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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.

This article is not sponsored just our honest opinion on products we have purchased and enjoyed.

We are sharing our go to brands, products and items with you:

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.

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

• Justin’s
• Endangered Species
• SmartSweets
• Unreal
• Ocho
• Little Secret’s
• Cocomel’s
• Pascha
• Evolved

Breads, Crackers & Pasta

• Pure Knead
• Simple Kneads
• Little Northern Bakehouse
• Breadsrsly
• Ian’s
• Siete
• Simple Mills
• Wholly Wholesome
• Barilla
• Banza
• Rightrice
• Lotus Foods Rice Ramen Noodles

Gluten-Free Flour

• King Arthur Baking Company
• Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods
• Authentic Foods
• Modernist Pantry 
• Better Batter
• Namaste Foods
• Trader Joe’s

Plant-Based Meat Substitutes

• Hilary's Eat Well
• Impossible Foods
• Beyond Meat
• Meatless Farm
• Wholesome Provisions

Plant-Based Yogurts

• Oatly
• So Delicious
• Silk
• Chobani
• Culina
• Lavva
• Harmless Harvest
• Whole Food 365
• Forager
• Kite Hill
• Nancy’s
• Trader Joe’s
• Daiya
• Siggi’s
• Cocoyõ

Read our vegan yogurt review

Egg Substitutes

Breakfast Sandwich | Tofu Scramble | French Toast

• Just Egg
• Bob's Red Mill
• Ener-G
• Follow Your Heart
• Vor Aquafaba Powder
• Neat Egg

Non-Dairy Milk

• Silk
• Oatly
• Pacific Foods
• Califia Farms
• Elmhurst 1925
• Blue Diamond Almond Breeze

Read our non-dairy milk review

Dark Chocolate & Chili Pudding | Apple & Oat Crumble | Oreo Cheesecake

Cookies & Snacks

• Enjoy Life
• Partake Foods
• Simple Mills
• Oreo’s
• Cybele's
• Quinn’s Snacks
• Hippeas

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)

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

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