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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Can the Gluten-free Market Continue to Skyrocket?]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:19:37 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15209</link><description><![CDATA[I have to eat gluten free (thanks, celiac disease) and love the growth of GF products. This doesn't even address the quality of products being so much higher than it used to be. However, I know the other shoe is going to drop sooner or later and I will be totally bummed when it does. Scrounging health food stores for awful breads that are only palatable toasted was the worst. I do not look forward to that day. In fact, I may just start hoarding GF Betty Crocker Baking and Bisquick mixes now...<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Matt at 12:52 am, Wed 27th Feb 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Matt)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:52:57 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15385</link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe that the gluten-free market is going to be able to keep asking the high prices they are currently asking. My family is gluten intolerant, and we eat gluten-free. However, eating gluten-free, whether we buy dessert already made (cookies), or we buy gluten-free dessert mixes to make, or we buy all of the ingredients (flours, etc.) to make breads and desserts at home, completely and totally gluten-free -- it doesn't make a difference WHICH way we buy the product(s) because in the end, we still end up paying A LOT OF MONEY for them.

It is tapping us financially. Combine that with other food intolerances and allergies, and we're pretty much forced to pay a large percentage of our paycheck for allergen-free food. We can't keep paying the prices they want, and if they continue asking for higher and higher prices, then we'll be forced to completely and totally stop buying/eating their products. And I'm not sure what we'll do when we're forced to do that.

Another thing; many gluten-free companies have taken to using soy flour and other soy products to make their gluten-free products. We all know why they do it -- it cuts their cost to make the product, because soy is cheap. However, for those of us who cannot eat soy because we are allergic/intolerant to it -- it takes a whole bunch more gluten-free products off the market for us to buy.

And let's not forget the fact that those with celiac disease also usually have lactose intolerance, and many people with gluten intolerance have casein or whey allergies. Why, then, do so many gluten-free producers and restaurants put so much cow's milk products (I'm thinking specifically of cheese here) in their gluten-free recipes? Technically, those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance can't eat those products with cow's milk in them. I know we can't. 

And many gluten-free products are made with highly refined "white" gluten-free flours instead of nutrient-dense flours that impart more nutrients for the body and are healthier. Again, this is done because the highly refined "white" flours are cheaper to use.

While there are many more products on the market and the taste has improved, there is still a ways to go in having good quality, available, and affordable gluten-free foods available.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by ACurtis at 2:03 pm, Mon 4th Mar 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (ACurtis)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:03:53 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15439</link><description><![CDATA[I am undiagnosed gluten-intolerant and so keep to a gluten-free diet to stay symptom-free. Here in Spain there are not so many gluten-free products available but the  selection is certainly much bigger than it was a couple of years ago.  Of course, I hope that this will continue, and then maybe one day I will be able to buy decent bread, biscuits and pizza and stop making them myself.  I think that the gluten-free market will level out eventually though I don't think it will go backwards,  hopefully a spinoff will be healthier food available for everyone as people become more aware of what they eat and with GMO's, hormones and chemicals blacklisted.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Gill at 8:27 am, Tue 5th Mar 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Gill)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:27:53 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/23169/1/Can-the-Gluten-free-Market-Continue-to-Skyrocket/Page1.html#Comment15439</guid></item></channel></rss>