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An ear of wheat crossed through, marking a certified gluten-free product.
Also known as: Gluten free symbol, Coeliac symbol
The crossed grain is an ear of wheat with a bar through it, licensed by coeliac organisations to products that meet an audited gluten-free standard. It is a certification mark rather than a manufacturer's claim: using it requires a licence, testing and audit of the production line. That distinction matters medically — an uncertified 'no gluten ingredients' statement says nothing about cross-contamination in a shared factory, which is what makes people with coeliac disease ill.
Marks a product certified against an audited gluten-free standard under licence, rather than carrying a manufacturer's own statement about ingredients.
Contexts: Packaging
Differs from a 'no gluten ingredients' statement in the way that matters medically: the certification covers cross-contamination in shared production, which is what makes people with coeliac disease ill and which an ingredients list cannot address.
This record describes what the mark certifies. Anybody managing coeliac disease should follow clinical and national food-standards advice rather than a symbol dictionary.
Contexts: Packaging
Sits alongside a legal definition rather than replacing it: the term gluten-free is defined in food law by a maximum gluten content, and the licensed mark is a scheme that audits against it.
United Kingdom and European Union · Contexts: Packaging
An upright ear of grain with grains ranged up its stalk, crossed by a single straight bar running through it, usually inside a ring.
Both are licensed food certification marks rather than manufacturer claims.