Gluten-Free Barbecue Sauce List
Here’s a list of Gluten-Free BBQ Sauce Commercial Varieties
This page also includes information on gluten and words to avoid when seeking gluten-free BBQ sauces.
Shop for Gluten Free Products on Amazon.com now
- Black Horse Sauces
- Blenders Sauces
- Bullseye Original BBQ Sauce (4/5)
- Bone Suckin Sauce (5/5)
- Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ
- Cattle Boyz Sauce
- Cookie’s Original BBQ Sauce (4/5)
- Daddy Sams (not reviewed yet)
- Dinosaur Sensuous Slathering Sauce (5/5)
- Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue KC Original Sauce (4/5)
- Gayle’s Sweet N Sassy Apple Cider Smoke (4/5)
- Grendeddy Dave’s BBQ Sauces (not reviewed yet)
- Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce (1 of 5)
- Mr Spice Honey BBQ Sauce (not reviewed yet)
- Organicville
- Outta The Park BBQ Sauce (5/5)
- Pork Barrel BBQ Sauce (5/5)
- Robbie’s Natural Sauces
- Russ and Franks Sauces
- Scott’s Food Products Texas Chuckwagon BBQ
- Stubb’s BBQ Sauce
- Wild n Mild
Shop for Gluten Free BBQ Sauce on Amazon.com now
BBQ Sauces That Are Known to Contain Gluten Related Reactions:
- KC Masterpiece Original (3/5)
- Hunts BBQ Sauce (link)
- Sweet Baby Ray’s
More information
What is Gluten?
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye and their derivatives such as malt or spelt. Some people have strong allergic reactions to glutens and some of these people have what is clinically known as Celiac Disease. A set of universal dietary guidelines for Celiac Disease does not exist. The Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) uses criteria based on the latest scientific research and advice from its’ Medical Board of Advisors. For information about Celiac Disease please contact the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) at (818) 990-2354, via email at cdf@celiac.org or on the web at www.celiac.org. There are several good blogs out there for people wanting more info such as this one, I am Gluten Free, from a woman in Massachusetts who suffers from Coeliac Disease.
Words to avoid if you are looking for gluten-free products:
Farina, flour, caramel coloring, enriched flour, cereal, malt flavoring or extracts, monosodium glutamate (MSG)-may have wheat gluten in it, modified food starch, emulsifiers, stabilizers, distilled vinegar, semolina, durum, and triticale.
Why Put This BBQ Sauce List Together?
A lot of people have asked about gluten-free BBQ sauces and this is an attempt to put a lot of information in one place.
Is this the bible of Gluten-Free BBQ Sauce Lists?
NO! Always read the label – ingredients and suppliers may change and always use common sense and remember the motto: When in doubt, leave it out.
If you have a sauce that is gluten-free, please comment!
Please recommend this page as a good place to find and buy Gluten Free BBQ Sauces!
Shop for Gluten Free Products on Amazon.com now
I am an unfortunate Celiac who can’t have corn either. I crave BBQ sauce and have yet to find one without corn syrup that still passes the celiac litmus test. My husband was tinkering and stumbled upon complete DIVINITY, I’m talking about BBQ sauce ecstacy! What companies are open to gluten-free, corn free BBQ sauce recipes? Does anyone know? This one is a winner.
Like?
2
Hello Cate
You need to try Grendeddy Daves BBQ Sauce in N. Carolina.
All natural made with real honey. It’s excellent and has no preservatives.
grendeddydavesbbq.com
Scott Merritt
Like?
1
Gayle’s BBQ Sauces are FAT FREE – TRANS FAT FREE – GLUTEN FREE – CHOLESTORAL FREE & have no saturated fats, preservatives or extenders!!
Like?
1
With a daughter in law recently digagnosed with celiacs disease, I set about creating a barbecue sause recipe to fit her dietary regiman. We have now hit upon that recipe. As soon as I find a bottler and commercial kitchen to produce the product, we will bring it to market in West Michigan. I would not be adverse to sending out some samples for taste testing purposes. My e mail address is above. Bob Wohlfeil
Like?
0
Hello. If you have not found a bottler I can help you. We bottle for over 75 different labels. Feel free to email me for more info.
Like?
0
Grendeddy Dave’s BBQ Sauces use only pure honey, NO high fructose corn syrup. They are also gluten free.
This is one of the best bbq sauces around. Check it out.
Like?
1
What food store chains carry Dave’s BBQ?
Like?
0
i am into Gluten-Free diet because i am allergic to gluten. when baking bread, i always use Guar Gum or Xanthan Gum
Like?
0
i have been in a gluten free diet ever since last year because i have food allergy.
Like?
0
i have an allergy to Gluten and most of the time i use guar gum or xanthan gum for baking. these gums are good substitute for wheat,
Like?
0
You really should try Black Horse Sauces they are Gluten free, heart healthy. They have 6 cooking sauces and 2 syrups very good on anything that you cook it with.
Like?
