Here is another lesson in adjustments.... if your expectations are those of a typical gluten free north american, I'd leave them at the border, condiments are delicious here, they just aren't what a typical gluten free North American (ect.) would use.
Let's start with some easy ones..... Gluten Free Condiments I have found so far in Paris
Ketchup. or Catsup if you prefer.
This one was easy to tick off my shopping list. Hienz is everywhere and continues it's ingredients, and gluten free status, across the board. There are some no-name or smaller name brand ketchups with similar ingredients and I didn't find any with suspicious or non-descript ingredients that made me leery. It seems that Ketchup, in Paris, is easily found gluten free.
Mustard
Just to be clear,I am not a huge fan of mustard, gluten free or not, but it appears to be as easy as Ketchup to find gluten free here in Paris. I'd encourage you to vary your mustard buying habits and give some of the tens of varieties available here for mustards. I looked over a few labels and although I did not purchase any, hence the lack of pictures for this one... I did take note that not many contained any gluten at all. One brand had the word "AMIDON" and "amidon" is STARCH, here in paris, unlabelled STARCH is wheat starch.
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most of the mayos I checked out were all gluten free, and I found some good old hellmans too.
You will have to adjust your expectations here too.... most typical (american) style dressings contain gluten here, there are a few that don't, but the most popular dressing here, by far, and gluten free, is oil and vinegar.
Two that I found, and have enjoyed, are by a company called FLORETTE and are part of the "ma sauce" line. The first is Fromage Blanc & Moutarde de dejon, and the second, Leger en Mateire grasse
They contain "amidon modifie de pomme de terre" which is potato starch and is gluten free. Invest in some great olive oil and vinegar, honestly, nothing makes fresh mozzarella and tomatoes taste better.
And some great news.... real HOLLANDAISE sauce does not contain gluten. You will need to, of course, check with your server and be sure it is made in house and the ingredients are known, but in most places you can have the hollandaise sauce. I love it on eggs in the morning.
The gluten free BBQ sauce available in Paris is called HP BBQ SAUCE, its like HP sauce, commonly available but BBQ flavoured. Super tasty, great on chicken, I recently tried it out on some Russian, Polish, Slovac and Swedish friends of mine from French class, who all loved it. I have only found the SMOKY flavour and only at one shop, the aforementioned LA FERME at Victor Hugo Place.
Victor Hugo is a metro station so is easy to locate. LA FERME le Victor Hugo is also easy to locate, it is the only grocery store around the circle. They have a ton of GF products, and some rare ones for France, like microwavable popcorn. Which i found, gluten free, Orville Redenbachers old fashioned butter flavour.
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Okay, this one was a hard one.... there are two brands of BBQ sauce available in Paris, and although my search was by no means exhaustive.... over 12 grocery stores plus biocoop and Naturalia's, I didn't find more than these two brands. The first brand is a red bottle with a "oh ouizz!" label, its by Benedicta, and IT IS NOT GLUTEN FREE. It contains "amidon transforme" DO NOT BUY THIS ONE> See the picture.....
More to come as I find them.
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