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Wheat Allergy Diet for Children General guidelines for wheat allergy The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid giving your child the foods or products containing the food to which he or she is allergic. The items that your child is allergic to are called allergens. A wheat allergy is an abnormal response of the body to the protein found in wheat. Wheat products are found in many foods. In order to avoid foods that contain wheat, it is important to read food labels. Foods Allowed Not allowed Beverages Coffee, tea, fruit juices, decaffeinated coffee, carbonated beverages, all milks, cocoa Cereal beverages, coffee substitutes Beverages made from wheat products: beer, ale, root beer Instant chocolate drink mixes Breads & cereals Ry-Krisp, rice wafers Pure corn, rice, arrowroot, barley, potato, or rye bread made without wheat flour or wheat products Cornmeal, cornstarch, soybean flour, barley flour, oat flour, rice flour, potato starch, arrowroot f

How to read a label for a wheat-free diet Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients: Bran Bread crumbs Bulgur Cereal extract Couscous Cracker meal Durum Einkorn Emmer Enriched flour Farina Gluten Graham flour High gluten flour High protein flour Matzoh, matzoh meal Pasta Seitan Semolina Spelt Sprouted wheat Vital gluten Wheat bran Wheat germ Wheat gluten Wheat grass Wheat malt Wheat starch Whole wheat berries Whole wheat flour Other possible sources of wheat or wheat products Ingredients that may indicate the presence of wheat protein include the following: Gelatinized starch Gum Hydrolyzed vegetable protein Kamut Modified food starch Modified starch Natural flavoring Soy sauce Starch Surimi Vegetable starch