What We Actually Buy at Walmart as a

Gluten-Free Family

 

 

When our family first began eating gluten-free, Walmart was one of the best local resources we found. Many of the gluten-free products were grouped together, making it easier to discover new foods and build a safe grocery list. Those shelves gave us a starting point during a season when everything felt overwhelming.

 

Over the years, we’ve become more comfortable cooking from scratch. We now make many of our own breads, baked goods, and meals, and we often buy staple ingredients in bulk from Azure Standard, Amazon, and local Amish stores. Even so, Walmart remains one of our regular stops for quick grocery pickups, travel snacks, convenience foods, and a variety of gluten-free products that our family enjoys.

 

This isn’t a list of the healthiest foods or the only foods we eat. It’s simply a look inside our cart—a collection of gluten-free foods, dairy-free favorites, pantry staples, and family treats that we actually buy and use.

 

A quick note about corn: Some of our daughters are corn intolerant, not corn allergic. Through trial and error, we have found that they tolerate some foods better than others and need to limit many corn-derived ingredients. Corn intolerance can vary greatly from person to person, so the products that work for our family may not work for yours. We always encourage readers to carefully read ingredient labels and make the decisions that are best for their own dietary needs.

 

 

Refrigerated & Dairy Staples

 

  • Eggs (we often buy five dozen at a time)
  • Daisy Cottage Cheese
  • Bettergoods Greek Yogurt
    • Honey
    • Strawberries & Cream
  • Large blocks of cheese (we prefer to shred our own)
  • Bettergoods Unsweetened Almondmilk
  • Planet Oat Oatmilk
  • A Taste of Thai Coconut Milk

 

Meat & Protein Staples

 

  • Fresh Chicken
  • Large rolls of Ground Beef
  • Shady Brook Farms Ground Turkey
  • Bettergoods Gluten-Free Maple Sausage Patties
  • Applegate Chicken Sausage Patties
  • Uncured Angus Beef Franks
  • Hormel Natural Choice Lunchmeat
    • Salami is our favorite variety

Budget Tip: We often cook ground beef and ground turkey together in a 50/50 ratio. We still get the flavor of beef while lowering the overall cost of meals.

 

 

Frozen Foods

 

  • Frozen Strawberries (usually the 48 oz bag)
  • Frozen Blueberries (usually the 48 oz bag)
  • Frozen Broccoli
  • Frozen Cauliflower
  • Sugar Snap Pea Stir-Fry Mix
  • Yummy Dino Buddies Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets

 

Pantry Staples

 

  • Royal Basmati Rice
  • Dried Pinto Beans
  • Dried Navy Beans
  • Dried Black Beans
  • Chickpeas
  • Black-Eyed Peas
  • Quinoa
  • Popcorn Kernels
  • Peanut Butter (Great Value or Skippy)
  • Dates
  • Red Gold Tomato Paste
  • La Costeña Chipotle Peppers in Adobo
  • Large Jar of Minced Garlic
  • Coconut Aminos

 

Cooking Oils

 

  • Avocado Oil
  • Olive Oil
  • Peanut Oil (Great for French fries)
  • Sesame Oil
  • Coconut Oil

 

Baking Staples

 

  • Gluten-Free Oats (we usually buy in bulk but occasionally pick them up at Walmart)
  • Bake Believe Chocolate Chips
  • Zulka Cane Sugar
  • Sugar In The Raw
  • Baking Soda
  • Cream of Tartar
  • Arrowroot Powder
  • Country Crock Plant Butter Sticks
  • King Arthur Gluten-Free Baking Mixes

We make our own gluten-free, corn-free baking powder, so we keep baking soda, cream of tartar, and arrowroot powder on hand.

 

My daughter also enjoys turning the King Arthur baking mixes into quick cookies.

 

 

Pasta, Sauces & Convenience Meals

 

  • Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta
  • Jovial Brown Rice Pasta
  • Jovial Lasagna Noodles
  • Ragu Simply Traditional Sauce
  • Great Value Gluten-Free Mac & Cheese
  • Great Value Gluten-Free Butter & Herb Pasta & Rice Mix

We often make our own pasta sauce, but Ragu Simply Traditional Sauce is a convenient option when we need a quick meal. We usually add basil, oregano, minced garlic, and onion powder to make it taste more like homemade.

 

 

Bread, Tortillas & Wraps

 

  • Mission Gluten-Free Flour Tortillas
  • Schär Artisan Baker White Sourdough Bread

The Schär bread isn’t our favorite, but it’s nice to have available when we need something quickly.

 

 

Snacks, Crackers & Pretzels

 

  • Quinn Filled Pretzels (Pizza flavor is our favorite)
  • Good Thins Crackers
  • Gluten-Free Cheez-Its
  • Glutino Pretzel Sticks
  • Snack Factory Gluten-Free Pretzel Crisps
  • Lance Gluten-Free Crackers
  • Annie’s Gluten-Free Bunny Grahams
  • Fruit Snacks
  • FitJoy Crackers
  • Dot Joy Pretzels
    • Plain
    • Cheddar
    • Honey Mustard

The Dot Joy Pretzels are one of the products that work well for our corn-intolerant daughters.

 

 

Bars & Travel Snacks

 

  • Clif Zbar Protein Bars
  • Nature’s Bakery Gluten-Free Fig Bars
  • Simple Mills Breakfast Bars
  • Kind Bars
  • Larabars
  • Annie’s Gluten-Free Chewy Granola Bars
  • Bobo’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Oat Snacks
  • Bobo’s Oat Bites
  • Archer Beef Sticks
  • Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding Cups

Nature’s Bakery Gluten-Free Fig Bars are one of my personal favorites. Bobo’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Oat Snacks and pudding cups are easy travel foods that we often take on trips.

 

 

Chips

 

  • Cape Cod Kettle Chips
  • Kettle Brand Air Fried Chips
  • Siete Grain-Free Tortilla Chips
  • Tostitos Tortilla Chips

The Cape Cod and Kettle Brand chips work well for our corn-intolerant daughters.

 

 

Breakfast & Cereal Favorites

 

  • Rice Chex
  • Cinnamon Chex
  • Chocolate Chex
  • Cheerios
  • Fruity Pebbles
  • Three Wishes Grain Free Cereal

We use Rice Chex to make puppy chow.

 

 

Cookies, Candy & Treats

 

  • Gluten-Free Oreos
  • Gluten-Free Chips Ahoy!
  • Goodie Girl Thin Mints
  • Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies
  • Schär Cookies
  • Giggles Candies
  • Max Mallow Classic Vanilla Marshmallows
  • So Delicious Dairy-Free Dipped Bars

Goodie Girl Thin Mints remind us of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. The Salted Caramel So Delicious bars are our favorite flavor.

 

 

Drinks

 

  • Simply Juice Products
  • Bubly Sparkling Water
  • Poppi Prebiotic Sodas
  • Lemon Juice
  • Lime Juice

Poppi and Bubly are favorite drinks to take on road trips.

 

 

Final Thoughts

 

Our cart looks different today than it did when we first started eating gluten-free. We buy more ingredients in bulk, make more foods from scratch, and have learned what works best for our family. But Walmart is still one of our favorite places for quick pickups, travel snacks, convenience foods, and many of the gluten-free foods we rely on every week.

 

If you’re just beginning your gluten-free journey, I hope this list gives you a few ideas and a helpful starting place.