Coeliac Awareness Week 2019

Coeliac Awareness Week is from 13-20 March, 2019

Be on the lookout for specials at the major supermarkets. Check your letterbox for the catalogues!

Have a look at the gluten free products available at Woolworths:
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTerm=gluten%20free

Gluten Free 4U - Bakery in Moorabbin, Victoria

When Gluten Free 4U first opened in 2012, I was very pleased to see a gluten free related business open up in my area of the South Eastern suburbs.

I soon became a regular customer and these are are a few of the gluten & dairy free items that I regularly buy.

Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

I buy these in a pack of six and freeze them so that  I always have some on hand. A great staple for me with a cup of tea.
(There are other muffin flavours like chocolate, orange & poppy, but these contain dairy)

Brownie slab

Brownie

This is a very nice, light chocolate brownie which I buy as a slab and then cut up and freeze.

Bread rolls

Bread Rolls

The plain dinner rolls, and long rolls have a great texture & flavour. (Not crumbly)  I often have one of these as my work lunch.

Wraps

These are delicious, with a nice flavour & not crumbly.
I like mine with avocado, chicken & salad. Be sure not to over stuff your wrap.

Jam roll

A "sometimes" treat. A "real" Jam Roll.

Sausage rolls with carrot

If you are like me and also need to avoid fructose, these onion free sausage roles are very tasty.
Party size for me.

Meat pie

They also have a fructose free meat pie which is delicious & also dairy free.

Donuts

Another special treat are the donuts they make. I understand that they are very popular with many customers. These are better than many non-gluten free donuts!

There is a large range of goods that are gluten free (but not dairy free) so I can't be trying, but you might. Check out their website, which is excellent, as it has full ingredients lists.  Online shopping with delivery is available.

They must be doing something right as the shop can be very busy at times.
I highly recommend that you give Gluten Free 4U a try, if you haven't already.

Gluten Free 4U

5 / 1-3 Bignell Road, Moorabbin VIC 3189
Phone: 03 9555 5175
Fax: 03 9555 5739
Email: info@glutenfree4u.com.au
Web: http://glutenfree4u.com.au/

Cupcake Central - Gluten & Dairy Free

We were visiting Melbourne Central recently and while on the hunt in the food court for something for lunch, we noticed that Cupcake Central had a gluten free and vegan chocolate cupcake available amongst their huge selection of cupcakes.

The cupcake had a very creamy, smooth frosting on top of a very light spongy cupcake.
Very delicious!  I will be dropping by to try out their other gluten free and vegan cupcakes when I can.
Their baking calendar shows that they make a different gluten free & vegan cupcake each day. The Autumn 2012 schedule is:

• Chocolate gluten free & vegan: Monday & Saturday
• Lemon gluten free & vegan: Tuesday & Friday
• Choc Peanut gluten free & vegan: Wednesday & Sunday
• Coconut gluten free & vegan: Thursday

Not only were the staff able to show me an ingredients list for the cupcake when I asked, but most impressively, they used tongs that were dedicated to the gluten free, vegan cupcakes when handling my order!

We'll Done Cupcake Central!!

ps. One gluten free & vegan Chocolate cupcake was about $4

Website: www.cupcakecentral.com.au
Email:  info@cupcakecentral.com.au
Phone: 03 9077 4542
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupcake_central

Cupcake Central has a location at Melbourne Central and another in Hawthorn.


View Cupcake Central in a larger map

Patties Gluten Free Lamingtons - New Improved Recipe

I have been a regular consumer of Patties Gluten Free Lamingtons for many years.
On a recent visit to the supermarket, I noticed the addition of "New Improved Recipe" to the packaging.

On tasting the "New Improved Recipe" I was immediately disappointed. In my opinion, the original recipe was perfect and did not need any "improvement". The new recipe is very different and I, sadly, won't be buying them again.

As you can see below, the ingredients list will show the differences.

Original Ingredients:
Sugar, reconstituted egg, strawberry jam [sugar, strawberries (40%), gelling agent (440), acidity regulator (330)]
coconut (9%) [contains preservative (220)], rice flour, starch (maize), water,
margarine [vegetable fats and oils(sunflower, canola, palm), salt, emulsifiers (471, 322 - sunflower), flavour, vitamins (a, d and e)],
cocoa (3%), vanilla flavour, raising agent (500), stabiliser (415).
Contains: Egg

New Ingredients:
Water, Sugar, Strawberry Jam [Sugar, Strawberries, Pectin, Citric acid], Dessicated Coconut (8%) [Coconut, Preservative (220-Sulphites)], Rice Flour, Maize starch,
Margarine [vegetable fats and oils, emulsifiers (322 - Soy, 471), antioxidant (306-Soy), Colours (160b, 100)],
Egg solids, Cocoa (2.5%), Potato starch, Sodium bicarbonate, Fruit fibre, Acidity regulator (450), Thickeners (415, 412), Humectant (420), Emulsifier (471, 475 - Soy), Natural Flavour.
Contains: Egg, Soybean products and added sulphites.

http://www.patties.com.au/our-brands/pattiesglutenfree.htm

What do you think? Tell us in the comments section below.

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.