Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Exp: Enjoy Life Foods

I am an Enjoy Life Foods groupie.

At the Natural Products Expo West, I returned to their booth so many times. While they didn't bring as much product to the show as 2015, there were plenty of Plentils and packages of mini chips to partake in.

They were also handing out goodies at the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo in Pasadena.

One of the great things about Enjoy Life is that their products are free of the 8 most common allergens. And the main other is that they taste really good. I haven't been disappointed in any of their products as of yet.

Now an attendee did put an Enjoy Life executive on the spot during the Celiac Disease Foundation conference. She asked whether or not the rice used in their products was tested and contained arsenic. The executive couldn't tell us where the rice was sourced from. Because rice flour is a major flour used in GF products, arsenic is definitely a concern for those with Gluten sensitivities.

Rebate on products
If you're headed to the supermarket to buy some Enjoy Life goodies, there's an iBotta offer of $3.50 when you buy 2 products at Target. Many people take issue with the app because once the offer is gone, you can't submit a receipt even though you bought in during the qualifying period. Others say Ibotta never gave them their money. I haven't withdrawn my money yet, but I haven't had a problem with getting credit with them.

I've also seen coupons on coupon.com for their products and you can definitely combine coupons with these app cash rebate programs.

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: General Mills

General Mills brought Gluten free treats to the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo. Did you know that both Lucky Charms and Cheerios are gluten free? I was told by the rep that the cereals are made in a dedicated facility.

So it's not like they changed their recipe for marketing purposes. Some other attendees at the conference expressed doubt about how the oats are sourced but the cereals do meet the FDA guidelines of 20ppm.

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Color Garden

Wanna have food coloring without the dye? At the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo, Color Garden showed off their Gluten Free, natural, plant-based food color.

They don't stain and wash right out of clothes and fabric.

Their website is a little unwieldy but here's what you get for their Halloween assortment:

• Four single-use transparent plastic packets (6g) each.
• Contains: Purple, Orange, Black & Yellow
• Each individual packet delivers enough color for one medium-sized cake or approximately 16oz of frosting.
• Net Wt. 1 Fl. Oz.
• 100% plant-based pure, natural color.
• No artificial ingredients.
• Includes insert with recipes, baking tips and more.

Ingredients: (Purple) Red Cabbage Juice, Baking Soda, Beet Juice; (Orange) Annatto, Caramel Color, Beet Juice. (Black) Caramel Color, Purple Carrot Juice, Turmeric. (Yellow) Turmeric; All colors contain less than 1% ethyl alcohol to preserve freshness.

 

 

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Frito Lay

Frito Lay was at the Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo in Pasadena last week. Many of their products have always been gluten free but they have taken steps to validate them as GF.

You can find a list on their website detailing which products are labeled as Gluten Free and which have no gluten ingredients.

This is the symbol that they use.

This is the leaflet they handed out:

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Exp: Nairn

I don't remember stopping at the Nairn booth at the Gluten Free Expo, part of the Celiac Disease Foundation Conference weekend. But then all of the sudden, people were carrying cases of the products under their arms. I guess they deserted their booth early and had a mass giveaway.

As for the products, they're kind of like different flavored soda crackers. But gluten free. Not oh my God, I must have. But enjoyable nonetheless.

I mean, I wouldn't have said, "No" to a case of Nairn products.

Celiac Disease Foundation Gluten Free Expo: Kirari West

If you're a guy and gluten free, you had me at gluten free. First.

But if you're a hot guy who owns a gluten free bakery,..I mean, wow, that's better than a Native Hawai'ian physical therapist on my list.

No, I'm not stalking Hiro Saito. But he is hot and his Redondo Beach bakery, Kirari West, is entirely gluten free.

Saito hails from Japan where his family has several bakeries. Saito took the philosophies and the delicious recipes here. Mainly rice based flour creations, Saito's baked goods are delicious.

And he's hot!

You can scroll through the photos on Kirari West's Facebook page to salivate on his baked goods as well as his hotness.

Mine's not a great picture; I wasn't specifically aiming at him--the photo just got lucky enough to catch some of his hotness.

Kirari West is located in Redondo Beach at 707 N Pacific Coast Highway; 90277.

I think that's the mall where Lucky used to be--it's changed a lot but great location near 190th and PCH. Looking at their Facebook photo of their bakery, I think that's a Baumkuchen Spit. OMG, I have to go there and gorge on absolutely everything.