Top five gluten-free snacks


Updated on 12 November 2012 | 0 Comments

The gluten-free market is growing - you can even get elevenses to suit your diet now. Here are our top five gluten-free snacks to nibble at work.

9bar

Every 9bar is made with a unique blend of wholesome seeds including sunflower, pumpkin, poppy, sesame and hemp, plus nuts such as cashews, pistachios and peanuts in a couple of bars. Hemp seed, the 9bar star ingredient, actually contains all 20 amino acids including the 9 that are the essential building blocks for good health – the clue is in the name!

All the bars (which are hand-crafted in Wales) have been approved by both the Vegetarian and Coeliac Societies, and every single one is free from the following: wheat, gluten, dairy, lactose, yeast and egg. Surprising really, seeing as they taste so good. Kind of like a healthy flapjack.

Flavours range from original (“the daddy of seed bars”) to nutty, pumpkin, flax and peanut, and each one retails at about £4.20 for six, or £10.80 for 16.

Nakd

Nakd bars and snacks are a way to eat nutritious, healthy food without compromising on taste. These snack bars are made from natural ingredients such as fruits and nuts which are “smooshed together” into a handy bar. They’re wheat and dairy free, with no added sugars or hidden extras.

They’re pretty low in calories, seeing as they contain only dried fruit, and flavours include cocoa orange, berry delight, ginger bread, banana bread, and two new additions: rhubarb and custard, and café mocha.

You can buy them in Waitrose, The Co-op and various other supermarkets, or order online. The Nakd Celebration Box has a whopping 18 bars in it! You’ll pay around 70p for a bar in the shops, or £13.99 for 18 online.

Mrs Crimble’s

The gluten-free (and wheat-free) options are endless with Mrs Crimble’s! Cheese bites, apple rice cakes, corn cakes, giant macaroons, brownies, flapjacks, pastry mix, bakewell slices… and all of them try to be better than mainstream alternatives that are made with gluten.  

Mrs Crimble’s was set up over 30 years ago and was one of the first brands to be stocked on the Free From fixtures in the UK supermarkets. Before then their products had been found only in specialist health shops and farm stores. Products vary in cost (but are all pretty reasonable) and can be found in the Free From section of most supermarkets – you can check which one sells what here.

There’s also a great recipe section on their website, including everything from rocky road bars to pancakes, stuffed mushrooms and pizza. You can download the recipes, too.

Nature’s Path

Nature's Path is an independent, family-owned, organic only premium gluten & wheat free cereal specialist that has been following a proud sustainable cereal 'crop strategy' since 1985.

It’s actually a Canadian company, but as the folks at Nature’s Path say, “in a country as distinct as the UK, whose taste buds embrace everything from marmite, marmalade, custard and Worcester Sauce through to lemon curd, Yorkshire Puds and Kendal Mint Cake, we knew we’d found soul mates who wouldn’t settle for any shy retiring flavours.”

They’re best known for their cereals, but have recently launched a new ‘Snack’ range including ‘Crispy rice bites’ bars, which come in chocolate, peanut butter and berry flavours. Expect to pay around £2.49 for a box of five bars, available at Waitrose.

Dove’s Farm

Established in 1978, at a farm near Hungerford, Doves are the experts in organic flour and gluten free flour. They have separate mills and bakeries for organic and gluten free flour, and with the help of eight sets of mill stones Doves Farm Foods makes more than 50 types of flour.

Dove’s make their own biscuits, cookies and cereal bars with the flour they make. Choose from cocoa crunch, lemon zest, or stem ginger cookies, and a selection of cereal bars, including apple and sultana flapjacks and a rather exotic sounding banana, mango and Brazil nut bar. Expect to pay about 49p for a flapjack, and 80p for a high-end bar.

Head to the Doves website for great gluten free recipes, including such delights as almond rye shortbread, Aphrodites flan, banana quinoa cake, and barleycorn bread.

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