Gluten-Free Bakery Product News

Posted on March 22, 2011 by customchoicecereal

We at Custom Choice Cereal are always happy to see other gluten-free companies thrive and expand their offering. As a result, we had to share this video with Josh Skow, co-founder of Canyon Bakehouse, a gluten-free bakery that currently offers 6 products in over 44 States and is working on introducing 4-5 new goodies in 2011. Congratulations from one gluten-free entrepreneur to another!

A little warning before the video (because we know our own reaction and the sensitivity about this topic) – Josh describes celiac disease as a “disease but it’s like an allergy” and continues to say that “people who are allergic to gluten, which is mainly in wheat”, need to follow a gluten-free diet. Don’t forget that the protein gluten is also in rye and barley! In addition, most oats a cross-contaminated during harvesting and processing so you have to avoid them as well.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1

We are sure that Canyon Bakehouse’s products will also be carried in the new gluten-free heaven – with 6,000 square feet of floor space, the nation’s largest entirely gluten-free store is set to open in Burbank, CA. As Debora Ceizler, marketing director for the Celiac Disease Foundation, rightly points out and we at Custom Choice Cereal have tackled (2.5 billion combinations of gluten-free cereal, anyone?): “Variety is difficult to find and variety is key”.

Have you tried the Canyon Bakehouse products? Which one is your favorite?

YOU Make Our Gluten-Free Day!!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by customchoicecereal

Sit back in your chairs, relax and enjoy the show! Here comes a blog post that you will hopefully enjoy as much as we at Custom Choice Cereal did.

“Okay, first I was impressed that there was a site specifically for Gluten Free cereal. Then I was impressed because you could mix your own AND name them! THEN I was impressed by the ease of ordering, and the personal customer service as evidenced by the nice email I got after placing my order.

Well, now I’m a devoted and extremely satisfied customer and here’s why: I received my cereal today (two days after ordering – FAST!), and was so excited that I decided to make myself a bowl of one of my custom mixes as soon as I got home tonight. When I opened the box there were my two special mixes, cool labels included, neatly packed (and without a lot of unnecessary extras, I might add). Then I noticed in the box was a pamphlet about the business, and a business card – yours – with a PERSONAL NOTE!

Who does this anymore in this day of automation and “press one for English”?! I was beyond thrilled with that little piece of kindness.

Then I ate some cereal, my “Banaconut” (mix ID 22f1ca), a multi-grain flake with coconut and banana chips. OH MY GOODNESS! It was fantastic!! Having sampled some really tasteless or downright icky GF cereals since beginning this GF journey, I admit some concern about how my new cereals would taste. I am so HAPPY!! Actually, I did a little happy dance after my first bite!

I am absolutely thrilled that I found your company and that I placed my order. You WILL be hearing back from me in the future!

Thanks SO SO SO much!”

We have to thank YOU! You might not believe it, but when we received your email, we did a little happy dance, too

Snack Girl Reviews Our Gluten-Free Cereal

Posted on March 14, 2011 by customchoicecereal

Happy Monday to you all! If you haven’t heard of Lisa Cain aka Snack Girl you should definitely check out her website. Lisa started Snack Girl to educate people “about the foods they eat every day”. We at Custom Choice Cereal couldn’t agree more, especially since cereal truly is an everyday food!

That’s why we are very excited that Snack Girl reviews our custom gluten-free cereal on her website. She is especially intrigued by our concept because as so many of us, she “wastes a lot of time in the cereal aisle. It takes FOREVER to look at all the labels to try to understand what I am truly buying”. Now that she found Custom Choice Cereal, Lisa can “choose the ingredients that go into that cereal so I could make my cereal perfect”.

After sending us a very encouraging email (“I REALLY liked it!”), Lisa writes that she “designed my own cereal on his site and was pleasantly surprised by the results. I was supposed to share this cereal with my family, but I forgot”. Now that’s a great sign that we are doing something right here and the best encouragement we can get! But she doesn’t stop there and continues by saying that “the ingredients were high quality and were really not comparable to buying a box of cereal at the supermarket. It is like an entirely different animal”.

