If the product you asked about is not on this list, then it may contain gluten containing ingredients. Some types of vinegar—including red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and cane vinegar—are gluten-free.

Just so we are clear, the idea that malt vinegar may be gluten free is recent, possibly controversial and is definitely a personal decision. I contacted Blue Horizon and they were very gracious and explained the vinegar source and even included the lab test results showing that no gluten was detected in the products! But I do believe we’re living at a time when some of the conventional wisdom surrounding the gluten-free diet may be overthrown, if not revised. Salad dressings – Add flavour to salad by mixing one tablespoon of malt vinegar to one tablespoon of olive oil for an easy dressing for green salads, bean salad, coleslaw, and potato salad. I'm worried about increasing my B1 too quickly in case there is an electrolyte issue which B1 worsens.

Other types of vinegar—for example, non-distilled vinegars made from the gluten grains wheat, barley, and rye, and malt vinegar made from barley—are not gluten-free. And to date, this also means any products that are made with malt vinegar, such as Malt Vinegar and Sea Salt Potato Chips, are also off limits. One response I received was from a pal in Ireland, where it is quite common, he even sent me a photo of an Irish Distilled Malt Vinegar (seriously, how cool is that? And finally, you've got people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity who suffer a gluten grain reaction when they consume vinegar derived from gluten grains, regardless of what either group of experts says. It is also dumbfounding that a manufacturer with gluten-free certification on some products would be unaware that malt extract should not be included in products labeled gluten-free.

But at least we did finally get a standard, that was in theory at least somewhat modeled after European standards. While almost anything can be malted, it is almost always barley (unless explicitly stated otherwise). Which only further proves to me that no one person knows everything, and living gluten-free safely and happily is a collective effort, at least until the FDA officially defines the term “gluten-free.In that case, the culprit could be gluten cross-contamination in the manufacturing facility or possibly trace gluten contamination in the ingredients used to make the vinegar itself.

You could also attempt to make malt vinegar at home from a subpar batch of GF homebrewed beer, if you enjoy experimenting with fermentation.Hi Colin… Yes, cross contamination in fryer oil can be a concern, as can “coatings” on certain chips/french fries. It is made by first malting barley, and then fermenting/brewing that malted barley into a basic form of beer.

Did the Heinz representative say that BOTH the regular Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar and the Apple Cider FLAVORED Vinegar ARE gluten-free? Recently the regs here were changed so that there are no separate allergy boxes on labels, but all allergens (or at least the main ones) must be highlighted on ingredients lists.They made no distinction of whether the malt vinegar was distilled or not so I would assume it isn't.