Gluten-free Grain-free Sugar-free Foods

Food Innovation

To Meet The Growing Demand For…

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▪2004…the crisis.

▪The absence of taste and texture.

▪Weird foods….

▪The research began.

▪The ‘Aha’ moment.

▪16 years later…

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▪Nut Flours ▪Coconut Flour▪Tapioca/Cassava Root Flour▪Garbanzo Bean/Chickpea Flour▪Green Banana Flour▪Plantain Flour▪Tiger Nut Flour▪Arrowroot Flour▪Malanga Flour▪Coffee Flour▪Beet Root Flour

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▪Stevia

▪Monk Fruit

▪Coconut Sugar

▪Date Sugar and Date Honey

▪Maple Syrup

▪Honey

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▪Alternative ‘milks’ (Nut milks, coconut milk, hemp milk, and banana milk)

▪Substitution of Avocado or Coconut Oil for butter

▪Alternative cheeses

▪Evolution of non-dairy ‘ice cream’

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*It is estimated that 10-

15% of the worldwide

population has IBS.

(https://www.aboutibs.or

g/facts-about-ibs.html)

*Gluten-free hasn’t

solved the problem.

*Free-from more

accurately describes

consumer’s move away

from consuming

inflammation-inducing

foods.https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33486177

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▪ Is the continued dissemination of food ingredients to produce ready-made foods the answer?

▪Have we created such a frenzy for the ‘next best’ isolate that we’ve lost touch with real food?

▪ Is the answer as simple as … a focus back to ingredient combinations in as natural a state as possible to reverse the alarming rise of autoimmune disease?

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What the consumer wants:

1. Truth in labeling.

2. Recognizable ingredients.

3. Certification symbols to verify manufacturing claims.

4. Traditional tasting and textured products.

5. Ease of preparation.

6. No artificial ingredients

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▪Gluten-free

▪Grain-free

▪Sugar-free

▪Dairy-free or Lactose Intolerant

▪Soy free

▪Corn free

▪Vegetarian and Vegan

▪Paleo

▪Ketogenic

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Finding quality products that are safe to eat.

▪Gluten-Free and Sugar-Free Products are filled with Reduced-Gluten Grains, Non-Gluten Grains, Corn, Rice and Sugarcane.

▪The Grasses-genus is well documented to cause blood sugar instability and inflammation in the human body.

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▪Plant-based products with well known taste and texture.

▪Low calorie and low carb foods

▪Short ingredient list

▪Ease of preparation

▪Good nutrition panel ratios

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Is less sick good enough?