Allergycare gluten-free products help individuals suffering from celiac disease.
Health foods have become a major niche market in the retail food industry. Vegetarian products have expanded beyond health food stores to supermarkets and have gone mainstream. Gaining popularity right behind vegetarian products are gluten-free foods. Allergycare products are one of the brands catering to a health-oriented, special diet-niche market.
Definition of Gluten-Free
Allergycare produces health food and gluten-free products for mail order distributors and health food stores. Gluten-free products do not have any grain, including wheat, rye, barley, oats, grain crosses or derivatives of any of these grains. Gluten-free products are important for celiac disease sufferers. Celiac disease is an allergy to all gluten products and any food items containing gluten. Gluten produces a reaction in the small intestines that damages the lining of the intestines and prevents the body from absorbing certain nutrients. There is no cure for celiac disease, but the disease can be managed by controlling diet.
The Allergycare Story
Small companies have produced health food products for years. They sell to vegetarians and individuals seeking chemical-free, natural food products, and products for individuals with various allergies. The Complementary Medicine Centre in Taunton, England, was one of the first companies in the United Kingdom to advocate and sell specialized foods and alternative products to people with allergies. The company introduced a line of gluten-free pasta and opened a number of health food stores where organic, gluten-free foodstuffs were sold. Its line of products was called Allergycare.
Allergycare Products
Allergycare specializes in organic dairy-free and gluten-free products. It does not use any chemically modified ingredients. The company offers baking products, such as different types of flour, including buckwheat, millet and tapioca, and gluten-free yeast and baking powder. There is a bread mix and herb-and-onion stuffing mix. The company offers egg substitutes and other baking ingredients.
Whizzers
A brand of dairy-free, gluten-free chocolate called Whizzers was one of the company's first products. The small chocolate treats were shaped like footballs. The line has expanded to include Whizzers beans, chocolate eggs and soccer balls.
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