When malt is derived from barley it contains gluten. Tested gluten levels vary, but barley malt and its derivatives are off limits for those with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
One more query we ran across in our research was “Is barley malt gluten-free?”.
Barley malt and barley malt extract are also not gluten-free. The word “malt” on a food label usually indicates that there is gluten in the product.
Is barley (or malt) gluten free?
Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat (which includes; spelt, kamut, khorasan, einkorn, faro, and emmer), rye, triticale (a rye/wheat hybrid), and barley. Under no circumstance should people on a gluten free diet eat any of the above grains, including barley.
Malt is made from barley grains that are germinated and then dried, so all malted products contain gluten. There’s some controversy over whether barley grass (the young stalks of the plant that haven’t yet formed grain kernels) contains gluten, and some vitamin products carry a gluten-free label despite the fact that they include barley grass.
In one study that assessed the gluten content from barley in two breakfast cereals containing barley malt extract, one product contained 795 ppm gluten; the other 171 ppm gluten.
What are the different sources of barley malt?
There are a few obvious sources of barley malt and its derivatives (barley malt extract/syrup and barley malt flavoring). If you run into a product that declares itself malted, such as malt vinegar or a malted milkshake, your alarm bells should go off.
What is malt flavoring made from?
Malt flavoring can be made from barley malt extract/syrup or from a combination of barley malt extract/syrup and corn syrup. Is there gluten in malt? When malt is derived from barley it contains gluten. Tested gluten levels vary, but barley malt and its derivatives are off limits for those with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
Is barley malt vinegar coeliac safe?
**TEMPORARY CHANGE – Coeliac UK are pushing manufacturers to improve their product labelling. So for now, if a product contains barley malt vinegar/extract and it is coeliac safe BUT they haven’t added a gluten free label to the product, it will temporarily pretend the product is not safe to push them into adding that label!! Now, the only way y.