Eating gluten and dairy free in Italy

Certainly not easy if Pizza or pasta are on the menu.
There are gluten-free alternatives, though, in a lot of city restaurants these days

The phrase and senza glutine there are often gluten free options for pizza and pasta in many restaurants. In Italy the waiters take their jobs very seriously and will know how things are made and what ingredients are contained in things. Menus are also extensively marked for potential allergens.

Anecdotally the people who were concerned about gluten did no seem to be bothered in Italy when they stopped asking for gluten free in Italy. No guarantee you would have the same results.

Hope that helps, good luck,
=Tod

While I’m not GF I am vegan so dairy free. It IS mostly possible to eat dairy free as well. I had a translation card that I would show the server if I didn’t think “senza formaggio” was going to do the trick. And yes, I got pizza senza formaggio although the server came back to make sure that is what I wanted.

For gelato, look in the case for sorbetto which is sometimes (but not always) dairy-free. Last trip most places had little green leaves on the labels for vegan sorbetto. Delish. The fresh peach sorbetto remains a highlight from long ago!

I’m allergic to shellfish and I noticed that many menus have symbols and numbers so you can pick GF or vegan or whatever you prefer.

Pretty easy. Many restaurants have gluten-free pasta and pizza on the menu. If you're not sure, you can just tell staff "senza glutine" (gluten-free) or "senza latticini" (dairy-free).