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DISCLAIMER - Be sure to read labels carefully ingredients can change and I might have missed something. Also I only worry about wheat and dairy not all gluten If you are pressed for time you can start with these. I will fill in cost as I remember to record them. These are what I have bought over time. You really do need to read labels every time ingredients really do change. You really do need to read all of the labels even if you don't think it would have wheat or milk you will be shocked at what is in the things you eat!
My daughter no longer lives at home so the price information is very out of date, but it still can help you see how prices compare from store to store and brand to brand.

Key: H=HyVee, R=Russ's Market, S=Sunmart, SS=Super Saver, W=Whole Foods, N=Natural Grocers, O=Open Harvest, A=Atkins, WM-Walmart
I have discovered that there can be a wide variety in both pricing and in what is carried from Hy Vee to Hy Vee
Super Saver seems to be more uniform, but their still can be differences in price and merchandise.

  1. Baking Supplies
  2. Boxed Side Dishes
  3. Bread
  4. Canned Main Dishes - Soup and Tamales
  5. Cereal and Granola Bars
  6. Chips and Dips
  7. Condiments
  8. Frozen Dinners
  9. Goat's Milk Products
  10. Juice
  11. Milk
  12. Misc (includes calcium fortified apple juice, cookies and candy)
  13. Other Dairy substitutes
  14. Pasta


Bread
Until recently I have not listed bread products. My daughter simply refused to eat store bought Gluten Free Bread after I had made her homemade bread. That all changed a few weeks ago when she called me excitedly from school to tell me they had good gluten free bread and the cafeteria lady had promised to sell it to her if you couldn't buy it at the grocery store!
My daughter says she can not tell the difference between the two kinds of bread. They are sold in the health mart freezer dept at Hy Vee.
Brand Location Cost
Rotella's Italian Bread Soft Deli White Bread HyVee Williamsburg
HyVee 70th and Pioneer
Super Saver 56th & Hwy 2
$4.88
$4.98
$4.67
Multi-Ancient Gran HyVee Williamsburg
HyVee 70th and Pioneer
Super Saver 56th & Hwy 2
$5.28
$4.98
$4.87
If you are in Omaha Rotella has an outlet store at 108th and Harrison. They only take cash but you can buy unlabeled gluten free bread that goes to restaurants for a dollar a loaf or the labeled bread, gluten free hamburger buns and hot dog buns for a huge discount.

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Condiments
Brand Location Cost
Soy Sauce La Choy Lite Soy Sauce Most Stores 15 0z - $2.98 - H
Hy Vee Lite Soy Sauce Hy Vee 10 oz - $1.27
Best Choice Lite Soy Sauce Super Saver and Russ's Market
Stir Fry Sauce La Choy Stir Fry Orange Ginger Sauce Most Stores 14.75 oz - $2.68 - H
Teriyaki Sauce Louisiana Supreme Super Saver Dollar Aisle $1.00
La Choy Most Stores 10 oz - $2.08 - H
Worchestershire Sauce Louisiana Supreme Super Saver Dollar Aisle $1.00
Hy Vee Lite Worchestershire Hy Vee 10 oz - $1.27
15 ox - $1.68
French's Low Sodium Most Stores
Barbecue Sauce KC Masterpiece Hot 'N Spicy Hy Vee, Walmart 18 oz - $ 1.98 - H
KC Masterpiece Honey Hy Vee, Walmart 18 oz - $ 1.98 - H
Bull's-Eye Original Hy Vee
Grocer's Garden Backyard BBQ Sauce Hickory
Garlic Hot Sauce Savory Collection Super Saver Dollar Aisle $1.00
Caribbean Grill Marinade Savory Collection Super Saver Dollar Aisle $1.00
Ketchup Hunts Most Stores
Heinze Most Stores
Mayonnaise Kraft Real Mayo Most Stores 30 oz - $3.99 H
30 oz - $2.26 SS
Kraft Chipolte Mayo Most Stores
Hellman Mayonnaise Most Stores 30 oz - $3.98 - H
HyVee Mayonnaise HyVee 30 oz - $2.99 - H
Curry Summer Sauce Trader Joes Trader Joes
Plum Sauce Dynasty Not Hy Vee
Fish Sauce Dynasty Not Hy Vee

