<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi all - Sorry it has taken so long to post this summary, I hope that it is as helpful to you as it was to me. I made 22 quarts of spaghetti sauce and now my freezer is full! Just a note about the cost effectiveness of making your own spaghetti sauce, 22 quarts of store bought sauce at $1.99 each would have cost me $43.78. I bought the ingredients for my sauce (found the Hunts products at Costco) and spent $26.13. That's $1.19 a quart!! I don't think I'll buy any from the store again! I'll post my recipe separately. Here goes your responses... - McCormack spices and garlic powder are GF - Use fresh garlic - Use minced or crushed garlic in jars - Garlic salt and powder may contain starch - check labels - Penzey's Spice Company in Wisconsin produces pure spices, even the iffy ones like cinnamon and ground mustard are GF, www.penzeys.com - Durkee and Tones spices are the same company and are GF - Costco Garlic Salt with no MSG added said to be safe - Use fresh mushrooms - Canned mushrooms okay but high in sodium - Libbey's canned mushrooms are GF - Great Value brand canned mushrooms from Wal-Mart are GF - One person said that a nutritionist told her that celiacs cannot handle mushrooms and since she has cut them out of her diet, she has had no problems - Frigo, Stella and Sorrento brand cheeses said to be GF - Cabot's brand cheese, no gluten additives--processed and shredded varieties GF too - Kraft Mozzarella and Parmesan are okay - Kraft -- one person said that they had a reaction - Parmesan okay but grate your own blocks to guarantee purity, found in dairy specialty case - Parmesan -- one person said it is the hardest to find GF - Pre-shredded cheeses -- check labels, some add wheat flour or starch to prevent caking - Mozzarella okay - Ricotta cheese -- call to check source on vinegar, if from corn it's okay - Sub GF cottage cheese for Ricotta, you'll want a cottage cheese with gelatine or cornstarch - Cheese -- Gluten-Free Living magazine just did a comprehensive article on cheese, call for a back issue - Hunts plain tomato products -- paste, sauce, whole and stewed tomatoes - Contadina tomato products -- regular plain, Italian, thick & zesty - Del Monte tomato products (includes zesty diced tomatoes) - DelGrosso tomato sauce - Eden tomato sauce - Albertson's tomato paste -- says only 'tomatoes' on ingredient list - Albertson's GF store brand list on Abigail's site, has all of their GF products!! - Safeway brand canned tomato products -- according to Safeway, all are GF (sauce, paste, diced, peeled) - Progresso tomatoes - Whole canned plum tomatoes from Italy - Tomato products need to be pure and not contain HVP - Classico prepared spaghetti sauce is GF and usually goes on sale - Ragulettie prepared spaghetti sauce is GF - Watch out for natural flavorings - Call companies if there is a questionable ingredient ***Most importantly...Always CHECK, CHECK AND RE-CHECK LABELS!!*** Thanks for your help, Angie in Vancouver, WA