| Is mustard gluten free? In its raw seed form, | | | | fine powder or left whole. Prepared mustards |
| yes, but when it is mixed into prepared mustard | | | | may be thick or quite thin. |
| paste, flour, beer, or malt vinegar is sometimes | | | | Dry mustard, mustard flour or mustard powder is |
| added. This is a "read the label every time" | | | | very finely ground mustard seeds. It has a |
| products but if the ingredient list doesn't include | | | | flour-like texture but it does not contain wheat |
| flour, beer or malt vinegar, go ahead an enjoy it. | | | | flour. Mustard powder is often added as an |
| Commercial mustard comes in many forms from | | | | ingredient in other commercially prepared foods as |
| raw seeds to powdered mustard flour to rich | | | | a flavoring agent. |
| creamy or oily spreads that go well with roasted | | | | Wheat flour is sometimes added to prepared |
| meat and in sandwiches. | | | | mustards to adjust the texture, taste, and cost |
| Mustard seeds are tiny round seeds - about 2mm | | | | of the product. If wheat flour is added, it must be |
| or less than one eighth of an inch in diameter. The | | | | listed on the ingredient list. Beer is occasionally |
| seed color ranges from almost white to black. | | | | added to specialty mustard, making the product |
| These seeds are naturally gluten free and are | | | | not gluten free it must also be included on the |
| vastly different in size from any gluten containing | | | | label. Malt vinegar does not seem to be used in |
| grain. When the seeds are separated from the | | | | commercial prepared mustards, but it often |
| pods and stems, a sieve with very small holes will | | | | appears in recipes for home made mustards. If |
| also separate out any volunteer gluten-containing | | | | so, the mustard will not be gluten free. |
| seeds. Most commercially exported mustard seed | | | | As a summary, mustard has a very low risk for |
| comes from Canada, the Russian Federation and | | | | cross contamination at planting and harvesting. A |
| Ukraine. | | | | few commercial prepared mustards use flour or |
| Mustard seeds are mixed with water, vinegar, oils, | | | | beer as an ingredient. Homemade prepared |
| and other spices and flavourings to make the | | | | mustard may use beer or malt vinegar. Don't |
| spreadable prepared mustard pastes. Depending | | | | worry about mustard powder or seeds used as |
| on the type of seed and the processing traditions, | | | | an ingredient in other condiments like mayonnaise |
| the final product ranges from white to bright | | | | or salad dressing. |
| yellow to black. The seeds may be crushed into a | | | | |