Whole30 ALDI Must Haves
It’s here!! You asked for an ALDI Whole30
shopping list and at first I honestly had no idea what ALDI was. But after the great response from my lists for Trader Joes, Target, Sprouts, Ralphs, Costco, Amazon and Thrive Market, I thought I better find out more about this store. I looked it up and found that there was actually one about 30 minutes away! I got my camera and took off out the door. The ALDI I went into was at first glance, packed with non-compliant food like products, but once I dug deeper and looked at pretty much every label, I found a few gems for my Whole30ers! I know eating clean can be daunting at first once you get the hang of reading labels, going shopping can be easy, and I hope I made your next trip to ALDI a bit easier with this list. I would love any other recommendations for Whole30 lists and I will get to it right away. For now, enjoy this list of goods and some recipes you can use them in!
Guacamole
Both of these options have clean ingredients and are great to add on top of frittatas or salsa chicken bowls!
Nuts
They have tons of nuts at ALDI that are clean and I love to make my own nut butter with them! They are also great to crush up and put on salads or bread chicken with. I love spreading nut butter on sweet potato toast!
Frozen Veggies
I love adding frozen veggie to frittatas and cauliflower rice! They are so handy to keep in the freezer when you are in a pinch.
Marinara
Finding a clean marinara is huge on Whole30!! I love adding marinara on top of meat and veggies if it seems a little boring. My favorite recipe to use marinara in is my Cheeseless Chicken Parm! *** NOTE: It seems that some stores have this compliant version, and some stores have the same one with added sugar – probably depending on where you live. Be sure to check your labels always!
Salsa
Salsa is another easy pre-made and flavorful sauce that goes great with my Salsa Chicken or on your eggs in the morning!
Clean oils
They have a great organic line at ALDI from Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Coconut Oil. I love using coconut oil when cooking things in a hot pan and olive oil for dressings on salad!
Produce
Of course produce is always whole30 compliant but there were some awesome easy to cook packs of veggies like these sweet potatoes!
Kombucha
If you are a wine drinker, you have to get on the kombucha train. I love having a glass of kombucha with dinner
Chia Seeds
I love adding chia seeds to just about anything for added fiber and fat! Sprinkling them on the almond butter on my sweet potato toast might be my fave!
Whole30 on a budget. From marinara to guacamole there are so many options!
Let me know in the comments below if you found anything else compliant at ALDI!
I hope this list was helpful and if so check out my other Whole30 Must Have lists below:
Trader Joes
Costco
Target
Sprouts
Amazon
Thrive Market
Ralphs/ Kroger
Walmart
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Your ALDI has kombucha?! I’m so jealous! I’d never need to go to any other store!
YES!! I was so surprised!! That’s southern California though!!
I’ve seen it in Ohio
We have Kombucha at our little country Aldi’s in Missouri! lol
I am in NY and we have it here as well
they now have It at my store – look near specialty cheeses and meats – cold section
I totally said aloud, “My Aldi doesn’t have kombucha!”
Haha!
Check ingredients- the marinara & turkey pepperoni has sugar. I think that makes them non-complaint.
Still yummy though.
There are different products at different stores I guess, these ones were compliant!
I also get my chorizo from Aldi! I also get majority of my fresh produce and meats. Their ground turkey is a steal!
Awesome!!! I love it, what a gem!
Agreed on their Turkey. I prefer it over Wal-Mart’s.
Bless you for this list! I have a love affair with Aldi right now, but was worried that I wouldn’t be able to find anything there that works for my Whole30 lifestyle! Thank you for taking the guess work out things!
YAY!! So glad I could help out!! Enjoy!
I love ALDI! I first heard about it in Spain and found out it’s a German store. Also, the owners are the same owners of Trader Joe’s! They have multiple organic items at half the price compare to that at other stores, and they keep adding more.
That’s awesome!! I had never heard of it but there were definitely some great finds!!
Hi! Can I use olive oil on the whole30 or does it need to be extra virgin olive oil? Is there anything I should look out for? Same with coconut oil?
Thanks for all the help!
Monika
You can def use olive oil and coconut oil!! The oils to avoid are refined vegetables oils like canola oil! There is a full list on the Whole30 website though!!
Thanks Kelsey!
You got it!! 🙂
Great post !!! Thank you so much!
You got it!! 🙂
Great list! Are these Whole 30 compliant?
https://www.aldi.us/en/grocery-home/aldi-brands/never-any/never-any-detail/ps/p/kirkwood-never-any-chicken-breakfast-sausage-1/
No, they had added sugar unfortunately!!
