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List Of Safeway Items That Are gluten-free


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steveindenver Contributor

From Safeway after I called them today:

We received your request for information on

Safeway private label products for those troubled with

gluten-induced enteropathy or celiac-sprue. While

we are somewhat familiar with the malabsorption

syndrome, we do not presume to prescribe any of

our products for any specific diet(s). On the other

hand, we are happy to provide what information we

have which might be useful to you.

For your information, we have over 5,000

different products in our Safeway private label product

line and we do not have a listing of ingredients

available for the general public on each of these

items so we are not able to comply with all

requests. We do suggest that you read carefully all

ingredient labeling information on products that

you purchase.

We can tell you that our frozen vegetables and

fruits should be okay since they do not contain any

other ingredients but the vegetables or fruits

themselves. The exception to this would be our

frozen vegetables in sauce.

Another group of items that would be acceptable

are non-breaded seafood items, poultry that has

not been breaded or stuffed, and our Lucerne/SELECT

eggs. In other words, all fresh meats, seafood's

and eggs.

Acceptable dairy items would be all fluid milks,

except chocolate milk when starch is added and

the source is not listed, cottage cheese and

natural cheeses. Most bakery items we believe would not

be acceptable for use in this diet.

We have taken the initiative to solicit all of

our suppliers for lists of their products that are

gluten free. This list is attached for your easy

reference.

As near as we can determine, the information

we've provided is correct; however, we cannot

guarantee that changes will not occur from time to time

in our ingredient listings, or vendor changes

that would affect processing methods or raw

ingredients therefore we do recommend that you verify

ingredients with us from time to time. We do

appreciate your interest in our Safeway Brand products

and hope that we have been of some help to you.

SELECT Brand

Basmati Rice

Baking Nuts (Almonds)

BBQ Sauce (Original, Honey Mustard, Hickory

Smoked and Honey Smoked)

Capers

Clear (sparkling water beverages, all flavors)

Chai Tea

Cheese Fondue

Cheese (Shredded Parmesan)

Chocolate Chips

Cocoa Mix -European

Coffee (Creamy Hazelnut)

Coffee Beverage, Instant Flavored (maltodextrin

corn based)

Enchilada Sauce (Mild)(vinegar distilled w/wood,

pulp, mild)

Fiesta Fajita Salsa

Gourmet Dipping Sauces (Cook'n Grill Plum and

Honey Mustard)

Green Tea

Herbal Tea (Lemon, Evening Delight, Chamomile,

Peppermint)

Honey

Jams/Jellies

Mayonnaise (Regular, Reduced Fat, Fat Free, With

Canola Oil (distilled w/wood))

Mustard (Classic/Country Dijon, Spicy Brown,

Stone Ground Horseradish)

Organic Peas

Organic Soy Beverage

Organic Vanilla Soy Beverage (Low Fat)

Potato Cups (Sour Cream Chive, Three Cheese

Broccoli, Roasted Garlic, Buttermilk Ranch) Not Run

on Dedicated Line

Pasta Sauces - Refrigerated Varieties (Classic

Pesto, Creamy Parmesan Basil, Garden Vegetable &

Herb, Light Alfredo, Mushroom/Onion, Roasted

Garlic & Mushroom)

Pasta/Marinara Sauce (all VERDI)

Pizza Sauce

Pure Maple Syrup

Roasted Rosemary Wedges

Salad Dressing (like Miracle Whip)

Salad Dressings (Basil Ranch, Ranch, Roasted Red

Pepper & Garlic Vinaigrette, Raspberry

Vinaigrette, Red Wine Balsamic, Blue Cheese,

Cranberry/Orange, Harvest Vegetable, Tuscan Basil Herb, Creamy

Goat Cheese/Dried Tomato)

Salad Dressing Mix (Italian)

Salsa (All SELECT varieties)

