Communities & tools
the ones people keep recommending to each otherFinding somewhere to eat
- Find Me Gluten Free
A restaurant finder with reviews written by celiacs. Open the written reviews. That's where people say whether the kitchen actually understood cross contamination, which a star rating never tells you.
- Gluten Dude App
This one vets places more heavily. It leans toward fully dedicated gluten-free facilities, and it filters out the "I ate here and felt fine" reviews that can lead you wrong.
- Dedicated gluten-free bakeries
It's worth searching for one near you. A kitchen with no wheat in the building removes the airborne flour problem entirely.
Scanning at the store
- Fig
Scan a barcode and it flags hidden gluten right away. You can set the profile to celiac instead of generic gluten free.
- GF Scanner
A straightforward barcode scanner built for finding gluten. Handy for a quick check when an ingredient list is vague.
- Read the label anyway
No scanner knows that a manufacturer changed the recipe last month, or moved the product onto a shared line. Use them for a first pass, then read the label yourself every time.
Charities and medical information
- Celiac Disease Foundation celiac.org
US based, with plain-language explanations of testing, diagnosis, and the follow-up care people often aren't offered.
- Beyond Celiac beyondceliac.org
Also US based. They're good on research updates and on the day-to-day of living with it.
- Coeliac UK coeliac.org.uk
UK based. Their food checker app is the standard reference for British products.
- Gluten Intolerance Group gluten.org
They run the GFCO certification you see on packets. Their site explains what that mark does and doesn't promise.
- National Celiac Association nationalceliac.org
Worth knowing about if you're fighting a school. They answer questions about 504 plans directly, including whether one is legally binding.
Groups we are in
Where people talk
- r/Celiac on Reddit
It's active, blunt, and quick to answer. A good place to ask whether a brand has changed its recipe.
- Local Facebook groups
Search your city plus "gluten free" or "celiac." No national resource can tell you which restaurant two miles from your house gets it right. A local group can.
- Parent groups for celiac kids
Look for these separately from the general gluten-free groups. 504 plans, birthday party tactics, and lunchbox survival come up constantly. A few are listed above.
These are here because a lot of people use them, not because of any arrangement with us. Nothing on this page is a paid placement. Organizations move and change all the time, so use this as a starting point and check anything important yourself.