The Best Vegan Gluten-Free Grocery List & Product Guide [Free Printable]

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As always ingredients and manufacturing processes can change without warning. Make a habit of carefully reading labels to ensure you avoid any potential allergens and animal derived ingredients.

There are a lot of not so obvious ways for animal & wheat derived ingredients to unknowingly sneak into your products. We've been there and know the frustration of trying to figure which products are safe.

Going gluten-free on a vegan diet has never been easier. An ever-growing number of gluten-free vegan products are hitting the grocery store shelves.

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Need A Free Printable Vegan + Gluten-Free Grocery ? Keep Reading
Tips For Gluten-Free Shopping
Ingredients You May Not Realize Are Not Vegan
Avoiding Gluten Ingredients, Hidden Sources of Wheat
3 Problematic Vegan Gluten-Free Items
15 Essential Vegan Gluten-Free Pantry Staples
Vegan Gluten-Free Product List
10 Places To Purchase Gluten-Free Vegan Ingredients (Online & In-Person)
[Free Printable] Ultimate Grocery List, Meal Prep Planner And Pantry List

Tips For Gluten-Free Shopping

5 Easy Ways To Make Going Vegan Gluten-free Easier

Always read your labels; ingredients and manufacturing processes can change without warning. Some items are label certified vegan and/or gluten-free and these items will be safe for the appropriate designation. For those items not certified ingredients can change and become unsuitable for your dietary needs
Meal Prepping - Batching cooking and freezing meals for later can be a life saver on a busy weeknight when cooking is just not an option
When you can buy extras so that you are always prepare. Its nothing worst then preparing a recipe and then realizing you out of a key ingredient
Kitchen Equipment - Instant Pots, Air Fryers and Food Processor/Blender helps prepping and reduces the cooking time
Canned Foods - don’t be afraid of canned beans, lentils, tomatoes and corn that can bring together a high protein bowl, hummus or salad together in minutes

Ingredients You May Not Realize Are Not Vegan

These not-so-obvious animal-based ingredients with names you don’t recognize to be animal-derived.

Casein (milk protein)
Whey (milk byproduct)
Gelatin (protein from animal skin, bones and ligaments) - desserts
Lanolin
Red food Dye
Rennet
Shellac
Lactose (sugar present in milk)
Lactic Acid (can be vegan but check that its not animal-derived) picklest, olives
Collagen
Amino acids
Fatty acids
Glycerin
Lard (fat from pig) - baked goods, refried beans, canned soups
Oleic Acid or Oleinic Acid (render fat) - could be in synthetic butter, vegetable fats & oils
D3 vitamin (derived from lambswool) - orange juice and multiple vitamins

For a more complete list check out this great list from Peta non vegan items to avoid. And other hidden dairy ingredients on food labels.

Avoiding Gluten Ingredients, Hidden Sources of Wheat

So many names so many ways for gluten to sneak in. Gluten-containing ingredients to avoid under the following names:

Check out this comprehensive gluten-free food list and gluten-free need to know

Malt, malt flavor, malt extract, malt vinegar, malt syrup, malt vinegar, brewer’s yeast
Ale, barley, beer
Soy sauce
Seitan
Bleached flour, bran, bread flour,brown flour,
Brown rice syrup (unless the food is labeled gluten-free)
Bulgur, couscous, dextrin (unless the source is gluten-free), durum, farina, farro, gluten flour, graham flour, granary flour, groats, harina, kamut, matzo, rye, orzo,semolina, self-rising flour, spelt, smoke flavoring, triticale, white flour, whole meal flour
Vegetable gum
Modified starch (unless the source is gluten-free)
Hydrolyzed vegetable (wheat) protein
Ingredients with the words “wheat,” “barley,” or “rye” in the name or in parentheses after the name. i.e. wheatgerm

3 Problematic Vegan Gluten-Free Items

Oatmeal - is naturally gluten free. The issue is that oatmeal is often processed in facilities that process gluten-containing grains like wheat, rye, and barley. Cross contamination becomes an issue in these facilities. Look for oatmeal processed in a dedicated facility certified gluten-free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization
Sugar - look for sugars that do not use bone-char to filter its sugar. Peta has a great list of sugar brands that are vegan.
Honey - some vegans avoid eating honey to take a stand against bee farming practices that are thought to harm bee health.

15 Essential Vegan Gluten-Free Pantry Staples

A well-stocked pantry with basic staples will give you more options for cooking nutritious and delicious meals

Tofu
Beans & Legumes - Black beans, Chickpeas, Lentils
Grains - Quinoa, Fonio, Rice
Nuts & Seeds
Nut Butter’s
Mushrooms
Garlic & Onion’s
Potatoes
Fruits
Leafy Greens
Lemons
Frozen Fruits & Vegetables
Egg Replacer
Nutritional Yeast
Tamari Sauce

Vegan Gluten-Free Product List

Gluten-Free Vegan Packaged Convenience Foods check ingredients and labels when you're shopping. This article is not sponsored just our honest opinion on products we have purchased and enjoyed.

Candy

Breads, Crackers & Pasta

Gluten-Free Flour

Southern Style Biscuits | Strawberry Biscuits | Pot Pie

Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

Cookies & Snacks

More Gluten-Free Vegan Products

Amy's Kitchen
KRAVE Plant-Based Jerky
Protein Powders
Boxed Cakes, Cookies & Brownies Mixes
- Pamela’s
- Krusteaz

10 Places To Purchase Gluten-Free Vegan Ingredients (Online & In-Person)

Whole Foods Market
Trader Joe's (printable vegan gluten-free list)
Publix, Aldi, Kroger and Sprouts Farmer Market
Amazon (Online) The Vgn Way is an affiliate partner
GTFO It’s Vegan (Online)
Target
Costco, BJ’s, Sam’s Club
Local Health food stores like Sevenada, Big Bear Natural Foods, Wild Oats Marketplace, Fairway Market and Fairway Market
Misfits Market
Thrive Market

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