This article will tell you exactly which chips are gluten free as well as answer some important questions around eating chips when you’re gluten free and what you need to consider before consuming them.
By chips, we mean oven chips and fries that are frozen,
shop bought, fresh and those you might consume whilst eating out.
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Which oven and frozen chips are gluten free?
Can you eat chips if you’re gluten free?
Are McCain fries/chips gluten free?
List of McCains gluten free chips and fries:
Are Aunt Bessie’s chips gluten free?
Which oven and frozen chips are gluten free?
Here’s an A-Z list of all frozen and fresh chips and fries that are gluten free, either accidentally or certified gluten free.
Those with a * next to them are certified gluten free.
Those without a * are gluten free but are not certified gluten free:
(they do not contain gluten ingredients or carry may contain warnings for gluten).
A V symbol means the product is labelled as suitable for Vegans too.
Albert Bartlett Classic Fries
Albert Bartlett Deep Crinkle Cut Chips
Albert Bartlett Homestyle Chips
Albert Bartlett Skin on Fries V
Albert Bartlett Sweet Potato Fries
Aldi Four Seasons Skin on fries V
Aldi Carlos Takeaway Fries
Aldi Carlos Pepperoni Pizza Takeaway Fries
Aldi Four Seasons Sweet Potato Fries V
Aldi Four Seasons Salt & Pepper Fries V
Aldi Four Seasons Straight Cut Chips V
Aldi Four Seasons Crinkle Cut Chips V
Aldi Four Seasons Steak Cut Chips V
Aldi Four Seasons Rosemary Salt Ziggy Fries V
Aldi Four Seasons Cajun Fries V
Aldi Four Seasons Salt Pepper Ridge Fries V
Aldi Four Seasons Potato Wedges Lightly Spiced V
Aldi Four Season Triple Cooked Beef Dripping Chips
Aldi Oakhurst Takeaway Style French Fries
ASDA Crispy Skin On Fries V
ASDA Golden Smiley Stars
ASDA Just Essentials Chips
ASDA Mini Potato Carrot Waffles
ASDA Peppa Pig Potato Faces
ASDA Potato Waffles
ASDA Seasoned Potato Wedges
Birds Eye Alphabites * V
Birds Eye Potato Waffles * V
Fries to Go * V
Harry Ramsden’s Chip Shop Chips
Hearty Food Co Straight Cut Chips V
Iceland Chunky Beef Dripping Chips
Iceland Curly Fries
Iceland Ridic’ Crispy Skin On Fries
Iceland Ridic’ Crispy Straight Cut Chips
Iceland Salt and Pepper Chips
Iceland Steak Cut Chips
Iceland Steak Cut Ridge Fries
Iceland Straight Cut Chips
Iceland Thin Crispy Fries
Iceland Zoo Animal Potato Shapes
Le Bio Picard French Fries
LEON Waffle Fries * V
LEON Waffle Fries Garlic Aioli * V
M&S Chunky Chips
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M&S Crinkle Cut Chips V
M&S (Fresh) Chunky Chips
M&S (Fresh) Crispy Potato Wedges
M&S Curly Fries V
M&S French Fries V
M&S Frites
M&S Plant Kitchen Bravas Dirty Fries V
M&S Straight Cut Chips V
M&S Sweet Potato Fries * V
M&S (Fresh) Sweet Potato Wedges
M&S Triple Cooked Gastro Chips *
Mash Direct Carrot Parsnip Fries *
McCain Quick Cook French Fries * V
McCain Straight Cut Chips
McCain Naked Crinkle Oven Chips * V
McCain Quick Chips
McCain Quick Cook Crispy French Fries
McCain Waffle Fries
McCain Flavour Maker Skin-on Garlic Herb Chimi Churri
McCain Street Fries
McCain Street Fries Pulled Pork
McCain Craft Beer Gastro Fries
McCain Sweet Potato Fries
McCain Crispy Skin-on Fries
McCain Naked Straight Cut Oven Chips * V
Morrisons Classic French Fries V
Morrisons Crinkle Cut Chips V
Morrisons Crispy Potatoes V
Morrisons Free From Homestyle Chunky Chips V
Morrisons Fries To Go Microwave Fries * V
