Local shopping

Gluten-free shopping experiences appear almost everywhere. Virtually every supermarket and pharmacy in Northern California now carries some number of gluten-free foods, and the number of items range from very small to considerable. For the record, the conversation is not about naturally gluten-foods like frozen green beans or fresh apples, but non-gluten-free foods that can be made gluten-free like pasta made from rice and breakfast cereal without wheat or barley products. But there are markets that carry a broader line. The links below will help you find locations and specific products.

Beehive - San Jose

Country Sun - Palo Alto

Cunha's Country Store - Half Moon Bay

Draeger's

Harvest House Natural Foods - Concord

Molly Stone's Markets

New Leaf Community Markets - Santa Cruz, Aptos,Boulder Creek - Worth the trip to Santa Cruz

Oasis Natural Foods - Half Moon Bay

Open Sesame - Lafayette

Piazza's Fine Foods - Palo Alto and San Mateo

Rainbow Grocery - SF Mission

Trader Joes - Rice pasta, bottled sauces, salty snacks, shelf-stable meals , Asian-style rice noodle bowls, GF licorice, GF energy bars, and candies

Whole Foods Markets

Beer, Cider and Mead

• Ace Cider
• Bards Tail Dragons Gold Beer - Beverages and More
• New Grist Beer- Whole Foods Market sometimes; reliably on the internet via The Cork Screw
• Rabbits Foot Mead - Brewed in Sunnyvale
• Redbridge Beer- Whole Foods Market

Bakery Products

• Crave
• Kapcakes
• Mariposa Baking Company
  

Internet Shopping

Because of expensive shipping charges, some on gluten free diets are reluctant to shop on the internet while others accept these higher costs as a lifestyle factor. Gluten free internet shopping is virtually limitless: vendors are permitted to advertise to the celiac community reached by the ICORS Celiac List Server on the first day of each month, and there are large numbers. The list below identifies just a few of the many venders offering gluten free foods and products for sale via the internet.

General Food and Merchandise

• Amazon - Search in Grocery category for Gluten Free. Amazon ships GF food in larger quantity, not single packs. Whole Foods is sometimes less expensive.
• Gluten Free Mall and Celiac.Com
• Gluten Free Pantry
• Gluten Free Supermarket - Authentic Foods
• Mayacamas - Gluten free gravy mixes from Napa
• Shop Natural - There is a division of the company that caters to food COOPs. Unit prices are lower, and quantities are larger. Visit them in person when you are in Tucson.
• 1-2-3 Gluten Free

Specialty Foods

• Heartlands Finest - Bean flours and Expandex
• Celiac Specialties - Excellent GF bakery, Expandex and supplies

Periodicals with Gluten Free Topics

• Gluten Free Living
• Living Without