{"id":151,"date":"2017-08-15T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trircoffee.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2017-11-19T22:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T22:59:25","slug":"san-diego-gluten-free-snack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trircoffee.com\/blog\/san-diego-gluten-free-snack\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego, Meet the Gluten-Free Snack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the number of San Diego individuals who have to navigate life without gluten because of an illness like Celiac Disease, it is helpful to know that gluten-free foods are now more readily available. A recent report from Research and Markets, <\/span>Gluten-Free Foods in the U.S. 6th Edition,<\/span><\/i> projected that sales of gluten-free foods in the following categories\u2014Salty Snacks, Crackers, Fresh Bread, Pasta, Cold (ready-to-eat) Cereal, Baking Mixes, Cookies, Flour, and Frozen Bread\/Dough\u2014are expected to grow to more than $2 billion by 2020. That is a lot of gluten-free food and snacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what exactly is gluten? The Celiac Disease Foundation defines gluten as \u201ca general name for the proteins found in wheat (wheatberries, durum, emmer, semolina, spelt, farina, farro, graham, KAMUT\u00ae khorasan wheat and einkorn), rye, barley, and triticale \u2013 a cross between wheat and rye.\u201d Gluten behaves as the glue that holds food together. Several different categories of ingredients such as fruit, vegetables, and protein do not naturally have gluten. Creating snacks and other grain-based products requires additional knowledge about how each gluten-free ingredient works as the many of the frequently used grains contain gluten.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are, however, many plant-based gluten-free ingredient options that are now being used to create healthy, tasty, and filling snacks. The following are a few that San Diego employees might be familiar with:<\/span>
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