Eating Gluten-Free
Learn how to spot hidden gluten, swap daily staples without losing flavor or texture, and keep meals safe at home and in restaurants. A clear, practical roadmap for anyone transitioning to a gluten-free life.
Like Duolingo, but for Eating Gluten-Free. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Taking Control of What You Eat and Navigating Shared Spaces and Dining Out. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Eating Gluten-Free
- Gluten is present in barley, rye, and triticale just as it is in wheat
- Malt flavoring, malt vinegar, and malt syrup are derived from barley and contain gluten
- Grains like rice, quinoa, and buckwheat (despite the name) are naturally gluten-free
- Traditional soy sauce and many bottled marinades are brewed with wheat as a primary ingredient
- Commercial broths, salad dressings, and thick sauces routinely use wheat flour or malt as thickeners and flavor enhancers
- Pure oils, simple vinegars, and unblended spices naturally do not contain gluten
- A 'wheat-free' label only guarantees the absence of wheat, not gluten from other grains
- Wheat-free products frequently use barley malt, rye flour, or brewer's yeast, all of which contain gluten
- A product must be explicitly labeled or certified gluten-free to exclude all gluten-containing grains
- Independent certification seals (like GFCO) enforce regular lab testing, often requiring products to stay under 10 or 20 ppm gluten
- Informal phrasing like 'made without gluten ingredients' implies recipe design, but carries no legal testing standard or protection from factory cross-contact
- Parts per million (ppm) is the standard measurement used to ensure food is safe for people with celiac disease
- Oat plants are naturally gluten-free, but commercial oats are heavily cross-contaminated in fields, transport, and mills that process wheat and barley
- People avoiding gluten must buy oats specifically labeled or certified gluten-free, which use dedicated fields and clean processing facilities
- Cooking or processing does not create or destroy gluten protein in oats
- Naturally gluten-free whole foods like potatoes, rice, corn, and polenta have natural structures that hold up reliably without additives
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Eating Gluten-Free the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Where does malt flavoring, like in malt vinegar or malt syrup, usually come from?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Eating Gluten-Free takes you
- 1
Taking Control of What You Eat
- Decoding Labels and Hidden Gluten
- Replacing Everyday Staples Without Sacrificing Texture
- 2
Navigating Shared Spaces and Dining Out
- Eliminating Cross-Contact in Shared Kitchens
- Ordering and Dining Out Safely
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Eating Gluten-Free is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Eating Gluten-Free today.
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