0
First launched in 1972, Robbie’s Natural Sauces have been delighting consumers with its all natural and guilt free tastes for over 35 years. The company was recently purchased and rebranded, but the flavors and formulas remain the same. Our new labels are eye-catching, whimsical and spell out what makes Robbie’s different.
While there are other all natural gluten free sauces in the market, only Robbie’s sauces are also low sodium and low calorie. At only 30 mg of sodium per serving in their barbecue sauces, Robbie’s stands alone to serve the special dietary needs customer; including consumers with high blood pressure, diabetes and of course, wheat and gluten intolerance issues. I encourage you to turn over the label on others in this category and you will find that many of them have over 200 mg of sodium per serving.
Like?
0
Hey!
You should try out Scott’s Food Products Texas Chuckwagon BBQ! It’s gluten free, and sweetened with honey. It’s kinda sweet, kinda bold, with lots of spices! Super tasty! They also make lot’s of other products, and the majority of them are gluten free
Like?
1
Give Outta the Park BBQ Sauce a try. We just got our gluten test results back, and Outta the Park BBQ Sauce has less than 3 parts per million (ppm) of gluten detected. This qualifies as “gluten-free” under labeling guidelines where products must meet several criteria and have less than 20 ppm of gluten.
Check out our website if you’d like to learn more and contact us via our website if you have a local retailer you’d like us to work with: http://www.outtatheparksauce.com
PS: the gluten-free info isn’t yet on our website – the 3rd party lab results are hot-off-the-press.
Like?
0
Russ & Frank’s All Natural sauces are gluten free and do not contain any corn syrup
Like?
0
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ sauces are gluten free and delicious.
Like?
0
If you are highly allergic to dairy and wheat, and am intolerant of all gluten. I very, very highly recommend Organicville’s dressings and barbeque sauces(http://www.organicvillefoods.com/products.html)! My favorite is the Original… it is made with agave (a nectar from a cactus plant), no high-frutose corn syrup. Definitely a very good sauce, and a delicious one for celiacs, food allergic folks, and everyone else!
Like?
0
Does anyone know for sure if “tate’s own” natural bbq sauce is gluten free. My son and husband have Celiac and I bought this tonite. It’s really good and doesn’t come out and actually list wheat, but there is Vinegar and natural smoke flavoring. It does NOT have much sugar and does not use High Fructose corn syrup. My family loves Sweet baby ray’s but all the preservatives, sodium, high fructose corn syrup etc. is not doing them any favors in regards to any kind of healthy eating.
My son and hubby and thin, but I want to keep them healthy too.
I could not find any info on who actually manufactures Tate’s Own.
Like?
0
Tate’s Own is manufactured by Aldi Foods (http://www.aldifoods.com). I filled out their customer service contact form to see if we can get to the bottom of this. It seems there should be an easier way to tell if Gluten-Free or not. At least, a “gluten” declaration like they do with Trans fats.
We make the “tates own” natural bbq sauce and it is gluten free. We are pleased that you enjoy the sauce. We take pride in providing a great tasting BBQ!
Like?
0
I have a vinegar/syrup based mop and/or marinade sauce out on the market called Wild n Mild. There are two flavors to choose from, the Wild Blend having a little more of a black pepper taste over the Mild Blend, which is the sweeter version of the two. Both products are gluten free and is truly a one of a kind tasting sauce. Customers all over the country have commented on the unique flavor it gives any kind of meat or vegetable that it is cooked with, and a must try for anyone who is looking for something new. Please checkout http://www.wildnmild.com!
Like?
0
our sauces are Gluten Free and we work alot with the various Celiac Associations.
Like?
0
This list is horrible. All the of the BBQ sauces I clicked on are NOT gluten free. They have caramel coloring, modified food starch, and high fruitose corn starch all of which are contaminated with gluten.
Like?
0
Sara, please list the offenders and I will investigate – I did spend some time researching these, so please let me know.
I took a closer look and here are my results.
Gayle’s Sweet N Sassy Apple Cider Smoke has corn syrup, Modified corn starch which is often modified with gluten, as well as Caramel color. All typical offenders of the gluten free.
Bullseye has a 404 error so I can’t see the ingredient list at this time neither does kraft have it on their site, but they do list that they use all natural ingredients so it is a good candidate to check.
Sweet Baby Rays has corn syrup, modified food starch, and caramel color
Grendeddy’s does not have an ingredient list and does not specify whether or not it is gluten free so it’d take a phone call to be sure, but since they do mention all natural chances are good they’re gluten free
Scott’s is unknown they have no information on their site.
Wild n Mild is another unknown as no information is given on their site.
Butch’s is another unknown there is no information on their site.
So your list is better than my first impression, I guess I just had the misfortune on clicking on the two that are not gluten free according to ingredient labels as well as clicking on the sites that didn’t have any information whatsoever.
Like?
0
I didn’t know there were even g/f bbq sauces, thank you for letting me know.
Like?
