ForkwiseHow we check recipes
Every recipe gluten-free, checked ingredient by ingredient.
Forkwise only lists recipes made from ingredients that are gluten-free by nature. We read every ingredient line of every recipe, and the method, before a recipe is listed. When we are not sure about an ingredient, the recipe goes out.
What we keep
- Foods that are naturally gluten-free: fresh meat, fish, eggs, dairy, vegetables, fruit, pulses, nuts and seeds, rice, maize/corn, potatoes, buckwheat and similar.
- Single, plain ingredients such as plain spices, oils, sugar, honey, maple syrup, wine and wine or cider vinegar, and baking powder.
- Distilled spirits in cocktails (18+ only), see cocktails and alcohol.
What we take out
A recipe is removed if it uses wheat, barley, rye, spelt or regular oats, or an ingredient that often contains gluten or that we cannot check, for example:
- bread, pasta, flour, couscous, beer and malt (including malt vinegar)
- stock cubes, soy and other bottled sauces, ketchup, prepared mustard, curry pastes and spice blends
- sausages, bacon and other processed or cured meats
- shop-bought sweets, meringues, cordials, flavoured syrups, branded mixes and sodas
- “serve with bread or toast”, or ingredient lists we could not read clearly
In this review we removed 139 recipes that looked gluten-free at first but had a doubtful ingredient, on top of every recipe with a gluten ingredient.
Cocktails and alcohol
Most Forkwise drinks are alcohol-free. Cocktails are marked “🔞 18+ Contains alcohol”, kept in their own Cocktails (18+) section and left out of the alcohol-free drinks, dairy-free drinks and Five & Fast lists. They use distilled spirits (such as vodka, gin, rum, tequila and whisky), which are gluten-free; we leave out beer, ale, lager and malt drinks. Check the label of liqueurs and flavoured spirits, and please drink responsibly.
Egg-free and dairy-free
These labels are strict too: if a recipe might contain egg or dairy (for example butter, cheese, milk, cream, yoghurt or mayonnaise), it is not labelled egg-free or dairy-free.
What we don’t do
We do not test-cook recipes in a certified kitchen or lab-test them. A recipe being on Forkwise is not a medical or safety guarantee.
If you have coeliac disease
- Check the label of every product you buy, even ones that are usually gluten-free (spices, rice, oats, chocolate, cornflour, yoghurt), and choose products labelled gluten-free where you can.
- Avoid cross-contact in your own kitchen: use clean boards, pans, colanders, toasters and oil, and keep gluten-free ingredients away from flour and crumbs.
- Talk to your doctor or a registered dietitian about your own diet.
Your own recipes
Recipes you add yourself in the app are not checked by Forkwise.
Spotted something that doesn’t look right? Tell us and we will check it.