For many parts of the United States, Safeway is the grocery store that is relied upon to purchase groceries at an affordable price. And like most major grocery chains, Safeway will provide a list of gluten-free products they carry if you contact them.
For your reference, here is their current standard email response (reformatted for your convenience), which is provided if you request a list of their gluten-free products (Note: To ensure you have a current and accurate list we recommend you contact Safeway directly):
Safeway’s Gluten-Free Product List
“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 is non-breaded seafood items, poultry that has not been breaded or stuffed, and our Lucerne/SELECT eggs. In other words, all fresh meats, seafood, and eggs.
Acceptable dairy items would be all fluid milk, 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/Safeway Brand
- Basmati Rice
- Baking Nuts (Almonds)
- BBQ Sauce (Original, Honey Mustard, Hickory Smoked, and Honey Smoked)
- Beef Franks
- 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 Club Eating Right (Ginger Chicken, Chicken Lettuce Wraps)
- Gourmet Dipping Sauces (Cook’n Grill Plum and Honey Mustard)
- 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 a 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, Raspberry Cranberry Vinaigrette, Balsamic & Olive Oil Vinaigrette)
- 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 Broccoli Cheddar Au Gratin
- Signature Ribs (St. Louis Style Smoke House)
- Signature Soup (Fajita Chicken & Toasted Corn Chowder, Baked Potato, Fiesta Chicken Tortilla, Autumn Harvest Butternut Squash, Rosemary Chicken & White Bean)
- Soft Caramel Cups
- 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 Three Large Eggs
- Specialty Tea
- Steak Sauce
- Syrup (Blueberry)
- Tea (Green, Orange Spice Black)
- 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
That leaves us to dig through their ingredient information on their official website. So far the only items we’ve been able to confirm are in fact gluten-free are the following:
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