HP Brown Sauce does contain gluten, however the Tesco and Asda's 'cheap' brown sauces are completely safe. But then what about the different brands? For example - did you know HP Brown Sauce isn't gluten free, but the Tesco and Asda cheapo brown sauce IS gluten free? Sure, I can let you know the sauces which definitely are NOT gluten free, or the sauces which are gluten free 99% of the time. Unfortunately these sauces pretty much always tend to contain gluten, save for a few specifically gluten free ones.

However, a couple of products which are still listed as safe, and a good gluten free alternative, include:This is placing a greater responsibility on the manufacturers to confirm that products contain less than 20ppm of gluten and can be labelled as gluten free. Coeliac UK has recently (Jan 2021) updated its guidelines stating that it will no longer be listing products containing barley malt extract or barley malt vinegar unless they are labelled as gluten free. This does mean a lot of Chinese food is not gluten free either, neither is sushi unless you can get it with a gluten free soy sauce instead.

I've broken this guide to gluten free sauces down to try and help you find out exactly which sauces and condiments are gluten free. As discussed above, Marmite is unfortunately not gluten free and is labelled as such, but some of the supermarket yeast extracts are, which are basically the same thing! Are sauces which contain barley gluten free?In fact, at the time of writing, the Coeliac UK scanner app lists 222 varieties which are gluten free, so that is definitely a bonus for all your ketchup fans! And let's not even get started on the 'free from' branded mayonnaise and ketchup - most brands of these are gluten free anyway and you'll pay three times the price for a free from one. But now they are no longer listed as being suitable for people with coeliac disease. Why is some barley malt vinegar no longer gluten free? But soy sauce is NOT gluten free - unless it is specifically marked as gluten free, which is usually Tamari instead of standard soy sauce. Only last week I went to a restaurant where the mayonnaise had a 'may contain traces of gluten' warning on it, must to my surprise.

It can be easy to assume that everything in that aisle is safe to eat, but some of it may be in there because it's dairy or egg free, but still contains gluten. It's rare, but it happens.However, many of the supermarket own brand Yeast Extracts are gluten free and safe for people with coeliac disease to eat. The HP BBQ sauce is gluten free, and there are quite a few BBQ sauce bottles, marinades and jar sauces which are listed in the Coeliac UK app. So definitely shop around if you want to save your pennies! Sauces which are *sometimes* gluten free Plus there are some free from brown sauces such as Chippa which you can sometimes find in the free from aisle. I personally think gluten free soy sauce tastes the same, but Asian food connoisseurs might disagree - you'll have to let me know if you think otherwise!

Then you've got mustard - most English mustard contains wheat flour, but did you know a handful of brands are actually gluten free?