They’re everywhere! Celiacs can’t brush their teeth, drink a cup of tea, or enjoy a piece of licorice without “issues”.

  The toothpaste question is relatively simple. Both Crest and Colgate state on their websites that their toothpastes are gluten free.

Finding celiac friendly  tea is much more complicated. Tea itself is naturally gluten free, but may become toxic if wheat paste is used to seal the tea bag. In this case, the wheat is part of the packaging material and therefore will not appear on the ingredients list. Your only options are to find a tea that does not come in a bag or to find a tea bag that is sealed with a stapler. Good luck!

Licorice certainly does not seem like it should contain gluten. I ate licorice for several years before learning that it was not celiac friendly. If you need to order gluten free licorice on-line, click on one of the boxes below to purchase it from The Gluten Free Pantry.

Running Rabbit - Black Licorice

Running Rabbit - Raspberry Licorice

Running Rabbit - Black Cherry Licorice

Orgran - Molasses Licorice

I have included this information in my newly published "The Successful Celiacs Guide to Hidden Glutens"  along with everything I know about the subject. We can't escape from these hidden glutens, but at least we can drive them out of hiding.

published: 02/22/08