Sausage (Chicken Apple, Chicken Andouille,

Italian Pork, Turkey Chicken Parmesan Basil, and

Turkey Chicken Sun Dried Tomato, Beef Smoked, Beef Hot

Link, Cajun Style Link, Polish, Italian)

Signature Ribs (St. Louis Style Smoke House)

Signature Soup (Fajita Chicken & Toasted Corn

Chowder, Baked Potato, Fiesta Chicken Tortilla)

SELECT Brand (cont)

Sodas (all varieties)

Soup Cups (Tex Mex, Split Pea, Black Bean, Potato

Leak) Not Run on Dedicated Line

Soup Mixes (Tortilla Con Queso, Black Bean &

Rice) Not Run on Dedicated Line

Specialty Tea

Steak Sauce

Syrup (Blueberry)

Truffles (Chocolate/Raspberry, Mocha,

Butterscotch, and Milk Chocolate)

Tuna (Tongol)

Vinegar (ALL EXCEPT Malt Vinegar)

Whole Bean Coffees, flavored

Winners Thirst Quencher (Lemon Lime, Lemon Ice,

Orange, Lemon, Tropical, Fruit Punch, Glacier

Wave, Tangerine Freeze, and Amazon Freeze)

ENLIGHTEN Brand

Dressings (Honey Mustard, Roasted Sweet Pepper &

Garlic Vinaigrette, Garden Italian, and Balsamic

& Red Wine Vinaigrette)

Mayonnaise

HEALTHY ADVANTAGE

Vegetarian Chili

SAFEWAY Brand

Apple Sauce (Cups, Natural and Sweetened)

Aspartame Sweetener

Black Olives

Butterscotch Chips

Baking Powder

Beef Franks (Jumbo)

Beef Jerky (Original and Peppered only)

Button Sliced Mushrooms

Canned Beans (Pork & Beans, Light & Dark Kidney,

Pinto, Black-eyed, Chick, Lima, and Black, Green)

Carrots (Baby Peeled)

Cashews, Halves & Pieces and Whole

Cereal* (Fruity Nuggets, Puffed Corn, Cocoa

Astros (produced on line with other gluten products)

Cheese Curls

Cherries (Red Tart Pitted)

Chicken Broth

Chocolate Chips (Semi Sweet, Real Chocolate, Milk

Chocolate)

Chocolate Syrup

Coconut (Sweetened)

Cooking Spray (Butter Flavored)

Cocktail Sauce

Coffee Creamer (Powdered)

Corned Beef Hash

SAFEWAY Brand (cont.)

Corn Starch

Cranberry Sauce (Whole and Jellied)

Cream Style Corn

Dessert Mints

Dried Beans (Pink, Great Northern, Lentils,

Black, Black-eyed, Small White, Large Lima, Small Red,

Green Split, Light Red Kidney, Pinto, Baby Lima,

and Navy)

Dried Fruit (Prunes, Raisins, Apricots, Peach,

Apple, and Cherry)

Drink Mixes (Sugar Free Raspberry & Lemonade)

Evaporated Milk

Espresso Coffee Beans

Extracts & Pure Spices** (if gluten, ingredient

statement will declare)

Fajita Seasoning Mix

Food Coloring (Assorted)

Fruit Snacks (all)

Gelatin Mix (all flavors)

Glazed Cake Mix

Grated Parmesan Cheese (3, 8 & 16oz.)

