.

knorr stockpots are gf.

Once you get used to it, it's quite easy to amend a recipe.

I have a few recipes if anyone is interested, I will dig them out.

homeed

I have a severe intolerance to gluten, oats, vinegar, apricots, pineapples and walnuts. Its a very wierd and annoying intolerance that has me checking all the ingredients. Its got to the point I hate shopping full stop!!! I tend to stick to foods that are simple to check ingredients.

I buy up Ambrosia cream rice when it is 50p a can and have that and rice cakes as convient foods, as well as pombear crisps and "add your own salt" crisps. I do have frozen chips in the freezer as well for convience. Though I have found some microwaveable products in Iceland ok. Iceland is one of my best shops due to the delivery, you can look at the products first hand and check dates. I tend to buy a lot of the basic fish, meat and veg there, along with cheese, eggs and milk.

In winter, I also buy stewing meat (cheapest cuts) from the butchers and slow cook it with vegetables and a can of tomatoes or/and beans (not baked beans). I slow cook quite a lot of the meat or fish and then freeze the leftovers and use them as microwaveable convience foods.

I also have jacket potato sometimes with Heinz beans - Ive tried other baked beans which have completely failed my insides.

I also always buy tins of chickpeas, that can easily be whizzed to a hummus. Ive been caught out a few times with added apricots in ready made hummus.

We also have a roast dinner most weekends, though I have been going without gravy, so very thankful for people on this board for their advice.

I also buy the occasional gluten free packet of flour for making cakes.

The other main item I buy is rice in the sackload, and have this with the stews or with a tin of tuna and sweetcorn.

Being gluten free has in one way made me have to eat a healthier diet. In summer it is quite easy to be gluten free with the abundance of fruit and veg, but in winter it has made me go back to cooking from scratch for the comfort foods.

Hope this helps other people in their gluten free life, I found this thread very useful. Many thanks to everyone that has put forward products they have found gluten free

maddiemay

Some great information coming through, thank you everyone.

I am currently stuffing myself with bread and gluten containing products in readiness for biopsies next week, blood tests according to my gp are inconclusive. It will all be so useful as I intend to try being GF even if tests prove negative to see if my health problems improve.

martinpcraven

Most people who eat Gluten Free do so because they are intolerant to gluten and many grain type products but I have noticed recently that there are a significant number of people who somehow believe that Gluten Free is a 'goodness' product and have started to buy it 'for health reasons' (other that intolerance to Gluten or because they are diagnosed as Coeliac)

What people don't understand is that unless you absolutely HAVE to eat Gluten Free, it is generally a BAD idea to switch to it as it uses a much higher sugar content to replace the 'taste' elements and as opposed to being bad for you (assuming you could otherwise eat alternatives), it can be dangerous for you - If you HAVE to eat Gluten Free, then it is the best choice but if not, avoid Gluten free - Its not a 'diet' product or a 'health' product - its a necessity product for those who cannot eat Gluten

INSPIRED

CraftyK wrote: »

If you eat oats you can have porridge oats, ready brek, some Jordans granolas and Sainsbury's own brand granola.

CraftyK, anyone who has been diagnosed with Coeliac Disease should eat only certified gluten free oats which are, unfortunately, more expensive than ordinary oats.

How I miss proper porridge!

Have to agree that the cheapest gluten free foods are those that would not normally contain gluten. The cheapest GF aisles are the meat, fish & veg.