Travelling gluten free in Austria

Are you going on a holiday to Austria and looking for the best gluten-free spots? Look no further! We have gathered all necessary information for gluten free in Austria in one easy overview.

German coeliac dietary explanation

German

Ich habe Zöliakie und darf aus medizinischen Gründen keine Speisen essen, die glutenhältiges Getreide oder daraus hergestellte Produkte beinhalten.

Das bedeutet: 

Keine Produkte aus Weizen, Roggen, Gerste, Dinkel, Kamut und Hafer sowie alle daraus hergestellten Lebensmittel wie Mehl, Grieß, Brösel, Brot, Gebäck, Teigwaren, Knödel, Soßen, Kuchen, Waffeln etc. 

Gibt es auf Ihrer Speisekarte für mich geeignete Speisen oder können Sie bei der Zubereitung die oben angeführten Lebensmittel weglassen wie z.B. die Sauce mit Maisstärke oder Kartoffelmehl binden und das Fleisch, den Fisch oder das Gemüse ohne Mehl oder Brösel zubereiten?

English

I am suffering from celiac disease and therefore because of medical reasons I am not allowed to eat any foods which contain gluten-containing cereals or products of these.

This means: 

No products from wheat, rye, barley, spelt, kamut and oats as well as products of these like flour, semolina, breadcrumbs, bread, pastry, noodles, dumplings, sauces, cakes, wafers etc. 

Are there any dishes on your menu which are suitable for me or can you prepare a meal without above mentioned foods e.g. to use maizestarch or potatoflour for the sauce and to prepare the meat, the fish or vegetables without flour or breadcrumbs?

Where to buy gluten-free food in Austria

Glutenfree food can be bought at the following supermarkets and stores:

dm-Drogeriemarkt: www.dm-drogeriemarkt.at (this drugstore has a huge variety of glutenfree food)

Billa Plus: www.billa.at (many Products, fresh baked glutenfree bread and fresh baked products called „Nimm dir weizenfrei“)

Billa: www.billa.at

SPAR: www.spar.at (special products FREE FROM…, )

Unimarkt: www.unimarkt.at (shops not in every region of Austria)

MPREIS: www.mpreis.at (shops not in every region of Austria) and at

health food stores: https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/suche/?industryTerm=Reformhaus

You will find the addresses of the shops on the Internet.

Gluten-free restaurants & places in Austria

Hotels and boarding houses

Hotels and pensions in bigger cities usually offer bed and breakfast and those in the countryside also offer half and full board. The Austrian Coeliac Society keeps a list of those hotels which offer gluten-free meals. Higher-priced hotels offer a breakfast buffet. Some hotels offer glutenfree breakfast on special request.

Restaurants

In addition to eating in a “Restaurant” you can also take meals in a “Gasthaus” which offers typical Austrian cuisine, usually for more reasonable prices. In Austrian cooking flour and breadcrumbs are used very often, even with vegetables! Please take the German dietary explanation with you, then the staff in the restaurants will help you to find glutenfree dishes.

Tips for gluten-free in Austria

In Austria ingredients containing gluten have to be declared on the food packaging (together with other allergens) and we also have the international glutenfree symbol on many of our products.

If you go shopping, avoid products that mention one of the following ingredients on their labels:

Weizen(mehl) – wheat(flour)
Gerste(nmehl) – barley(flour)
Roggen(mehl) – rye(flour)
Hafer – oats (if not glutenfree certificated)
Semmelbrösel – breadcrumbs
Grieß – semolina
Waffel – wafer

Don’t buy mixed or breaded meat products – frozen or fresh – like FASCHIERTEN BRATEN, FASCHIERTE LAIBCHEN = FLEISCHLAIBCHEN, CEVAPCICI, WIENER SCHNITZEL, CORDON BLEU and anything that says PANIERTE on its label.

Contact Austrian Coeliac Association

For further information, please contact the Austrian Coeliac Society:

Mrs. Renate Petz
Österreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zöliakie
tourismus@zoeliakie.or.at
www.zoeliakie.or.at

Please note that information is given only to members of a celiac society. Please add the name of your celiac society as well as your membership number and / or your address.

 

Last update of this Travel Net information: December 2023