Kellogg’s, maker of Rice Krispies, announced that they will release a gluten-free version in June 2011.

The gluten-free Rice Krispies are made with whole brown rice.

Gluten-free Rice Krispie treats anyone? :)

One of the products on sale is Betty Crocker Gluten-Free chocolate chip cookie mix. I haven’t had a chance to try it, but the reviews look pretty good. Why not whip up a batch and celebrate?

Especially useful I think would be their gluten-free multi-purpose flour. It’s made of rice flours, tapioca starch and potato starch. No more mixing your own blends. Now you can have all-purpose flour in your pantry ready to go!

There are also mixes for bread, chocolate chip cookies, muffins, pancakes, and pizza mix, just to name a few.

Check out the entire collection at King Arthur Flour Gluten-Free Mixes

From their site: “Our gluten free customers have found our Gluten Free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats and Gluten Free Steel Cut Oats to be a welcome addition to their diet and have not hesitated to share this with us. While some people with celiac disease may not tolerate even the purest of oats, many of our customers have enjoyed these heart-healthy additions to their morning routine. “

To celebrate their new products, Bob’s is giving away 10 autographed copies of Carol Fenster’s  “1000 Gluten Free Recipes.”  To sweeten the pot, they’re adding a package of gluten free oat flour and gluten free quick oats for each of our 10 winners.

To enter, visit this blog post for instructions (I have already!  :)  )   http://www.bobsredmill.com/blog/2010/03/31/new-gluten-free-products-and-a-giveaway/

Good luck!

Gluten is a protein that gives bread dough its elasticity and also traps air bubbles that cause the dough to rise. Casein is another protein, a binding agent found in milk and other dairy products. Both are widely found in processed foods.

When Debbie looked around for alternatives that would appeal to the young boy, she discovered many foods that lacked the two substances that caused Sean problems. But while they may have met the nutritional requirements necessary for the young boy’s health, the foods were devoid of taste, she said. Other products left an aftertaste that lingered way too long.

Caterson went home and began tweaking some of her own family recipes, substituting gluten-free rice flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour, sorghum flour, potato starch and other ingredients for the wheat flour and dairy products that caused problems for Sean, then 5, who was diagnosed with autism when he was 18 months old. The results were so positive that it led the Roseburg, Oregon woman and her sister, Cathy Kirkpatrick of Eugene, to create their own company, Inspiration Mixes.

The rest, as they say, is history! I think you’ll enjoy their products, now available online as well as several locations in Oregon.
www.inspirationmixes.com

Glutino offers a wide array of products, ranging from baking mixes to snacks. For example, bread options include cinnamon, cheese, corn and bagels, just to name a few; snacks include pretzels, cookies and breakfast bars. Please visit our website for a comprehensive list: http://www.glutino.com.

Read the full article by Melody Baetens of The Detroit News, published January 21, 2010: detnews.com/article/20100121/ENT04/1210307/1424/Look+for+infused+vodka++gluten-free+beer+in++10#ixzz0eODFLdTs.

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