Soda fans who also happen to have celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity will be happy to know that most popular sodas (known in some places as "pop") are considered gluten-free by their manufacturers. Popular soft drinks considered gluten-free by their manufacturers include:
- 7OP
- Coca Cola
- co*ke light
- Diet Pepsi
- Pepsi
- Sprite
- Sunkist
But before you run out and buy boxes of different soft drinks to enjoy, a word of caution is in order.
Overview
First, this list only applies to the United States and (where indicated) Canada. Unfortunately, formulations vary (sometimes significantly) by country, and a soft drink that is considered safe in the United States may not be safe elsewhere. Additionally, some soft drinks may have thisno gluten ingredientsbut can beproduced on shared equipment or in a shared facility, which makes them insecure.
Second, this list only applies to branded soft drinks. Generic or store brand versions of the same drinks may use the same ingredients and may not be gluten-free. Unless the store labels its own products as "gluten-free," it may be better to buy the name brand.
Third, these drinks are all quite processed and are only considered gluten-freeless than 20 parts per million (20 ppm) gluten(a lower number is better).Therefore, if you tend to respond to less gluten – as many people do – it may take some trial and error before you find a soda brand that suits your particular sensitivity level.
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Gluten-free soft drink list
Here's the list of major soda brands and flavors that manufacturers consider gluten-free (plus a few popular sodas that dodoesn'tis on gluten-free lists):
Original cola from 1893
1893 Original co*ke from PepsiCo. considered gluten-free.Flavors include: Original co*ke (sweetened with sugar; 150 calories per 12 oz serving)and Ginger Cola (sweetened with sugar; 150 calories per 12 oz serving).
7OP
7UP considers all of its soft drinks to be gluten-free up to 20 ppm. This includes: 7Up (240 calories per 20 oz serving), Diet 7Up (sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K), 7Up Cherry (240 calories per 20 oz serving), and Diet 7Up Cherry (sweetened with aspartame).
A&W Wortelbier
A&W Root Beer is available in five flavors, including Original Diet (made withaspartame), A&W 10 (made with aspartame; 10 calories per serving), cream soda and diet cream soda (made with aspartame). All A&W Root Beer flavors are made according to the company, which is part of Dr. The Pepper-Snapple Beverage Group.
Barqs
Barq's is a Coca-Cola company. Barq's products include: root beer, light root beer (made with aspartame), cream soda and red cream soda. Allare is considered gluten-free (up to 20 ppm) in both the US and Canada.
Cola in Coca-Cola
According to Coca-Cola Co. the following co*ke brand products are considered gluten-free up to 20 ppm in the United States:
Coca-Cola, Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet co*ke (made with aspartame), Caffeine-Free Diet co*ke, Coca-Cola Zero (made with aspartame and acesulfame K), Cherry co*ke, Diet Cherry co*ke (made with aspartame), Cherry co*ke Zero (made with aspartame and acesulfame K) and Diet co*ke with Splenda.
Please note that some of these cola products are produced in Canadadoesn'tappears on the company's Canadian gluten-free list.
DR Pepper
All Dr. Pepper products are considered gluten-free up to 20 ppm, according to the company. This includes: Dr. Peper, Dr. Peperkers, Dr. Pepper 10 (made with aspartame; 10 calories per serving), Diet Dr. Pepper (made with aspartame), caffeine-free Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry (made with aspartame), Dr. Pepper Cherry Vanilla, Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry Vanilla (made with aspartame) and Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper (made with aspartame).
The company notes that its products contain corn gluten, which is not harmful to people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
Fantasies
Fanta Grape, Fanta Orange and Fanta Orange Zero are considered gluten-free in the US up to 20 ppm. They are Coca-Cola products. Note that they do not appear on co*ke's Canadian gluten-free list.
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Fresca, which contains zero calories and is caffeine-free, is considered gluten-free in both the United States and Canada, according to manufacturer Coca-Cola. It is available in three flavors: original citrus, peach citrus, and black cherry citrus (all sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K).
Mello Yello
Mello Yello is not considered gluten-free according to the manufacturer Coca-Cola.
Mountain Dew en Dieet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew and Diet Mountain Dew (sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K) are available in a wide variety of flavors, all of which are considered gluten-free.
Options include Mountain Dew Kickstart, Mountain Dew Voltage, Live Wire, Code Red, Major Melon and Major Melon Zero Sugar.
Krus Wortelbier
Both Mug and Mug Cream Root Beer are considered gluten-free by the manufacturer PepsiCo.
Pepsi
All Pepsi brand carbonated soft drinks are considered gluten free up to 20 ppm. Options include Pepsi (150 calories per 12 oz serving), Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Wild Cherry (160 calories per 12 oz serving), Pepsi Zero Sugar (sweetened with aspartame), Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry (sweetened with aspartame), Pepsi Zero Sugar Wild Cherry (sweetened with aspartame), Pepsi Real Sugar (sweetened with sugar; 150 calories per 12 oz serving), Pepsi Caffeine Free (150 calories per 12 oz serving), and Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free (sweetened with aspartame).
Sprite
Both Sprite (Original, Cherry and Tropical Mix), Sprite Lemonade and Sprite Zero (Original and Cherry) are gluten-free up to 20 ppm in both the US and Canada. Regular Sprite contains 240 calories per 20 oz. serving of Sprite Lemonade contains 130 calories per 12 oz. serve, and Sprite Zero is sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K.
Sunkist
Sunkist makes several fruit-flavored drinks that blur the line between soda and fruit punch. All of its products are considered gluten-free up to 20 ppm. Diet Sunkist is sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K.
As a reminder, this list is only valid in the US and (where indicated) Canada.
A word from Verywell
Note that many of these products containcaramel coloras an ingredient. It is possible to make it caramel colorgluten cornand gluten grain-based caramel color is used outside the United States. But in the US you're unlikely to encounter a gluten grain-based version of caramel color, so don't worry about that with soda. Caramel coloring is one reason why you should be careful with soft drinks sold in other countries.
Finally, if you're not sure about the soda you just got, you might as well just drink something straightwater- Fortunately, it is always gluten-free.
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