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Milk
I currently am buying Hy Vee Original Almond Milk my daughter likes it best. Before that I bought vanilla almond milk and soy milk and she would mix 2 parts soy to 1 part almond.
I watch for shelf staple coconut milk to be on sale I found I struggled to use it quickly enough to use fresh. The shelf stable in the health food area though is much cheaper than canned coconut milk for recipes. I also have found that Natural Grocery seems to always have one of their varieties of shelf staple milks on sale for a $1.99 a quart. I have bought these as a back up or to take when visiting family.
Silk periodically has coupons in the Sunday paper and on their website.
Brand Location Cost
Almond Milk Hy Vee Original Almond Milk HyVee 1/2 Gal $2.79
Hy Vee Vanilla Almond Milk Hy Vee 1/2 Gal $2.79
Silk Almond Milk Most Stores 1/2 Gal $3.29 - H
Soy Milk Hy Vee Original Soy Milk HyVee 1/2 Gal $2.88
Hy Vee Vanilla Soy Milk Hy Vee 1/2 Gal $2.79
Hy Vee Shelf staple Soy Milk Hy Vee 1 quart $1.68
Silk Soy Milk Most Stores
Coconut Milk Silk Most Stores $3.29 - H
Rice Milk Better Than Milk Rice Powder Amazon.com 2) 21.4 oz cans $26.12
each can makes 32 Quarts

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Baking Supplies
Natural Grocers 212 N 48th Lincoln, NE has pre packaged 2 lb bags of lots of flour types in their bulk refrigerator case. This allows you to buy at bulk prices without the risk of cross contamination between the bins. Two warnings, first they tend to run out so don't wait till your totally out and second they don't open until 9:00 AM. I have a food saver so I have a small container in my cupboard that holds several cups that I fill. Then I reseal the bag and stick it in my freezer. Also check out Natural Grocers bags of bulk spices they are really cheap especially for things like cumin and curry.
Brand Location Cost
Almond Meal Trader Joes Trader Joes 1lbs - $3.99
White Rice Flour Natural Grocers Refrigerated Bulk Natural Grocers 2lbs - $2.50
Brown Rice Flour Bob Red Mill Brown rice Flour (4 - 24 oz bags)
natural Grocers quit carrying bulk brown rice
Amazon subscripe and save 11.52 for 4
1.92 a pound
Soy Flour Natural Grocers Refrigerated Bulk Natural Grocers 2lbs - $3.82
BuckWheat Flour Natural Grocers Refrigerated Bulk Natural Grocers
Atkins
Open Harvest
HyVee
2lbs - $4.90
2lbs $4.99
$1.99 per pound
2lbs $5.99
Oat Flour
(Not GFCF Certified)
Natural Grocers Refrigerated Bulk Natural Grocers 2lbs - $2.15
Tapioca Flour Ener-G Foods - 1lb box Williamsburg HyVee
Atkins
Open Harvest
Amazon.com
$3.19
$2.99
$2.99
$2.04 (not available)
Potato Starch Flour Ener-G Foods - 1lb box Williamsburg HyVee
Open Harvest
Amazon.com
$4.99
$4.39
(Not available)
xantham Gum Natural Grocers Bulk on shelves Natural Grocers $5.66 per pound sells in 1/4 lb bags
Every where else is over $12.00 a pound
Psyllium Husk Powder Natural Grocers Bulk on shelves with vitamins Natural Grocers $4.69 per pound sells in 1/4 lb bags
Chicken Bouillon Herb Ox Sodium Free Russ's
Super Saver
HyVee
$2.49 - R
$2.07-SS
out of stock
I've used this for years so assumed chicken bouillon was safe until the store was out and I checked the non sodium free version, not okay, checked all the other bottles on the shelf none of them were wheat and dairy free.
Chocolate Chips Trader Joes Semi-sweet - 12 oz Trader Joes $2.29
Enjoy Life-Dairy and Soy Free - 10 oz Williamsburg HyVee
Atkins
$4.99
$4.09
High Quality chocolate chips are cheaper than Enjoy life All of the Nestle chips have milk
Corn Starch Clabber Girl Fortified with Calcium Super Saver 1.25 - 12 oz
This is on the list because it has 15% calcium per Tablespoon - I think all corn starch is GFCF
Frosting Pillsbury Creamy Supreme White Everywhere
Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Chocolate Fudge everywhere
Most frosting has wheat and here I read the label looking for milk!