Your ALDI must have a different marinara than mine – the label on the one in my local ALDI (same brand) has cheese, sugar and soybean oil listed in the ingredients – none of which are Whole30 approved :(. I have however gotten all of the other things listed here and love all of them 🙂
Oh no!!! There was one like that too but this Marinara Pasta Sauce was the only compliant one!
ALDI has been the only place so far I’ve been able to find complaint bacon! (I mean I haven’t SEARCHED but I’ve looked at a few other stores..) I was shocked to find it there!
compliant*
Wow! I’ve not been able to find compliant bacon at mine. What brand?
I would love to know what bacon you are buying. Our Aldi has an organic uncured but it still has sugar
They have a sugar free uncured bacon at our Aldi’s, it is excellent baked on a pan in the oven!
Wonderful to know!
WOW!! I didn’t see it at my ALDI but that is great! 🙂
Do you eat chia seeds on your whole30? Thought these are the pseudo grains that are non compliant…
They are compliant!! Just not in excess!
Hi. I have looked into that marinara at my Aldi, and it contains soybean oil and organic sugar, both of which are not Whole 30 compliant 🙁
There must be a few kinds because this one definitely had clean ingredients! Not sure if they are different at different stores!
We get our marinara there too and it’s clean. There are 2 types, you have to read ingredients. One does not have added sugar.
Yes!! So glad you found it too, thought I might be going crazy! Haha Thanks Lisa!!
They also have 100% grass fed ground beef, prosciutto, sunbutter, turkey burger patties.
Good to know!! I didn’t see that at mine!! 🙂
Their fresh salsa is Whole 30 compliant and DELICIOUS!
Oh that is great to know!!
We just had an Aldi open near us over the weekend. They have freeze dried strawberries that don’t have any added sugar. We also found some good, cheap spices!
Oh that is great to know!!
Our cashews have peanut oil added so always check labels!
Just got done with my Whole30 and did the majority of my shopping at Aldi. My favorite things to get for Whole30 are frozen veggies and beef. I think it’s the best price anywhere for grass fed ground beef! I also saw sockeye frozen salmon for a great price and hope to try it soon. It made my meal planning much simpler because you’re limited on what you can get!
That is awesome!! Thanks for letting me know!!
I’ve been getting pistachios and the roasted almonds at ours. The other nuts (cashews) are roasted in peanut oil.
Good to know!! Thanks!!
Would love a Sams club list!
Would also love a Sams Club list. I do most of my shopping at Aldi’s, but do the rest of it at Sam’s, and sometimes Kroger, Publix and the dreaded Walmart, depending on what I am looking for and cannot find at Aldi’s or Sam’s.
They also have complaint fruit strips https://www.aldi.us/en/grocery-home/aldi-brands/simplynature/snacks-sweets/snacks-detail/ps/p/simplynature-strawberry-fruit-strips/and flavored carbonated water like la croix called belle vie.
the Simple Nature Organic Tomato Basil Premium Pasta Sauce has no added sugar or oils.
I’ve been to Aldi for a quick stop, my daughter shared your blog with me, and I’ll have to say I did see the chia seeds, but I was on the fence on weather to try their brand or not. Then she pointed your blog with the coconut oil, and I’m so glad she did. Because I also was afraid to try their pasta sauce, picky on my gravies lol but I’m actually gonna try their brand. Thank you
Awesome! I hope it was helpful!!
We are at an Aldi right now and ALL types of Marina, including all the specifics above, list organic cane sugar and organic soybean oil in the ingredients.
I have heard there are different types that are in different states! The one I had was compliant but I guess not all are!
Thank you for all of these lists! Huge help and greatly appreciated! I made your Whole30 Orange Chicken, and my entire family LOVED it. My dad was even in town visiting and he couldnt get enough, and he is the furthest thing from a “clean eater” and Panda Express is his go to. Thanks again!
That is great news!! So glad you liked it!!
Thank you for doing these lists! I don’t have time to do a lot of research and need to save where I can. I hope mine has the compliant marinara! I love Aldi!
Fingers crossed!! So glad they are helpful!
My Aldi here in Kansas City has compliant marinara. No added sugars or oils. And it is TASTY!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I’m going to make my second attempt at Whole30 as I only lasted 2 weeks during my first one. The last time I attempted it, there was no Aldi so this will definitely be good to check out when I try it in January.
Awesome! Good luck!!
Their prosciutto is the same as Trader Joe’s and they have a sugar free bacon. Yum.
I love Aldi and always shop there. Thanks for the list, there are a few items I havent tried, but will definitely try now!
Great!!
I was at the Aldi near my daughter’s last weekend and they had ghee! I’m hoping they have it at ours as well.
The biggest Whole 30 find was there “Never Any” chicken and spinach sausage. Just make sure you get the plain chicken and spinach and not the one with feta.