Morrisons Low Fat Chips V
Morrisons Seasoned Fries Southern Fried Coating V
Morrisons Seasoned Potato Wedges V
Morrisons Seasoned Sweet Potato Fries V
Morrisons Skin on Fries V
Morrisons Steak Cut Chips V
Morrisons Straight Cut Chips V
Morrisons The Best Rosemary Salt Skin on Fries
Morrisons The Best (Fresh) Trip’ Cook Chips V
Morrisons The Pizza Deal Skinny French Fries V
Morrisons Thin Cut French Fries V
Sainsbury’s Be Good T-Y Straight Cut Chips
Sainsbury’s Crinkle Cut Chips
Sainsbury’s Extra Crispy Crinkle Chips
Sainsbury’s Extra Crispy Chips
Sainsbury’s Extra Crispy French Fries
Sainsbury’s (Fresh) Butternut Squash Crinkle Chips V
Sainsbury’s (Fresh) Sweet Potato Fries V
Sainsbury’s French Fries
Sainsbury’s Lightly Spiced Wedges
Sainsbury’s Salt & Pepper Chips
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Sainsbury’s Steak Cut Chips
Sainsbury’s Sweet Potato Fries
Sainsbury’s Sweet Potato Wedges
Sainsbury’s TTDif’ Triple Cooked Chips
Schwartz Loaded Fries Texan BBQ V
Schwartz Loaded Fries Paprika Garlic Black Pepper V
Schwartz Loaded Fries Southern Fried
Slimming World Chips
Slimming World Sweet Potato Chips
Stamford Street Co. Chips
Strong Roots Crispy Skinny Fries * V
Strong Roots Mixed Root Veg Fries * V
Strong Roots Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries * V
Strong Roots Proper Chips * V
Tesco (Fresh) Crispy Sweet Pot’ Fries
Tesco Crinkle Cut Chips
Tesco Curly Fries
Tesco Finest Triple Beef Basted Chips
Tesco Homestyle Crinkle Chips V
Tesco Homestyle Straight Cut Chips
Tesco Salt Pepper Ridge Chips
Tesco Steak Cut Chips
Tesco Sweet Potato Oven Chips V
Waitrose Essential French Fries
Waitrose Crinkle Cut Chips
Waitrose No. 1 Triple Cooked Chips
Waitrose Straight Cut Chips V
You Say Potato Fresh Cut Chips * V
Can you eat chips if you’re gluten free?
While homemade chips are often naturally gluten free, shop bought or those consumed in a restaurant may have gluten ingredients added to them during manufacturing or be at risk of cross contamination from other gluten sources.
Typically, frozen chips and fries are often accidentally gluten free or marketed gluten free, and will in this case carry a gluten free certified label of some kind.
Accidentally gluten free means they have no gluten ingredients in the ingredients list and have no may contain warning or similar warning for gluten ingredients either.
Marketed gluten free means the product carries a certified label for being gluten free, meaning it has been tested in manufacturing and contains less than 20ppm of gluten, making it safe for those with Coeliac Disease.
Where you may see gluten added – either intentionally or by accident – to chips and fries is through batter coatings on chips, which can contain additives and preservatives of all types in order to maintain the structure, texture and taste of the food once it’s cooked.
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Batter coatings on chips often have wheat flour in them, among many other additives and preservatives, which is why some frozen and fresh chips and fries are not gluten free in their final forms.
You may also find that some restaurant chips are cooked in fryers with oil that has also had gluten foods cooked in.
This means anything that would have been gluten free before going into the fryer will not be gluten free when it comes out because it will have been contaminated by gluten from the previously cooked foods.
