No, this comes from a gluten grain
Malt is made from barley. This is the single most important entry in the lexicon: "malt extract" and "malt syrup" are legal US ingredient names that never mention barley, which is exactly how gluten reaches people who read labels carefully.
FDA, 91 FR 2781 (Jan 22, 2026): "malt extract, which is derived from barley, may be labeled as barley malt, but it can also be referred to as malt extract or malt syrup, which do not disclose the barley source."
malt extract is one of the names CiCi tracks for Malt. Ingredient lists use many names for the same thing, which is a large part of why gluten slips past careful readers.
Every one of these is the same ingredient. The number of names is a large part of why gluten slips past people who read every label.
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The aisle guides below cover malt extract in context — which is usually the more useful question, because an ingredient rarely appears alone.
This answer comes from CiCi's ingredient lexicon — the same rules the scanner uses, not a separate article. Where reputable sources disagree, CiCi takes the conservative position and says so.