Gluten-Free Rip Off
Anybody that has cooked gluten-free knows how expensive the ingredients are - especially when you add the health food store mark-ups into the equation.
I finally went to the Indian store nearest to us because I heard rice flour was a bit cheaper there.
Holy Moly. Not only did they have rice flour, they had corn flour, garbanzo bean (chick pea) flour, sorghum (jowar) flour and corn flour!
And the prices, my goodness! The stuff was cheap and in huge bags compared to what I have been buying.
Here are the price differences.
Bob's Red Mill Corn Flour - 1.89 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Corn Flour - 1.69 for 2 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo Flour - 2.29 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Chick Pea Flour (same as garbanzo) - 4.49 for 4 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Rice Flour - 1.79 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Rice Flour - 2.99 for 4 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Sorghum Flour - 3.99 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Jowar (sorghum) - 2.49 for 4 lbs.
I obtained the Bob's Red Mill prices from their website. I actually pay more than that for their products locally. And they are one of the cheaper sources of gluten free products.
I was blown away at the price difference.
I told my husband I wanted to bow at the feet of the lady behind the counter and kiss her. He said that I practically did. :P
I finally went to the Indian store nearest to us because I heard rice flour was a bit cheaper there.
Holy Moly. Not only did they have rice flour, they had corn flour, garbanzo bean (chick pea) flour, sorghum (jowar) flour and corn flour!
And the prices, my goodness! The stuff was cheap and in huge bags compared to what I have been buying.
Here are the price differences.
Bob's Red Mill Corn Flour - 1.89 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Corn Flour - 1.69 for 2 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Garbanzo Flour - 2.29 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Chick Pea Flour (same as garbanzo) - 4.49 for 4 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Rice Flour - 1.79 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Rice Flour - 2.99 for 4 lbs.
Bob's Red Mill Sorghum Flour - 3.99 for 1 1/2 lbs.
Indian Store Jowar (sorghum) - 2.49 for 4 lbs.
I obtained the Bob's Red Mill prices from their website. I actually pay more than that for their products locally. And they are one of the cheaper sources of gluten free products.
I was blown away at the price difference.
I told my husband I wanted to bow at the feet of the lady behind the counter and kiss her. He said that I practically did. :P
posted by Caro @ 5:09 PM
5 Comments:
At 12:04 PM,
WORKINGGIRL55 said…
First time I've come here. Carolyn you are doing a wonderful job. Little Man is so lucky that you are his mother. I know that he is going to be fine. I love you so much and I am so proud of you.
At 6:01 AM,
Joe and Ren said…
Carolyn I just happened upon your site while doing a search for gfcf ice cream for my 4 yr old who is autistic. WOW. I got so many tips on your first page I'm off to the nearest indian food store this week. Thank you, thank you! I never would have thought of it but it going to save us quite a bit!
Your cake recipe I can't wait to try! REnee
At 12:01 PM,
Anonymous said…
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At 8:23 AM,
Anonymous said…
My husband is celiac and so we are gluten free. We shop at the Korean market. In addition to the GF flours they have GF rice noodles from 59 cents to $1.29 a package. I fairly certain they are casein free too, just rice, water and salt usually. So you should probebly also include other Asian markets on your list of places to shop. That way you can really do some price comparisions, and maybe save some gas? Incedently, his niece is also on the autistice spectrum. She is already casien free and about to go gluten free like he uncle.
At 5:19 AM,
Anonymous said…
Many products, such as Red Mill will tell you on the label if they are gluten-free, meaning that they are also processed on machinery that has not been in contact with gluten-containing products; you may not be buying gluten-free products at non-health food stores if the label does not indicate it is gluten free or at least state that the flour was processed on machines that were not in contact with products such as wheat. For those looking to reduce gluten, this may be all right, but for those who need to completely eliminate gluten, buyer beware.
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