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. Read the reviews, not the star ratings. That's where people say whether the kitchen actually understood cross contamination.
- 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 straight 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 packet 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 packet 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.