[header] How to live with allergies to wheat [title] Read food labels. [step] When you have an allergy to something as common as wheat, you must get used to reading labels. Wheat can hide in many foods that you wouldn't suspect have this ingredient, as flour is used as a thickener. 
Foods with wheat must contain the phrase " contains: wheat " if it is an ingredient, according to the federal drug administration (fda). [substeps] For instance, flour is used as a thickener in many sauces and gravies, and it's even found in some ice creams.