8 Foods and Products You’d Be Surprised To Learn Contain Gluten

If you have celiac disease, then gluten is always off the menu. Or is it? No matter how carefully you read food labels at the grocery store or ask your waiter questions about the contents contained in your order, you would be shocked to discover the hidden gluten that lurks within both food and non-food items, just waiting to give you the abdominal pain that you so richly do not deserve. But fear not! We’re here to save you, as usual. Here are eight things you had no idea might contain gluten.

1. Pickles

Who doesn’t love pickles on their chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, or even just as a crunchy snack? If you can’t tolerate gluten, you will be super sad to know that pickles might have to be banished from your fridge. This is because some pickling processes involve malt vinegar, which often contains gluten, aka the Protein of Doom.