Comments on: New products - help us choose! http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/ gluten-free / casein-free bakery in Los Angeles Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:31:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sandee http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-556 Sandee Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:39 +0000 http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-556 Alice! Thanks, as always, for your helpful advice! (I am laughing about the name "macaroon...") We actually had some New Zealanders in here a few months back. I asked if they knew of your bakery and they did, they heard you're excellent! but they're from Christchurch, not Auckland, so they'd never been in! So ironic that they were in HERE, and not THERE! For any readers who ARE there, check out Angel Food gluten-free vegan bakery at http://www.angelfood.co.nz/index.htm and enjoy! Alice! Thanks, as always, for your helpful advice! (I am laughing about the name “macaroon…”) We actually had some New Zealanders in here a few months back. I asked if they knew of your bakery and they did, they heard you’re excellent! but they’re from Christchurch, not Auckland, so they’d never been in! So ironic that they were in HERE, and not THERE!

For any readers who ARE there, check out Angel Food gluten-free vegan bakery at http://www.angelfood.co.nz/index.htm and enjoy!

]]> By: angel food http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-554 angel food Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:29:04 +0000 http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-554 hi sandee. obviously (since i'm in new zealand) i won't be stopping by to buy any products... but i thought i'd put in my 2 cents anyway! we often get asked for sugar-free baked goods, which is much easier said than done. we use xylitol in a sugar-free version of our golden macaroons, but a lot of people are detered by the chemical-sounding name (xylitol, that is, not macaroon...) and others don't like the fact that it's a sugar alcohol. i'm working on another cookie which is sweetened only with dates. doesn't stay as fresh for as long as sugar-sweetened goods, but you definitely can't have everything! best wishes alice hi sandee. obviously (since i’m in new zealand) i won’t be stopping by to buy any products… but i thought i’d put in my 2 cents anyway!
we often get asked for sugar-free baked goods, which is much easier said than done. we use xylitol in a sugar-free version of our golden macaroons, but a lot of people are detered by the chemical-sounding name (xylitol, that is, not macaroon…) and others don’t like the fact that it’s a sugar alcohol. i’m working on another cookie which is sweetened only with dates. doesn’t stay as fresh for as long as sugar-sweetened goods, but you definitely can’t have everything!
best wishes
alice

]]> By: Sandee http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-534 Sandee Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:58:23 +0000 http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-534 LIZKNITS, we went there a couple times. Didn't like it much - very dry & crumbly, and the taste is off. But you might have a better trip! I'm not sure about the tortilla, either. TJ's has a gf-flour-tortilla (not kosher but it looks good), and Food for Life too (haven't tried it but I like the brand.) So what's the point? GLUTEN-FREE BAY - Welcome! After getting certified, we started working on proper labels with the hechsher and nutritional analysis (and bar-codes, etc.) Things never go as quickly as I think they will but those labels are finally at the printers - I hope they'll actually be on our FOOD right after Pesach! Interesting about xylitol. We called Emerald Forest a few months ago. They're a big manufacturer, the only one our regular natural foods distributor carries, but they said they are not kosher certified and have no plans to become kosher certified because "there is no market for kosher xylitol." A small, local, natural-ingredients company just got certification for their xylitol, which is what kicked this question up again. I've never used it though. Any tips? LIZKNITS, we went there a couple times. Didn’t like it much - very dry & crumbly, and the taste is off. But you might have a better trip!

I’m not sure about the tortilla, either. TJ’s has a gf-flour-tortilla (not kosher but it looks good), and Food for Life too (haven’t tried it but I like the brand.) So what’s the point?

GLUTEN-FREE BAY - Welcome! After getting certified, we started working on proper labels with the hechsher and nutritional analysis (and bar-codes, etc.) Things never go as quickly as I think they will but those labels are finally at the printers - I hope they’ll actually be on our FOOD right after Pesach!

Interesting about xylitol. We called Emerald Forest a few months ago. They’re a big manufacturer, the only one our regular natural foods distributor carries, but they said they are not kosher certified and have no plans to become kosher certified because “there is no market for kosher xylitol.”

A small, local, natural-ingredients company just got certification for their xylitol, which is what kicked this question up again. I’ve never used it though. Any tips?

]]> By: LizKnits http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-531 LizKnits Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:47:42 +0000 http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-531 I definitely vote for the yeast free category. I feel your pain... gluten free and yeast free... it may be asking for too much. I've thought of experimenting with a soda bread concept, but haven't gotten there yet. I definitely vote for the yeast free category. I feel your pain… gluten free and yeast free… it may be asking for too much. I’ve thought of experimenting with a soda bread concept, but haven’t gotten there yet.

]]> By: Gluten-Free Bay http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-530 Gluten-Free Bay Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:52 +0000 http://thesensitivebaker.com/blog/2008/04/10/new-products-help-us-choose/#comment-530 Hi Sandee! if it has a hechsher on the package, I would buy the GF oat bread mix, for sure. I would also buy cookies or tartlets or anything else that's made with whole grain flours and alternative sweeteners (xylitol or agave are best since I don't like to eat artificial sweeteners too much). Hi Sandee! if it has a hechsher on the package, I would buy the GF oat bread mix, for sure. I would also buy cookies or tartlets or anything else that’s made with whole grain flours and alternative sweeteners (xylitol or agave are best since I don’t like to eat artificial sweeteners too much).

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