Do Omelets Contain Grain, and Are They Gluten-Free?

Free range eggs are safe but yes, but watch out what you put in it. In South Africa, the most well known brand of spices, has gluten listed amongst Allergens in their Cinnamon! 😣

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Meats: Ham, bacon, sausage, etc., is typically gluten-free and grain-free, but always check if they're processed as some may contain gluten ingredients as fillers, especially sausages.

Sausage are not typically gluten-free. The traditional way to make it involves bread crums or flour. Depending on your country, there are good chances that your sausages are NOT gluten-free. In USA, there's a good range of gluten free sausages, but it's far from being 100% gluten-free. As for the other meats, you've got to check the ingredients.

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Herbs and Spices: Generally gluten-free and grain-free, but mixed seasonings should be checked for additives that could contain gluten.

That's wrong! Many spice brands pack up their products on the same line as gluten containing food. Therefore, there's a high risk for cross contamination. You've got to make sure that your spices and herbs are gluten free.

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Omelets are typically grain-free and gluten-free as they are primarily made from eggs.

Be aware that some restaurants cook their pancakes and their crepes on the same griddle. There's a high risk of cross contamination. Also, some restaurants put some flour in the mix in order for the omelette to stay together easily. You should be careful when eating out and ask for the safety of the product. Cross contamination happens all the time, even in high rank restaurants.

Jefferson: Some Deli items like bacon, in Australia contain Gluten; most "Don's" smallgoods products contain Gluten, but! they list it on their packaging so you know.!

Alex: 100% on the mark there. In Australia, McCormack Foods (Spice) supplier, advertises their products as having the potential for cross-contamination. A legal requirement here in Australia forces companies to advertise that, although there is no Gluten in a specific product, They still have to warn consumers it was manufactured in a plant that has other Gluten containing products.

Funny Story. The family was staying at a 5-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the breakfast bar had a sign promoting "Gluten Free" cereal; I was like wow, that's awesome, so I politely asked the attendant at the bar, (Which of your cereals is Gluten Free) Blank expression, accompanied by Umm! he could not tell me so I got him to bring the manager out, to whom I asked the same question, he too, could not tell me, so I said they should take the sign away as it is misleading and dangerous for those of us who suffer Coeliac Disease, which he complied.

As for restaurants, I steer well clear of them as the potential for a bad night out is not worth it, financially and or health wise.

I have encountered one restaurant chain that typically used a bit of pancake batter to fluff up its omlettes. 
 

Hi @Aleda D

I consider myself extremely fortunate that I live in a country (Australia), which forces all food related service industries to acknowledge and label "ALL" Allergens.

I struggle to understand why anybody would need to add pancake batter; Omelettes I make at home are fluffy enough without adding unnecessary items.

I think it's generally accepted, Cross-contamination is the biggest hidden threat to Celiac sufferers. And! with that in mind, when going out to eat, I am very clear on my condition; By-and-large, many establishments and very good.

* I went to Chinese Restaurant where the Proprietor, guaranteed no Gluten; Then get home to be crook for days after.

* Conversely, on the very, very few-and-far-between times I have gone out, they have been open/honest, stating they cannot cater for me, which is two-thumbs-up for me as it doesn't ruin a good night out.

Then get home to be "crook" for days after.

N00dnutt, is that a typo or an downunderism? 

@trents

 Yep! That's Aussie slang. "Crook" = (Sick-as-a-Dog). My apologies, I forget that I'm chatting in a non-Australian forum whose members are not likely to understand my alien jargon.

The everyday Aussie vernacular is distinctly ours. That said, it's taken a century or two of evolution to refine it from the original Pommy Rhyming slang that came across on the prison ships from good old mother England.

And please! Disregard most of the Australian Tourism rubbish you see on TV.

* We do not drink Fosters (terrible beer).

* We do not put "Shrimp on the Barbie" (Shrimp aka very small/baby prawn go in a Prawn Cocktail - Big "Tiger Prawns" on the other hand, that's different).

* Many of the euphemism' that may have been freely used a century ago are long dead. We have such a melting pot of cultures here now that, old, garish language is seldom used in normal, everyday conversations.

As I mentioned above, Aussie lingo, has evolved, but! we still have a uniquely Down-under Sub-classification of English words. To give you a better window, there is an American/Latino comedian (Gabrielle Iglesias - AKA Fluffy), watch his Youtube segment of when he did a show in Australia. I was so disappointed I missed it. 

He outlines just how Open, Welcoming, Honest and, brutally Direct most (Non-Woke) Aussies are. We seldom mince words, if there's an issue, get it out in the open, sort it out, agree to disagree and move on. Life is way too short for BS.

Cheers from the land upside down..

@N00dnutt,

Greetings from the "left coast". That's how those of us of coming from a conservative perspective in the USA disparagingly refer to the states (California, Oregon and Washington) that border the Pacific ocean and are very politically and socially "progressive". Formerly known as the "west coast". Thanks for your entertaining explanation and elaboration on Aussie lingo.