Gummi Bears

Hash Browns (Shredded, Southern Style, Country

Style)

Honey (Pure and Creamed)

Hot Cocoa Mix (with and w/o Marshmallows and Fat

Free)

Iced Tea Mix (All flavors)

Instant Breakfast

Instant Chocolate Drink Mix

Instant Gelatins (Sugar Free and Regular)

Instant Mashed Potatoes (Herb/Butter, Roasted

Garlic)

Instant Milk

Instant Rice

Jams/Jellies

Jelly Eggs ((Classic) Jelly Beans)

Juices (Tomato, Lemonade, Pineapple, Apple,

Orange, Prune, White/Pink Grapefruit, Rudy Red,

Grape, Cranberry/Raspberry, Cranberry/Apple, and

Cranberry/Grape, Apricot Nectar)

Ketchup

Lemon Drops

Lemon Juice

Limeade

Maraschino Cherries

Margarine

Marshmallows (Large & Mini)

Microwave Popcorn (all varieties)

Milk (Sweetened Condensed)

Milk Drinks (Mocha Cappuccino, Chillin

Chocolate, Very Berry Strawberry, Marvelous, and Vanilla

Shake

Mixed Fruit & Peel

Mustard (Including Stone Ground Horseradish)

SAFEWAY Brand (cont.)

Nuts (Includes Deluxe Mixed)

Nutritional Shake/Drink (including Plus) (all

Flavors)

Oils, edible

Olives (Manzanilla)

Onion Soup Mix

Peanuts (Dry Roasted, Roasted/Salted Spanish,

Butter Toffee)

Peanut Butter (Regular & Reduced Fat Creamy and

Crunchy)

Pickles (Including Sweet Pickles)

Pineapple Lime Gel Cups

Popcorn Cakes** Not Run on Dedicated Line**

Popcorn (Yellow and Kettle)

Potatoes (Crinkle Cut, French Fried, O'Brien,

Restaurant style Crinkle Cut, Shoestring, Steak

Cut, Twice Baked, Crispy Fries, Potato Sticks)

Potato Chips (Dipper, Ripple)

Produce Stand Salted Roasted Peanuts

Pudding

Puffed Cheese Snacks

Pumpkin (Canned)

Quick Cheese (Sharp Cheddar)

Refried Beans

Rice (White)(Long Grain)(Enriched Calrose)

Risotto (Cheese) (Facility produces other Wheat

products)

Salad Dressing (Light & Regular Zesty Italian,

Creamy Italian, Italian Dressing Mix, Light &

Regular Ranch, Ranch w/Bacon, Fat Free & Regular 1000

Island)

Salad Dressing Mix (Ranch, Italian)

Salsa Con Queso

Sauerkraut

Sliced Peaches

Sloppy Joe

Snack Pudding (Vanilla)

Soup (Only Condensed Homestyle Chicken with Wild

Rice & Chicken With Rice)

Spaghetti Sauce (Mushroom, Meat, Traditional)

Spiced Cranberry Apple Cider Mix

Spice Drops

Splash (Tropical, Strawberry/Kiwi, and Berry)

Sprinkles (Holiday, Halloween, Valentines,

Easter, Sand Sugar Party)

Star Light Mints

Sugar (Granulated, Powdered, and Brown)

Sunflower Seeds (Kernels)

Syrup (Old Fashioned, Original, Light, Butter

Light and Pure Maple)

Taco Shells (Jumbo, White Corn)

Tea Bags (Decaffeinated)

Tomato products (all canned)

Tortilla Chips (White Corn)

Tortilla Strips, Nacho Cheese, and Golden Chips

(Casa del Pueblo)

SAFEWAY Brand (cont.)

Trail Mix with Candy Pieces

Tuna, Chunk Light

Vegetable Oil Spreads, 70%, 37% Light, and 70% ¼

lb sticks (Homestyle)

Weight Loss Shake (Chocolate Royale, Vanilla,

Milk Chocolate)

White Hominy

Worcestershire Sauce

Yellow Corn Meal (Facility processes other Wheat

products)

CAPTAINS CHOICE

Cocktail Sauce

Cooked Tail on Shrimp

Cod Fillets

MANOR HOUSE

Turkey

Chicken, MH all Varieties in 4lb Resalable Bags,

Frozen

LUCERNE Brand

Aerosol Whipping Cream (Light and Non Dairy)

Best Of The Egg

Butter

Buttermilk (Regular/Low Fat/ Fat Free)

