The Gluten Free Blog

Following on from our review of gluten free iPhone apps available in the UK iTunes store I found this iPhone app that’s available to US users.

glutenScan™ provides information on over 30,00 products and has a database of over 10,00 manufacturers. That’s pretty impressive! And with over 500 products added or updated each week this looks like an extremely valuable iPhone addition for anyone following a gluten free lifestyle.

glutenScan™ is currently offered at an intial discounted rate of $1.99 for 30 days of use. Continue as necessary by extending your subscription for $1.99 for another 30 days, or $3.99 for 90 additional days. This may sound pricier than many iPhone apps but with a wealth of information on gluten free products at your fingertips one could argue it’s a real bargain!

Take a look at the glutenScan™ website for further features and up to date information.

Being in the UK I am unable to formally review this app. It looks great! Have you used it? Let us know what you think.

Genius gluten free bread

Tried a new gluten free bread this week. And it was genius! No it really was. Genius’s gluten free bread tastes just like the real thing and is the brainchild of Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, a mum of three and a professionally-trained chef.

When she discovered two of her children had foods allergies she set about creating the perfect gluten free loaf so her little boy could enjoy toasty ‘soldiers’ with his boiled egg. Not only that, she wanted to create a gluten free bread that the whole family would be happy to eat – not just the ‘gluten frees’.

“It took me three years to perfect Genius Gluten-Free Bread and my children would often come home from school to find 14 different loaves of bread waiting for them to try. I even broke my oven. But finally I got there.” Says Lucinda.

I agree. Genius gluten free bread is soft, bouncy and tasty. And unlike some gluten free breads you can eat this bread without toasting it. I made a fried-egg sandwich yesterday and it was delicious.

Genius gluten free bread is available from all major UK grocery stores. (Sainsbury’s have got it at half price at the moment, so try it!)

Today I found a search engine specifically for gluten intolerant users. Gluten Free Fox is a search engine that searches only gluten-free websites.

It uses a Google Custom Search Engine where you specify a finite list of websites to use for your search results. This provides a tailored set of results for a particular niche. In this case, gluten-free users.

The success of this search engine depends on them including as many guten-free websites in their search results. So if you have a gluten-free specific website and haven’t discovered Gluten Free Fox yet pop along to their site and submit yours to make sure you’re included.

The site also has many interesting articles written by their experts in living gluten-free. Tips on gluten-free travel, skin and cosmetic tips and even a collection of videos!

So take a look at Gluten Free Fox and let’s make this site the number 1 search engine for gluten-free users.