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Look out for Delish Gluten free (http://www.delishglutenfree.com/) at farmers markets and a few stores in the Vancouver area. I don't know how far out into the valley they supply but it is hands down the best GF bread I've had (waaay better even than Udi's).

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My OH has had similar things happen. Often eating something that doesn't appear to contain anything bad but then suffering bloated stomach, pains and sickness. Its amazing just how many items can contain gluten in one form or another.
The other issue we have come across is "gluten free" goods being made in a facility that's not gluten free. We had this argument with a local bakery who were advertising how wonderful their new GF range was but when we enquired it turned out they make them in the same kitchen as all the regular cakes and keep them in the cabinets together, sometimes sharing same plate! The owner then said "oh if you are sensitive to gluten then you cannot eat these"
She now has very very small labels on each product tray saying that product is made in a kitchen that processes wheat products.

bats

Any food labelled gluten free should contain less than 20ppm gluten which is why avoiding cross contamination is risky. I follow a coeliac diet and am very careful what I eat. Only yesterday a friend raised eyebrow when I would use butter or sauce with a communal knife. Butter-cracker-butter- gf cracker, gf. Cracker no longer gf. I want to throttle the idiots who think going gf will make you thin. If only!

Lookingtoleave

Great thread as my daughter coeliac too !

bats

Duh, meant not use butter that had a communal knife. Darn keyboard, again.

cjones

With a nod to the other thread. How do the locals manage to get their tongues around that one?

Shard

After some head scratching, I had assumed that was the case. So were the crumpets GF? Were they homemade??

bats

Oh, the crumpets i offered for tea. No, not gf, i didn't have any.

4d32ftw

My wifes been diagnosed with Celiacs since we have lived here, I thought it would be a total nightmare but tbh its not been to bad, most places we eat out at have a good selection of GF options, and we can get many GF products in almost every supermarket, most bakeries sell some kind of terrible GF bread

jamesmc

remember to keep all receipts,,as you can claim the difference in price back on taxes.
i have found UDIS bread and rolls much much tastier than a lot o the competition...also pilsbury are doing GF pastry now (rolling it out across n america)
funny to see the Free from biscuits on sale.