In order to get around this issue, I recommend you check first for a gluten free label on your chips that’s clearly visible.
If it’s there, the product is gluten free and safe to eat on a gluten free diet of any kind, including in Coeliac Disease.
When eating out, it’s best to ask about the cooking process of chips before consuming them in case they’re at risk of cross-contamination of gluten.
Chips that are marketed as being gluten free are often more expensive than other frozen chips and fries which are accidentally gluten free, so you may wish to take the following steps to identify those cheaper options which are also gluten free.
If there is no gluten free label on the product, read the ingredients label and check for any highlighted gluten ingredients.
If there’s no gluten ingredients listed, then look for the allergen statement and check for may contain warnings for gluten ingredients as well.
If in the allergen statement, there’s no mention of gluten either, you can consider the product to be gluten free.
Bare in mind that additives and preservatives added to frozen foods and the like carry their own risks for their effects on gut health though.
If you have a known sensitivity to gluten or other foods, or a condition which is greatly impacted by diet such as IBD, avoiding these preservatives and additives may be a good idea in order to help your gut microbiota and reduce intestinal inflammation.
My overall recommendation is therefore to look for gluten free chips and fries
(either marketed gluten free or found to be gluten free when checking the ingredients list and allergen statements) that also contain very few ingredients.
The best frozen and fresh chips will contain as little as potato’s and some kind of oil, and that’s all!
The less ingredients, and a lack of preservatives and additives used when making frozen and fresh chips and fries, the better your gut health will be overall.
Are McCain fries/chips gluten free?
McCain have 2 types of frozen chips which are certified gluten free, as well as a number of other varieties in their frozen and fresh range which are free from gluten ingredients and may contain warnings for gluten but are not certified gluten free.
See the list below for the full list of gluten free chips and fries from McCain.
As often talked about in the gluten free community, there are products which can be enjoyed on a gluten free diet even when they’re not specifically labelled gluten free.
By this, we mean that the product doesn’t have any gluten ingredients listed and it also has NO may contain warning for gluten ingredients either.
This is often enough for people eating gluten free to be able to enjoy the product, however, do bare in mind that it’s not a legal requirement (in the UK, at least) for a company to include a may contain warning.
Although, most will include one, as they are expected to do their due diligence and provide safe and clear information to the consumer.
List of McCains gluten free chips and fries:
Frozen & Certified Gluten Free or Certified Gluten Free + Vegan
McCain Straight Cut
McCain Naked Crinkle Oven Chips (+ vegan)
McCain Naked Straight Cut Oven Chips (+ vegan)
Frozen & Gluten Free but NOT Certified gluten free
McCain Quick Chips
McCain Quick Chips Crinkle Cut
McCain Quick Cook Crispy French Fries
McCain Waffle Fries
McCain Flavour Maker Skin-on Garlic Herb Chimi Churri
McCain Street Fries
McCain Street Fries Pulled Pork
McCain Craft Beer Gastro Fries
McCain Sweet Potato Fries
McCain Crispy Skin-on Fries
Fresh & Gluten Free but NOT Certified gluten free
McCain Sticky Fries Texas BBQ
McCain Shake Shake Crispy Dippers Smoky BBQ
McCain Minions with Red Potato Mash
McCain Smiles
Are Aunt Bessie’s chips gluten free?
Most of Aunt Bessie’s range of chips and fries do not contain gluten as an ingredient and do not have a may contain warning for gluten either, making them gluten free, although not certified gluten free.
Although Aunt Bessie’s do not sell specifically marketed gluten free chips or fries yet, you can find the following 3 styles of their chips and fries which contain no gluten ingredients and have no may contain warning for gluten either.
Aunt Bessie’s Deliciously Crispy French fries, Aunt Bessie’s Crispy and Fluffy Homestyle chips and Aunt Bessie’s Crinkle Cut chips are all free from gluten ingredients and have no may contain warning for gluten attached to them, making them gluten free. However, they are not certified gluten free.