Rotel is a flavorful powerhouse of diced tomatoes and chiles. It brings delicious flavor to anything you cook with it. There are many flavors and spice levels, and there is a flavor for everyone. If you are gluten free, you may wonder, is Rotel gluten free? Let’s check it out!
What Is Rotel?
Rotel is a canned tomato product that has green chiles. You can buy Rotel in several heat levels, from mild to hot. They also have flavors featuring different peppers like serrano, habanero, and chipotle.
The Rotel brand was started in Texas by Carl Roettele. He and his wife opened a canning plant but worried nobody could spell their last name. They decided to label the cans with the name Rotel.
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Rotel is popular and is used by many to flavor foods like dips and slow cooker meals like this Slow Cooker Cornish Game Hens recipe.
Answer: Is Rotel Gluten Free?
I am happy to say that YES, Rotel is gluten free! Rotel is made with no gluten ingredients, and it has no red flag ingredients for hidden gluten. In fact, Rotel states that their product is free of the Top 8 Allergens on their website.
Rotel makes ten flavors of diced tomatoes; all ten are gluten-free. Let’s look at the ingredients in Rotel.
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Rotel Ingredients:
- Tomatoes
- Water
- Chopped Green Chile Peppers
- Salt
- Calcium Chloride
- Natural Flavors
- Citric Acid
- Cilantro
Recipes Made With Rotel:
- These delicious Sweet Potato Nachos have an extra kick of spice from Rotel.
- Rotel has a lot of tasty-sounding queso recipes on its site; this is their wildly popular Original Queso Dip recipe.
- Mix Rotel and Velveeta to make an incredible cheese dip. Is Velveeta Gluten Free?
- This Rotel Sausage Dip is one of my favorites! It is full of flavor.
Natural flavor may be derived from barley. Did you confirm with Rotel?
Hi Jocelyn, On Rotel’s website, it states it doesn’t contain wheat.
Gluten is more than just wheat. It can be in the form of barley and that does not have to be declared in the US.
Agreed, and it is very important to read the ingredients labels to look for barley and rye as well. Thank you.