Cheese (ALL varieties)

Chocolate Milk

Cottage Cheese (except fruit added)

Cream Cheese, (Soft bars, Onion/chive,

Strawberry, Garden vegetable, Light, Neufchatel, Fat Free,

Whipped spread)

Coffee Creamer, flavored

Dips (French Onion, Clam, Bacon Onion, Green

Onion, Ranch, Avocado, Guacamole)

Egg Nog (regular and light)

Half & Half

Light Non Dairy Creamer

Ricotta Cheese

Sour Cream, Regular, Low Fat/Non Fat

String Cheese

Smoothies (Light, All Flavors)

Whipping Cream (Regular/Light/Heavy)

Whipped Topping (Regular/Light and Lactose Free)

Yogurt, (ALL varieties, Pre-Stirred Low Fat, Fat

Free, Yo on the Go and Yo Cups)

SELECT/Safeway/Lucerne Brand

Kreme Koolers

Lucerne/Select Ice Cream (All with no inclusions

i.e. Candy Pieces, Chocolate Chips, etc.)

Lucerne/Select Ice Cream (If inclusions are

present, Modified Starch must be declared, or DO NOT

recommend)

SELECT/Safeway/Lucerne Brand cont.

Lucerne Fat Free Vanilla Frozen Yogurt

Lucerne Fat Free Chocolate Frozen Yogurt (starch

MUST be declared)

Lucerne Vanilla Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Fudge Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Orange Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Vanilla/Sherbet Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Root Beer Float Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Toffee Brittle Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Vanilla Sundae Ice Cream Bars

Lucerne Vanilla Sundae Ice Cream Cups

Lucerne Egg Nog Ice Cream

Safeway Select Fat Free Caramel Swirl Ice Cream

Safeway Select Fat Free No Sugar Added Vanilla

Ice Cream

Safeway Select Fruit Bars (All Flavors)

Safeway Select Dutch Chocolate Ice Cream

Safeway Select Caramel Caribou Ice Cream Bars

Safeway Select Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

Safeway Select Light Peppermint Ice Cream

Safeway Select Mother Load Ice Cream

Safeway Select Ole' Vanilla Ice Cream

Sherbet

Sorbet (Chocolate, Raspberry)

BUTCHER'S CUT

Bulk Wrapped Corned Beef Brisket

Bacon (All Varieties must have EST 13331)

Beef Burgers

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Corned Beef Brisket

Corned Beef

Ground Turkey

Italian Sausage (Regular, Mild)

Jazz N Spicy Buffalo Wing Sauce

Jumbo Franks (Including Chicken and Pork)

Jumbo Turkey Franks

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (98% Fat Free,

Regular)

Shank Cut Ham

Smoked Sausage

Spiral Sliced Ham (glaze packet is not gluten

free)

DELI COUNTER

Corned Beef

Classic Potato Salad (facility produces other

wheat products)

Creamy Cole Slaw (Dominick's)

Deli Roasted Chicken

DELI COUNTER cont.

Deviled Egg Potato Salad (facility produces other

wheat products)

Genoa Salami

Hard Salami

Mustard Potato Salad (facility produces other

wheat products)

Old Fashioned Potato Salad (facility produces

other wheat products)