0
what defines gluten free, i saw heinz promote its ketchup as gluten free yet it uses distilled vinegar,and high fructose corn syrup.what are natural flavors and carmel color? do they impact those with celiac disease. i wanted to develop a chili that is gluten free but some of the ingredients include the following products; heinz ketchup open pit bbq, franks hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, pepper relish, deli mustard and a-1 sauce.
Like?
0
Sara is right. I have had problems with Sweet Baby Ray’s. Does anyone know of a real list for gluten free barbecue sauce? I’d love to find one that is actually good, without compromising its taste by trying to also be extraordinarily healthy (low sugar, sodium, etc.) in addition to gluten free.
Like?
0
Joe g.
Caramel color tends to come from things like barley and wheat. Natural flavors are that wonderful grab bag that can have anything in it and it drives me crazy when they appear on a lable. Distilled vinegar as well as distilled alcohols are fine. Even if they started out as a grain base they have scientifically been proven to be completely free of all gluten. The distillation process takes out any impurities including gluten. It’s the low distilled ones like Whiskey that you start have problems with. Gluten free means it has lower than 20 parts per million. Problem is there are some things that are undefined such as malt extract. Some products list themselves as being gluten free while having malt extract. The FDA has not come out and defined this so companies can get away with it even though it can easily add 200 parts per million to a recipe by adding that malt extract which is most often made from barley, which will cause a reaction.
High fruitose corn syrup and corn syrup in general sets off a lot of celiacs. I’m one of them. I cannot digest it at all and it will really hurt me, but I’m fine with corn, so whatever it is it’s in the corn syrup.
Dave, I really like the bullseye line. They taste pretty good and are available everywhere and have no corn syrup or other offenders. I was actually quite impressed.
Like?
0
Bull’s-Eye has modified food starch. But it’s gluten free?
Like?
0
Yes it’s gluten free. It’s modified with tapioca starch instead of wheat. I have been using it for a couple of weeks no with no problems.
Like?
0
Sara, Thank you for taking the time to explain the basis of “gluten free” for the time being I will pursue my “Joey G.’s Stadium Chili” to get it off the ground. I do intend to properly develop a beef flavored and vegitarian chili for those who suffer the ill effects of gluten based products. Thanks again. – Joe G.
Like?
1
Good luck with your chili. I hope you find much success.
Like?
0
Stubb’s BBQ sauce is also gluten free! Says so right before you read the ingredients in big bold letters, enjoy!
Like?
0
Pork Barrel BBQ’s (www.porkbarrelbbq.com) sauces are also Gluten Free!
Like?
0
Brian,
All Grill Master Chuck Sauces are All natural, No HFCS, No MSG and all are GLUTEN FREE!!. our sauces have sugar contents that range from 1 gram to 6 grams per serving. this is very diabetic friendly as well. Sodium it the lowest I have seen in a BBQ Sauce. Our Mustard base is the lowest. Look for some samples coming your way!!
Chuck
http://www.grillmasterchuck.com
Like?
0
Grill Side sauces are gluten free,all natural and have no high fructose corn syrup. Just took 2nd place at the Great American BBQ sauce contest.
Like?
0
Blenders sauces have been around since 1927. They are vegan as well as gluten free. There isn’t any corn syrup or liquid smoke. No fat and a sauce that is great on anything!Very rich and thick as well as unique and all natural! They can be found in whole foods and other stores that carry high end products. You can see on the web site. Great for grilling, as a marinade or to dip with. Blenders was famous for their restaurants in Kansas city and Arizona. Many gourmet chefs use it and are putting it on everything from pizza to sushi. The owner is happy to give you recipes.
Like?
0
Daniel’s BBQ Sauces are gluten free, fat free, no added preservatives! We have been serving award winning bbq sauces for almost a century! The original won 1st place at the American Royal! And the Competition Blend #9 won 1st place and Grand Champion at the Great American! It is available in grocery and speciality stores or on line at danielsbbq.com
Like?
2
Stubbs BBQ Sauce is another good one. It wasn’t in the GF aisle of my grocery store – it was on an end-cap near the usual condiments aisle. Wicked good taste, without the higher prices of GF name brands.
Like?
0
OPEN PIT HONEY AND CHARGRILL ONLY ARE GLUTEN FREE.
Like?
0
Stubbs BBQ is NOT GLUTEN-FREE, ingredients are as follows;Tomato Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste), Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Molasses, Salt, Worcestershire Sauce Concentrate (Water, Salt, Molasses, Vinegar, Caramel Color [Contains Sulfites], Garlic, Monosodium Glutamate, Sugar, Chili Pepper, Spices, Natural Smoke Flavor, Mustard, Onion, Polysorbate 80, Natural Flavors [Spice Extractives]), Spices, Mustard Flour, Dehydrated Garlic, Smoke Flavor, Citric Acid, less than 1/10 of 1% Sodium Benzoate Added As A Preservative.
I count 3 reactive ingredients
Like?
0