For many, living without wheat is a major inconvenience. Adding salt to the wound is that it’s so darned expensive. So there’s the challenge – living a gluten-free life and having money left over for everything else. While the number of gluten-free products is growing, their cost is still high. Most manufacturers of gluten-free foods…
More and more Americans are nixing gluten from their diet, either because they must or they choose to. And we’re all finding out the same thing – it costs a lot more. The federal government has subsidized wheat for at least a century to help agriculture thrive and keep the needy fed. Its low cost…
Cookie lovers, rejoice! With this year’s batch of Girl Scout cookies, officially out this February 7, Girl Scouts of America are joining the ranks of the billion-dollar gluten-free food industry with their new Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies. These tasty offerings are a combination of rice flour, tapioca flour, cornstarch, potato starch, xanthan gum and guar…
Health-conscious shoppers are beginning to perceive food without gluten as healthier than traditional options, causing the market for gluten-free foods to boom. Beyond that, food companies are trying harder to make their gluten-free products as healthy as they can. Early gluten-free products often featured high levels of sugar, sodium and empty calories, mimicking their wheat-filled…
Today marks a significant milestone for the 3 million people in the United States with celiac disease and/or gluten sensitivity – the FDA has finally issued a ruling that specifically defines what “gluten-free” on a food label means. Under the new rule, food that features a “gluten-free” label must contain fewer than 20 parts per…
Its been five years of comment periods followed by radio silence coming from the White House since the statutory deadline for final rules on gluten-free labeling has passed. And this month round three begins. For the one in 133 Americans who have celiac disease (CD) and have not been able to safely shop for gluten-free…
Now that you’ve gone through your kitchen and cleared all the products that contain gluten, the pantry and fridge might be looking a little bare. Time to go shopping! During the Creating a Safe Kitchen video we suggested keeping a list of all the products you gave/threw away that had gluten in them. If you…
Heading to the grocery store for your first gluten-free shopping excursion can be a bit intimidating. Here are some practical suggestions to help reduce your anxiety. Give yourself a little extra time during your first month or so of gluten-free grocery shopping. Be sure to refresh your memory about the label reading guidelines – bring…
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Learning to read labels is essential if you are going gluten-free. In this introduction to label reading, we show you how to become a “gluten-detective.”