SafeDoes couscous contain gluten?
Yes. Couscous is durum wheat semolina: it is wheat to all effects, just in a different shape. Corn or rice couscous exists and is sold as a gluten-free alternative, but it is a different product and needs calling by its name.
Eating out
It is one of the foods mistaken for an "alternative grain" precisely because it is not called pasta.
Recipes change from one producer to the next and from one kitchen to the next: this is how something is usually made, not what is in the plate in front of you. The only answer that holds for your plate is the ingredient list on the packet, or the person who cooked it.
And how did it go at the restaurant?
Knowing what is in a dish is half the answer. The other half is what actually happened to the people who ate it in a specific place — and that is what SafeBelly collects: no stars, just how it went afterwards.
Open the map and see who has been there