Is Adderall gluten-free?
Nothing on the labels looks like gluten. We checked 10 product labels for adderall and didn't find any ingredients on our gluten red-flag list. Worth noting — this isn't the same as a manufacturer attestation. Formulations can change without notice, and starch sources aren't always disclosed.
Drug context
About Adderall
Adderall is a brand name for amphetamine and dextroamphetamine — the brand-name mixed amphetamine salts used for ADHD and narcolepsy. The active ingredient is the same across brand and generic versions, but inactive ingredients (excipients) can differ between manufacturers, which is the whole point of this page.
Why this matters
Different manufacturers, different ingredients
Generics of Adderall use the same active ingredient, but they aren't required to use the same inactive ingredients. Your pharmacy may switch which manufacturer they dispense between fills, sometimes without telling you. The list below shows each manufacturer's product label as a separate entry, because that's the granularity that actually matters when you're celiac.
The labels
The 10 we checked
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01Rhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients FD&C BLUE NO. 2 · FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 · MAGNESIUM STEARATE · MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 101 · MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 102 · SILICON DIOXIDE · STARCH, CORN
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02Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients D&C YELLOW NO. 10 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C RED NO. 3 · FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE · GELATIN · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (3 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (6 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSES · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 400 · POLYSORBATE 80 · PROPYLENE GLYCOL · SHELLAC · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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03Rhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients Ammonia · D&C RED NO. 33 · D&C YELLOW NO. 10 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 · FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · Hypromellose, UNSPECIFIED · Isopropyl alcohol · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · Potassium hydroxide · Propylene glycol · SUCROSE · Shellac · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE · Talc · Tert-butyl alcohol · Triethyl Citrate · WATER
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04Lannett Company, Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients AMMONIA · D&C YELLOW NO. 10 ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C BLUE NO. 2 · FD&C BLUE NO. 2--ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C RED NO. 40 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (5 MPA.S) · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE · SHELLAC · STARCH, CORN · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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05Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients D&C RED NO. 28 · D&C RED NO. 33 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C BLUE NO. 2 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · HYPROMELLOSE, UNSPECIFIED · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · POLY(METHYL ACRYLATE-CO-METHYL METHACRYLATE-CO-METHACRYLIC ACID 7:3:1; 280000 MW) · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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06Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients FD&C BLUE NO. 2 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · HYPROMELLOSE, UNSPECIFIED · METHACRYLIC ACID - METHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER (1:1) · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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07Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients AMMONIA · CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE · DIMETHICONE · ETHYLCELLULOSE (10 MPA.S) · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C RED NO. 40 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (3 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (5 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (6 MPA.S) · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · POLY(METHYL ACRYLATE-CO-METHYL METHACRYLATE-CO-METHACRYLIC ACID 7:3:1; 280000 MW) · POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 400 · POLYSORBATE 80 · POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE · POVIDONE · PROPYLENE GLYCOL · SHELLAC · SILICON DIOXIDE · SODIUM HYDROXIDE · SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE · STARCH, CORN · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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08Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients AMMONIA · D&C YELLOW NO. 10 ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C BLUE NO. 2 · FD&C BLUE NO. 2--ALUMINUM LAKE · FD&C RED NO. 40 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE · GELATIN, UNSPECIFIED · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (5 MPA.S) · METHACRYLIC ACID AND ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER · POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE · SHELLAC · STARCH, CORN · SUCROSE · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE
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09Burel Pharmaceuticals, LLC nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients D&C RED NO. 28 · D&C YELLOW NO. 10 · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C RED NO. 3 · FD&C RED NO. 40 · FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 · FERRIC OXIDE RED · FERRIC OXIDE YELLOW · Fd&C Blue No. 1 Aluminum Lake · Fd&C Red No. 40 · Fd&C Yellow No. 6 · Gelatin, Unspecified · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (3 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (50 MPA.S) · HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (6 MPA.S) · Methacrylic Acid And Ethyl Acrylate Copolymer · POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 400 · POLYSORBATE 80 · Propylene Glycol · SUCROSE · Shellac · TALC · TITANIUM DIOXIDE · TRIETHYL CITRATE · Titanium Dioxide
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10NorthStar RxLLC nothing flagged on the label
Inactive ingredients CELLULOSE, MICROCRYSTALLINE · FD&C BLUE NO. 1 · FD&C YELLOW NO. 6 · MAGNESIUM STEARATE · POVIDONE · SILICON DIOXIDE · STARCH, CORN
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Background
What “gluten in a medication” actually means
Gluten enters drugs through their excipients — the inactive ingredients used to bind, coat, fill, or stabilize the dose. The main concern is wheat starch as a filler. Source-ambiguous starches (plain “starch”, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, modified starch) get flagged for verification because their botanical origin isn't always disclosed on the label.
The 2024 Mangione et al. pediatric NDC analysis (689 NDCs across the top 100 pediatric medications) found 1.5% contained gluten outright; another 25.7% couldn't be confirmed either way. Liquid and oral-suspension formulations carry disproportionate risk because wheat starch is a common thickener. Full methodology →
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