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    The High Price of Gluten-free Food

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    Celiac.com 02/20/2014 - There's a new study confirming the high price of gluten-free foods that is making waves beyond the shores of the UK, where it was conducted.

    The study, by the food info app canieatit.co.uk, found that about 12 million consumers in Britain bought gluten-free products in the past year, a rise of 120 per cent in just five years.

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     The study also found that people who cut gluten from their diet pay double or triple for gluten-free versions of ordinary food.

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    Guest dappy

    Pay double or triple - the study found this?? Really?? How astute?? It's amazing that this would take a study when you can go to the grocery and pick up a package of just about anything gluten-free. Surely the money could be better spent on other aspects of gluten-free.

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    Guest CAN2

    Yes the prices of gluten-free food is crazy expensive. A pound of regular pasta costs about $1.20, but the gluten-free version cost $3.60 per HALF pound. Yes, that is $7.20 per pound. The companies making gluten-free are price gouging us for no reason.

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    Guest bethj

    This is not news for those of us who have to live gluten-free. $7 for a loaf of bread (mind you, it's smaller than a "regular" loaf of bread). I've long maintained that the exorbitant prices are criminal.

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    Guest Debbie

    I have even caught my local Walmart pricing a gluten free noodle in the gluten-free section a whole $2.00 more than the same product placed in the "regular food" section!!! I talked to the manager and showed it to him, the noodles were removed from the "regular section." I have complained, it's gotten me nowhere.

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    This is not news for those of us who have to live gluten-free. $7 for a loaf of bread (mind you, it's smaller than a "regular" loaf of bread). I've long maintained that the exorbitant prices are criminal.

    How true. Greed gone to seed and no mercy.

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    Guest Patti
    This is not news for those of us who have to live gluten-free. $7 for a loaf of bread (mind you, it's smaller than a "regular" loaf of bread). I've long maintained that the exorbitant prices are criminal.

    Beth I feel your pain, also suffering from celiac disease and breaking the bank just to eat the foods I used to enjoy, but forced to pay the higher prices! When Shar first introduced their bread it was $4.99. Now is is $6.99!! It is an absolute shame how these companies are making us consumers pay a higher price for foods we may want to indulge in knowing we can NOT have the normal 99cent bag of bread! UDIs is just as bad! Then you take Barilla Pasta which every now an then goes on sale at your local supermarket, but does NOT include their gluten free Pasta! It's awful! I'm about to just start making my own breads!

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    Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University. His articles, essays, poems, stories and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and websites, including North American Project, Antioch Review, Caliban, Mississippi Review, Slate, and more. He is the author of more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His university coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, physiology, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously devised health and medical content for Colgate, Dove, Pfizer, Sharecare, Walgreens, and more. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of numerous books, including "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

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