Is Blue Dragon paste gluten free?

[Obvs]

I'm so confused: I'm cooking for somebody who is GF - the paste pots come up if I filter by 'gluten free' at the supermarket but they don't actually say it on the pots. These are the ingredients:

Coconut Cream, Garlic (10%), Palm Sugar, Shallot (9%), Green Chillies (9%), Lemongrass (6%), Galangal (5%), Yeast Extract Powder, Sweet Basil (2%), Salt, Kaffir Lime Peel (2%), Coriander Seeds, Sugar, White Pepper, Turmeric, Antioxidant (E306), Colour (Paprika Extract)

I can't see anything gluten-y except maybe the yeast extract powder? I probably sound really stupid but I'm paranoid about making somebody sick! Anybody who's gluten free know?

It would need to specify on the label if it contained a wheat/gluten ingredient - its normally in bold print. Looks OK to me

Thank you!

Yeast extract very often contains gluten from barley. Manufacturers don't have an obligation disclose the source of yeast extract they use so as a coeliac so I would only consume it if the product packaging stated gluten free/free from gluten, even if it looked 'ok' as those foods are the only ones guaranteed under law to contain 20 parts per million or less of gluten, the legal requirement for anything labelled GF. It's worth noting that many sufferers have reactions even from low levels of gluten and so avoid certain free from products, I ingredients dependent. Eg, I cannot tolerate gluten free oats as the trace amount causes issues for me even when they are labelled gluten 'free'.

I wouldn't want to consume a meal that contained it, in short as I'd rather not risk it. A flare up is no joke, especially when something like a thai green curry can be made fairly simply without a risk.

It is lovely of you to be mindful OP and it is often a minefield but I would ask the person eating it if they are ok with it before you go ahead and have them check the ingredients. It may well be that they can tolerate small amounts or are avoiding gluten through choice rather than allergy or any other variable. If they are coeliac though, I would check with them in the first instance or cook from scratch. (If cooking an Asian dish, remember standard soy sauce is not GF).

Thanks so much - I did think this so I've ordered all the stuff to make it from scratch. As you say, it's easy to do and much safer!