Roundup of New Allergy Free Foods from Expowest

Expowest, a natural foods convention, took place last week. This is the place when many companies introduce new products they are launching. We didn’t make it to the expo, but we did keep an eye on the allergy free food companies to see what they had coming up. Here is a run-down of what we found.

Udi’s is launching Vanilla Cupcakes (frosting not included), Classic French Dinner Rolls, and Whole Grain Seeded Dinner Rolls (with chia, flax and sunflower seeds). No nutritional information or ingredients available yet. For more information, visit here.

Images courtesy of Udi's Gluten Free Foods

Rudi’s Gluten Free new products include 3 types of tortillas. Their website states “The tortillas are made with whole grain flours and have a soft, pliable texture…”.

Image courtesy of Rudi's Gluten Free

The three flavors are plain, fiesta, and spinach. They have a suggested sell price of $5.99. Their facebook page states that they tortillas are egg free, nut free, dairy free, and of course gluten free.
The ingredients for the plain tortilla are: Whole Grain Flours (Sorghum, Brown Rice, Corn Amaranth, Quinoa, Millet, Teff), Corn Starch, Tapioca Flour, Rice Flour, Water, Canola Oil, Xantham Gum, Evaporated Cane Juice, Cultured Dextrose and Maltodextrin, Salt, Guar Gum, Baking Powder, Malic Acid, Active Dry Yeast, Apple Cider Vinegar. Ingredients for the other tortillas are unavailable.
For the nutrition information, you can visit their website here.  The gluten free tortillas are currently available in a few Costcos in Colorado and will eventually roll out to the rest of the country.
Enjoy Life Foods is offering a new Crunchy Flax Cereal with Chia. According to the company’s press release, a serving of the cereal contains over 1,000 mg of Omega 3s. Also new to their product range is a grab and go line of the most popular crunchy cookies (four flavors) and trail mixes (two flavors). Enjoy Life Foods’ products are all gluten-free and free of the eight common allergens. For more information, read ELF’s press release here.
Namaste foods has four new coating mixes coming to market that are a throw back to the pld Shake N Bakes mixes. They will be available in: Barbecue Coating Mix; Homestyle Coating Mix; Hot N Spicy Coating Mix; and, Italian Herb Coating Mix. They are made with flax and whole grain flours. Each box contains 2 coating mixes and shaker bags.

Image courtesy of Namaste Foods

Also, the company is launching three spice packets that contain the seasonings in the Namaste meal packages. The flavors are Zesty Italian, Mexican, and Say Cheez. The packets will contain 3.5 oz of seasoning (compared to the 1 oz packets found in each meal). They are $3.95 per packet and are available directly through the company at www.namastefoods.com.

Image courtesy of Namaste Foods

Namaste products are free of gluten, wheat, dairy, corn, potato, soy, peanuts and tree nuts.
And finally, Daiya Cheese has created new wedges of its cheese in three different flavors: Cheddar Style Wedge, Jack Style Wedge, and Jalapeno Garlic Havarti Style Wedge.  Daiya describes the cheeses as creamy and ready to slice.  The company claims they should be available in a month or so.  To learn more, visit here.

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