Roasted Turkey Breast

Salsa

PRIMO TAGLIO BULK DELI MEATS

Cooked CORNED BEEF

Seasoned ROAST BEEF coated with Seasonings,

Caramel Color Added

Oven Roasted CHICKEN BREAST Browned in Hot

Cottonseed Oil

PASTRAMI Coated with Spices, Caramel Color Added

GENOA SALAME

Peppered SALAME Coated with Gelatin and Black

Pepper

MORTADELLA Black Pepper Added

SOPRESSATA

BLACK FOREST BRAND HAM with Natural Juices,

Coated with Caramel Color

Old Fashioned MAPLE HAM with Natural Juices

PROSCIUTTO Dry Cured Ham

Natural Hickory Smoked TURKEY BREAST with Natural

Smoke Flavoring

Pan Roasted TURKEY BREAST Browned in Hot

Cottonseed Oil

Natural Hickory Smoked Peppered TURKEY BREAST

with Natural Smoke Flavoring

Salsa Seasoned TURKEY BREAST Cooked and Cured

Honey Maple TURKEY BREAST

Dinner Roast TURKEY BREAST

Mesquite Smoked TURKEY BREAST Natural Mesquite

Smoke Flavoring Added

VAC PAC MEATS

Oven Roasted TURKEY BREAST

Cracked Pepper TURKEY BREAST with Natural Smoke

Flavoring

Hickory Smoked TURKEY BREAST with Natural Smoke

Flavoring

COOKED CORNED BEEF

ROAST BEEF Coated with Garlic, Dextrose and

Spices

PASTRAMI Caramel Color Added, Coated with

Seasonings

MORTADELLA Pistachio Nuts and Black Pepper Added

SOPRESSATA

PREMIUM GENOA SALAME

PEPPERED SALAME Coated with Black Pepper and

Gelatin

Old Fashioned MAPLE HAM with Natural Juices

BLACK FOREST BRAND HAM with Natural Juices,

Coated with Caramel Color PROSCIUTTO Dry Cured Ham

PANCETTA Italian Bacon

PRIMO TAGLIO CHEESES

Caesar Jack

Regular Jack

Lacy Swiss

Smoke Fontina

Imported Ages White Cheddar

American Cheddar

Danish Havarti

Crumbled Danish Blue

Provolone

Shredded Asiago

Muenster

Hot Pepper Jack

SAFEWAY Select Non-Food

24-Hour Allergy Relief

24-Hour Allergy Relief With Loratadine

Acetaminophen

Acidophilus Plus

Allergy Relief

Allergy Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Anti

Histamine

Antacid Plus (Double Strength)

Antacid Tablets (Peppermint, Fruit, Wintergreen)

Anti Diarrheal Tablets

B Complex

Baby Shampoo (Regular & Conditioning)

Baby Wash

Benehist Allergy

Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc

Calcium Plus D 600 mg

Calcium With Vitamin D

Coral Calcium Tablets

Cough & Cold Decongestant

Cough Drops (Honey Lemon & Vitamin C Citrus)

Central Vite (Multi Card, Senior Formula)

Central Vite/Multi Vitamin

Central-Vite w/Lutein

Children's Chewable Vitamins (All)

Children's Chewable Non Aspirin- (Grape, Fruit)

Children's Elixir Cough & Cold

Children's Elixir Nasal Decongestant

Day Time Cold & Cough

Docusate Sodium

Enteric Coated Aspirin

Extra Strength Acetaminophen Rapid Release Gel

Caps

Extra Strength Non Aspirin Capsules

SAFEWAY Select Non-Food cont.

Extra Strength Non Aspirin Gel Capsules

Famotidine Tablets

Fiber Therapy

Fiber Therapy Capsules

Foam Adhesive Bandages

Glucosamine Chondroitin

Glucosamine Sulfate

Ibuprofen Brown Caplets

Ibuprofen (Children's Grape Oral Suspension)

Ibuprofen Tablets

Liquid Ibuprofen Soft Gels

Lip Balm

Lotion (Moisturizing Replenishment)

Low Strength Aspirin

Maximum Strength Suphedrine

Micro Coated Aspirin

Migraine Relief Capsules

Milk Of Magnesia (Mint)

Multi Symptom Nasal Spray

Naproxen Sodium Tablets

Night Time Cold Medicine (Comparable to Nyquil)

One Tablet Daily Vitamin

Orange Flavored Natural Vegetable Powder

Stomach Relief

Suphedrine Prenatal Vitamins

Regular Strength Aspirin

Sam-E

Super Men's Multi Vitamin

Triacting Sore Throat Formula

Tussin

Vitamin E (UPC 21130 78428 & 21130 78430)

Waxed Dental Floss (Mint)

Woman's One Tablet Daily

* Must avoid cereals where Malt Syrup/Malt

Flavorings are used - these malt products are generally

derived from Barley.