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Other Dairy Substitutes
Watch out when buying soy cheese quite a few of them add casein!
Brand Location Cost
Margarine Fleischmann's Unsalted Russ Market & Super Saver $1.88 SS
Blue Bonnet light - sticks and tub Most stores
Watch out Regular blue bonnet and the other Fleischmann varieties have casein These are the only two I've found that work.
Cream Cheese Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese HyVee $3.99 8 oz - H
Sour Cream Tofutti Sour Supreme Hy Vee $2.99 8 oz
Tofutti Sour Cream Non Hydrogenated Natural Grocers $2.85 12 oz - N
Whip Cream Rich's Rich Whip - 32oz Williamsburg Hy Vee
You can thaw and refreeze
Is by the coolwhip
$4.78 - 32 oz
can whip whole coconut milk You skim off the cream to whip, I had good luck with Whole foods Organic canned coconut milk
I could not get any of HyVees canned coconut milk to work
Soy spray whip cream exists most of them my daughter does not like, they are extremely expensive and tend only to work one time as the can clogs even when you clean it.
Cream Rich's Non Dairy Creamer - use in cooking for cream HyVee $1.55 - 16 oz
$2.77 - 32 oz
Ice Cream Trader Joe's Vanilla Soy Creamy Ice Cream Trader Joes
Cream Cheese Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese HyVee $3.99 8 oz - H
Cheddar Cheese Diaya Cheese HyVee
Natural Grocers (Sale price until 6/1/13)
$5.69 - 8 oz
2.99 - 8 oz
Mozzarella Cheese Diaya Cheese Natural Grocers (Sale price until 6/1/13) $2.99 - 8 oz

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Goats Milk Products
We are just suppose to avoid casein from cows milk, ask your doctor if goats milk is okay
She also likes Goat milk but it is expensive and she only likes whole goats milk.
Brand Location Cost
Chevron Cheese Silver Goat Chevron Cheese Trader Joes $4.79 - 11 oz
HyVee, Super Saver, Open Harvest, etc carry chevron goat cheese but all of them are much more expensive per oz
Milk Whole Goat Milk Trader Joes
Natural Grocery

$3.55 a qt
Trader joes has a wide variety of Goats Cheese we liked the mozzarella, did not care for the cheddar

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Cereal and Granola Bars
Brand Location Cost
Soft Granola Bars Trader Joes Fruit & Nut Trek Mix Granola bars Trader Joes $2.29
This is my daughter favorite. Trader Joes has several soft varieties that are wheat free.
Crunchy Granola Bars Nature Valley Crunchy Oats and Honey Most Stores $3.28 (6) H
$2.94 (6) WM
$4.98 (12) WM
Many of Nature Valleys crunchy varieties are okay Peanut butter, Apple Crisp, Oats and Dark Chocolate
Cereal Lucky Charms Everywhere
Frosted Flakes Everywhere
Corn Flakes Everywhere
Rice Crispies Everywhere
corn Chex & rice Chex Everywhere
Trader Joes Joe's O's 15oz Trader Joes $1.99
Often the store brand will have wheat and the name brand won't.
Products can change ingredients months ago Cherrios did not have wheat in its ingredient list but the store brands did. Now I know why my kids liked the store brand better. Now Cherrios have wheat starch as an ingredient.

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Chips And Dips
Brand Location Cost
Pretzles Snyder's Pretzels HyVee Williamsburg $3.19 - 8 oz
Potato chips Hy Vee Kettle Cooked BBQ Flavored HyVee $1.99
Super Saver BBQ Flavored Super Saver $2.18
Read Potato chip labels the same mfg has baked, kettle cooked, fried potato chips and often one of the choices will be wheat free. However lots and lots of potato chips have wheat as an ingredient.
Corn Tortilla Chips Russ's Market Restaurant Style Tortillas Russ Market
I only have these right now, but I have bought a wide variety of corn tortillas they generally seem to be wheat free.
Salsa Newman's Own Medium Pineapple Hyvee $2.59 - H
Red Cactus sweet Roasted Red Pepper Russ Market, Leons, Hyvee, Super Saver $3.09 - H
HyVee Chuncky Salsa Medium Hyvee $1.77 - H
Hummus Dip Wild Garden Hummus Dip Fire Roasted Red Peppers

