Sunday 11 September 2011

2011 Irresistible Gluten Free Food Show

The Irresistible Gluten Free Food Show is on again in Melbourne on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of September, 2011 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibiton Centre (Jeffs' Shed).

As always, we look forward to discovering new gluten free products and tasting them all at the best gluten free show around.

Major sponsor this year is Macro (Woolworths) which is a change for this show. Previously, Coles has been the  major sponsor and has supported the show very well with a very large display of its products. Hopefully, Macro will be up to the task.

Book online before the show at http://www.glutenfreefoodshow.com.au/

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Aldi Gluten Free

A catalogue from the Aldi supermarket chain arrived in our mailbox recently and we were very interested to see several pages outlining a range of products that are gluten, wheat and dairy free.

The range is called: "Has no...gluten, wheat & dairy" and goes on sale on Thursday the 21st of April, 2011.

The featured products in the "Has no..." range include:

  1. Gluten Free Pancake Mix 375g $2.99
    Gluten, wheat, dairy, egg, yeast, soy and peanut free. Suitable for vegans. 80c per 100g
  2. Gluten Free Falafel Mix 200g $2.99
    Suitable for vegetarians and vegans $1.50 per 100g
  3. Italian Buckwheat Pasta 500g $2.99
    Gluten free Fusilli and Spaghetti made from buckwheat. Made in Italy. 60c per 100g
  4. Italian Gluten Free Pasta 500g $2.99
    Gluten free Fusilli and Spaghetti. Fusilli made from 100% rice flour. Spaghetti made from combination of corn flour and rice flour. Made in Italy. 60c per 100g
  5. Gluten Free Bread Mix 450g $2.99
    Suitable for vegetarians, lacto vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs. 66c per 100g
  6. Gluten Free Plain Flour 500g $2.99
    Suitable for vegetarians, lacto vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs. $5.98 per kg
  7. Gluten Free Self Raising Flour 500g $2.99
    Suitable for vegetarians, lacto vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs. $5.98 per kg
  8. Gluten Free Rice Crumbs 300g $2.99
    Suitable for vegetarians, lacto vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs. $1.00 per 100g
  9. Gluten Free Gravy Mix 200g $2.99
    Gluten, dairy, wheat, soy, egg, yeast, GMO and nut free. No added cane sugar. $1.50 per 100g

Unfortunately, there is no further ingredient information available but you can see the items on the Aldi Offers page.

Some Googling around for "Aldi gluten free" finds that Aldi have sold this range in the past but that the release is limited. Once stock runs out, that is the end. This maybe how Aldi usually works or they may be testing the market for these kinds of products.

Some of these products look interesting to us and we will be heading to Aldi on Thursday 21st April to pick some up to try. If the products turn out to be of good quality and we all try them out, we may be able to convince Aldi to carry them full time.