** Spices not run on dedicated line - Popcorn

Cakes, w/the exception of White Cheddar and Mini

Caramel Corn, are Gluten-free; however, these

products are not run on a dedicated line. White Cheddar

is run last with a thorough line clean at end of

production.


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Guest ~jules~

Thanks for the list I go to safeway almost every week, this will be very helpful! :D Julie....

Sweetfudge Community Regular

That's nice of them. Don't have a safeway around here, but I emailed Western Family, and got a similar response in the mail. Several pages listing everything that's gluten-free that the company makes. Very helpful!

penguin Community Regular

That list also applies to Randall's, Von's, Dominick's, and Tom Thumb grocery stores, they're owned by Safeway.

  • 12 years later...
Jane Murphy Newbie

 

Ive been suffering symptoms again/ still . I was diagnosed in July 2018 and have only had 2 weeks once, another 1 week. without symptoms. So I started researching the Items not marked gluten-free. This is the response from Safeway,

 Morning Jane Murphy:
 

Thank you for your inquiry regarding our Lucerne Vanilla Coffee Creamer and if there is any gluten in this product.

Per our manufacturing plant, this product does not contain any gluten derived ingredients, however the facility that it is processed in has not been certified as a gluten free facility so there is a possibility of cross contamination. 

Thank you for shopping with us.

Krystal 
Own Brands Customer Support Team
Contact ID# 37763730  

cyclinglady Grand Master
55 minutes ago, Jane Murphy said:

 

Ive been suffering symptoms again/ still . I was diagnosed in July 2018 and have only had 2 weeks once, another 1 week. without symptoms. So I started researching the Items not marked gluten-free. This is the response from Safeway,

 Morning Jane Murphy:
 

Thank you for your inquiry regarding our Lucerne Vanilla Coffee Creamer and if there is any gluten in this product.

Per our manufacturing plant, this product does not contain any gluten derived ingredients, however the facility that it is processed in has not been certified as a gluten free facility so there is a possibility of cross contamination. 

Thank you for shopping with us.

Krystal 
Own Brands Customer Support Team
Contact ID# 37763730  

Hi Jane.  This posting is more than a decade old, so I caution anyone reading it  to be careful because ingredients change in products, especially in the last decade.    Since gluten-free labeling requirements have been issued by the FDA a few years ago, manufactures now realize that stating or applying a gluten free label means the product must be tested to be under 20 ppm.  Most companies have opted not to do this, but they do label all ingredients and identify the 8 common allergens (e.g. wheat (not barley and rye which also have gluten that affects celiacs and NCGS).  So, the creamer may be gluten free.  Since this product is private labeled, the grocery chain does not have complete control so they play it safe.  You might be reacting to some preservative in the creamer.  

If you are not improving, consider a stricter gluten free diet of non-processed (meat, fish, veggies, fruit, nuts, etc.)  gluten-free foods and DO NOT eat out until you see improvement.  Then try certified gluten free and venture to gluten free labeled products.  Finally, try products not labeled gluten free but do not contain gluten ingredients.  

Get re-tested.    See if gluten is getting into your diet.

http://www.cureceliacdisease.org/faq/how-often-should-follow-up-testing-occur/

I hope you feel better soon.  

  • 4 weeks later...
Jane Murphy Newbie

Thank you cycling lady,

I eliminated Lucerne vanilla creamer, Ghirardelli peppermint bar and changed my chapstick to vaseline only. I am feeling much better gastro wise. Not sure which was the culprit or all of them. I sure miss my peppermint bar....

 


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