Gluten Ingredients To Watch For

Starches Found in Medications

The following inactive ingredients are considered “red flags,” as they may be sourced from wheat, barley or rye. If you see a red flag ingredient, it means that more information is needed to find out if the drug’s ingredients contain gluten. Some ingredients are more obvious than others.

• Wheat
• Modified starch (if source is not specified)
• Pregelatinized starch (if source is not specified)
• Pregelatinized modified starch (if source is not specified)
• Dextrates (if source is not specified)
• Dextrin (if source is not specified; the source is usually corn or potato which is acceptable)
• Dextrimaltose (when barley malt is used)
• Caramel coloring (when barley malt is used)