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Pasta
Whole Foods in Omaha frequently runs there Gluten Free Pasta on sale for $2.00 a box. I always take time to run in when I'm in Omaha to see if it is on sale. The last time I was there the nice cashier told me that they have a 10 percent case discount so anything you buy by the case is 10 percent cheaper and this applies to sale prices as well. I'm looking forward to having Whole Foods in Lincoln.
Brand Location Cost
Elbow Style Pasta (Macaroni) De Boles GF Corn Elbow Style Pasta Yellow box Whole Foods
Natural Grocers
$2.59
$2.75
Penne De Boles GF Multi Grain Penne -Green Box
Made with Rice Quinoa and Amaranth
Whole Foods
Atkins
HyVee
Natural Grocers
$2.59
$2.75
$3.49
$2.39
Schar GF Multi Grain Penne -Yellow Box with red logo
Europes #1
Super Saver 56th
Super Saver O St
HyVee
$3.35
$3.07
$4.56
Spaghetti Organic Ancient Harvest Quinoa - Turquoise box Hy Vee
Natural Grocers
Whole Foods
$ 3.09
$2.75
$
De Boles GF Multi Grain Spagheti -Green Box
Made with Rice Quinoa and Amaranth
HyVee
Natural Grocers
Whole Foods
$3.29
$2.39
$
Shells Organic Ancient Harvest Quinoa - Turquoise box Natural Grocers $2.75

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Canned Main Dishes - Soup and Tamales
Brand Location Cost
Tamales Best Choice Beef Tamales in Chili Sauce Russ's Market and Super Saver $1.38
La Preferuda Tamales With Sauce Russ's Market and Super Saver
Soup Gluten Free Cafe Chicken Noodle SunMart
Atkin
Natural Grocers
$ 3.99
$ 3.67
$ 2.55
Gluten Free Cafe black bean Soup Natural Grocers $ 2.55
Wolfgang Puck Organic Soup - Hearty Lentil Vegetable Natural Grocers $ 1.99 on sale
Healthy Choice Chicken and Rice Everywhere

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Boxed Side Dishes & Meal Starters
Brand Location Cost
Meal Starters Nueva Cocina Rice Mix for Seafood Whole Foods $2.69
Annie Chun's Meal Starters Pad Thai Natural Grocers $3.35
Rice Sides Lunberg Family Farms - Mediterranean curry Roasted Brown Rice Couscous
Gluten-Free and Vegan
Whole Foods
Natural Grocers
$2.50
$2.49
Nueva Cocina Mexican Rice Mix Whole Foods $2.50
Nueva Cocina Black Beans Rice Whole Foods $2.50
Nueva Cocina Red Beans Rice Whole Foods $2.50
Near East Spanish Rice Pilaf Mix Natural Grocers $2.15
Near East Rice Pilaf Mix Lentil Super Saver $1.83
These make great fast meals if you add meat to them.

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Frozen Dinners
Amy's has started showing up at Target, Walmart, and Super saver
The price seems to jump a lot between $3.25 and $5.00
Brand Location Cost
TV Dinner Amy's Enchiladas with Spanish rice and beans Natural Grocers
Hy Vee
$4.49
$4.99
Amy's Bowls Amy's Website Natural Grocers $4.29

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Juice
Brand Location Cost
Apple Juice Musselman's Apple Juice with Calcium
Has 30% of daily allowance in 8 oz
Super Saver $3.42
Hy Vee Apple Juice with Calcium Has 20% of daily allowance in 8 oz Hy Vee $2.49
Apple Juice boxes Minute Maid 100% Juice
Has 10% of daily allowance in 6.75 oz
Target
Hy Vee
Super Saver
$2.84
$4.24
$4.04

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Misc
Brand Location Cost
Pudding Jello Cook & Serve Pudding
Instant pudding does not work with milk substitutes
Everywhere
Cookie Mix Pamela's Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix Super Saver, Russ's
Open Harvest
Chocolate 70% Dark Chocolate Trader Joes
Enjoy Life Rice Milk Chocolate Hy Vee $1.99 for a candy bar
Dark Chocolate Covered Raspberry Sticks Trader Joes
Cookies store Bought Soft-Baked Snickerdoodles Trader Joes
Vanilla Meringue Trader Joes $2.99
K-Toos (choclate Sandwich creme )
These are Gluten, Dairy and Nut Free by Kinnikinnick Foods
Hy Vee
Natural Grocery
$5.39
$4.35
Lucy's Cookies
come in a variety of flavors
Hy Vee
Natural Grocery
$4.99
$4.45
Lucy's Snack & Go Hy Vee $5.49
Newman-os
Wheat and dairy free (oreo style)
Natural Grocers $3.99
I use the snickerdoodles as the bottom of miniature goat cheese cakes. Be very cautious about buying ready made cookies, they are expensive and I've thrown many kinds out or used them as breading because no one would touch them.
Crackers Annies Cocoa & Vanilla bunnies Natural Grocery $4.45
K-Kitters Animal crackers Hy Vee
Natural Grocers
$4.29
$3.29
S'moreables Graham Style Crackers Natural Grocery
Hy Vee
$3.95
Crunchmaster Gluten Free Multi Grain Crackers Sea Salt Hy Vee

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