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Cost Of gluten-free Products

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where can i find cheaper gluten-free baking products - everything is crazy expensive in the stores . $6 for a small bag of gluten-free flour..crazy

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The pre-mixed baking mixes are expensive because they can be (low volume, more stringent controls in the factory). And to be honest, sometimes they are worth it for those of us who simply don't have time (or patience) to bake everything from scratch. If you use enough to buy in bulk, sometimes you can buy direct from the manufacturer on their website. Amazon has Pamela's stuff and most stuff ships for free if you buy more than $25 at a time. Kinnikinnick stuff is generally cheaper on their website than in stores. They have a flat shipping rate of $10.

Individual flours you can get cheaper (but not necessarily guaranteed to be free of cross-contamination) at some Asian grocery stores. They usually have things like various rice flours and sometimes bean flours.

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
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Make your own flour, there are recipes for all-purpose gluten free flour mixes on the Internet. Google for them.

Also keep in mind that eating that stuff is totally optional. One can live on whole foods without starchy grains, sugar and all that stuff. Some say it is, perhaps, even healthy.

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true but i can't loose any more weight- i weighed 163 before mt stomach problems and am now down to 148 lbs

Emily Elizabeth Enthusiast
Emily Elizabeth
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I know that international food markets have large bags of rice flour and it is much cheaper. My mom bought me a bag, but I am worried that it could be contaminated so I haven't tried it yet. Anyway, that is an option. Also, a local health store called Healthway gives me a 10% discount if I buy a box (4 bags) of flour. It's still expensive though. I've been trying to limit my baking.

where can i find cheaper gluten-free baking products - everything is crazy expensive in the stores . $6 for a small bag of gluten-free flour..crazy
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I'm anal I will admit it! But I made a spread sheet of all the products I use and which store has them and for what price! I have to shop at a few stores to get the foods I want anyway!!! I found buying the flours and doing my own mixes is cheaper in the LONG RUN!!! Buying bag after bag of teh premixed flours gets expensive!!!!

I second...most places will give a discount if you buy in bulk or oder off teh internet in bulk!

Good Luck!

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