Gluten Free Gift Basket

You can order or make your own gluten free gift basket easily now as the range of gluten free products available seem to grow on a daily basis. With sweet and savoury products, ready made items or ingredients for baking, the choice has become almost endless. Unfortunately it seems all gluten free products are more expensive than their gluten loaded partners so there is never going to be a cheaper alternative, but this does make it a suitable and very welcome gift for the person in your family who suffers irritable bowel or Coeliacs disease.

Some supermarkets have excellent ranges of gluten free items but I find that I still get the best choices and prices by shopping online.

Gluten Free Gift Basket

Making your own gluten free gift basket is as easy as making any other gift basket, you just need to shop more carefully. If you are nervous of this then there are some great choices of ready made gluten free gift basket available, simply click on the picture and follow the link. Most gluten free products are also available as vegetarian and Kosher.

It’s a common misconception that allergy friendly and gluten free foods are tasteless and uninteresting; I have found this is most definitely not the case! There are some great choices out there.

Gluten Free Gift Basket

Here are some recent facts on gluten free that you may not have considered:

Did you know that between 4% and 8% of the general population has a food sensitive allergy? Ninety percent of all food allergies are caused by the following foods: milk, wheat, soy, peanuts, shellfish and eggs.

Gluten Free Gift Basket

About one out of every 133 persons, or approximately 3 million people in the United States, has celiac disease and cannot eat gluten, the protein found in wheat, rye and barley. While there is not yet conclusive medical evidence, the symptoms of a number of other conditions like autism, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, may possibly be helped by the elimination of gluten in the diet.

More importantly, in many households, when one person has a food allergy, sensitivity or intolerance, the entire household needs to eliminate that allergen from the house to protect the person at risk.