Gluten free in Spain
Dedicated bakeries in almost every city, an association mark you can trust, and a national habit of frying everything in the same oil.
Cities we cover
Alicante6 places · open guide →Bilbao9 places · open guide →Madrid18 places · open guide →Santander6 places · open guide →
The association to know
FACE — Federación de Asociaciones de Celíacos de España
Runs the FACE Controlled Gluten Free mark and the FACE Móvil app. Regional associations audit and badge venues: ACSG in Madrid, EZE in the Basque Country, ACECAN in Cantabria.
What to know here
- The FACE mark and regional association badges (ACSG, EZE) mean a kitchen has been trained and audited — the strongest signal you can get here.
- "Sin gluten" on a menu describes the recipe, never the fryer. Croquetas and calamares share oil with breaded food almost everywhere: ask.
- Since February 2026, gluten free bread is legally ordinary bread under Spain's bread quality standard — same traceability rules as any loaf.
- Split shifts are real: many bakeries close 14:00–17:00 and all day Sunday or Monday. Our planner already knows.
- A family with a celiac member spends around €900 a year more on the weekly shop, and Spain has no direct financial aid.
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