We also love how she points out that “kids will love designing their own cereal – so if you are trying to get Jimmy off of Cocoa Puffs – this is a great option”. Wow. Seriously, Snack Girl has been reviewing snacks for years and knows what she’s saying, so her “stamp of approval” is a great honor for Custom Choice Cereal!

Check out the Snack Girl website, it has great pictures of many snacks as well as an easy navigation menu with the categories Healthy Snack Recipes, Healthy Packaged Snacks and the Worst Snacks she has tried. You are certain to learn a thing or two!

Great Gluten-Free Cereal. Names.

Posted on March 11, 2011 by customchoicecereal

The weekend is almost here, and the faces behind Custom Choice Cereal can’t wait to see Carolina finally play its first game in the ACC tournament in Greensboro today! But first things first, and we’d like to stick to our good tradition of recognizing YOU the creative names your gave your gluten-free cereal munchies this week!

As you know, we try to be as objective as possible. However, sometimes – especially when sports are involved – we are easily biased. This being said, we think that this week’s best gluten-free cereal names are:

5. Sylvia’s GF Southern (mix ID 0cd976). Southern lifestyle starts at breakfast. You got it!
4. ChocoNanaBerry Surprise (mix ID 72d2fe). So deliciously tasty it surprises with every bite.
3. healthy choice (mix ID d84964). That’s the idea!
2. March Madness (mix ID 88da4f ). Couldn’t have said it any better
1. And this week’s winner is THE KATE (mix ID 9004f7). Just have to love the article & simplicity!

If you feel that the name for your cereal should have been included among this week’s best names – please leave us a comment. Otherwise: enjoy a healthy and fun-filled basketball weekend!

College Athlete With Celiac Disease

Posted on March 9, 2011 by customchoicecereal

Living with celiac disease is quite a challenge for anyone but it’s especially tough for athletes who need to maintain their weight – through grueling workouts and a high metabolism. Examples such as Cincinnati Bengals’ Running Back Cedric Benson, UFC’s Dennis Hallmann, LPG star Sarah Jane Smith and quite a few others show us every day that it is absolutely possible to be a top performer with celiac disease in various sports.

All these guys are full-time professional athletes though. I was therefore very impressed when I read how Utah’s women’s basketball player Diana Rolniak learned to cope with celiac disease as a college athlete. Diagnosed just before her senior year in high school in July 2008, Diana was trying to play basketball while dropping below 100 pounds – which is clearly not a healthy weight for the 6-foot-4 forward!

What I find most encouraging is the support she gets from the team. Interim head coach Anthony Levrets said that “On the road, we’ve figured out the restaurants that cater to gluten-free … that she’s comfortable with. And all of the hotels we stay in, we make sure they’re able to prepare gluten-free meals to go along with our pregame meals.” That’s pretty awesome! But Diana has also developed a few tricks that I think are worth sharing:

set up specific living arrangements in order to prevent cross-contamination and living by herself
preparing all of her meals and learning to cook
having two bowls of cereal, two yogurts, eggs and a homemade sandwich for breakfast

I have a great suggestion how Diana can add unrivaled variety to her daily gluten-free cereal bowl But besides this, I was wondering if you know someone in college who has celiac disease or lives gluten-free? How do they manage? And do you have any advice to share from their experience?

Celebrate National Cereal Day 2011 Gluten-Free

Posted on March 7, 2011 by customchoicecereal

We’re still celebrating UNC winning the ACC season title in a great 81-67 victory over archrival Duke this weekend. And yet the next reason for celebration has already arrived: TODAY IS NATIONAL CEREAL DAY!

Celebrate with us at Custom Choice Cereal gluten-free style by creating your perfect breakfast mix: We give you 10% off all orders placed today with code “NatCereal”!

What ingredients do you love to have in your cereal? Let us know, and in case we don’t have them yet we’ll find them for you!

Gluten-free Creativity At Its Best

Posted on March 4, 2011 by customchoicecereal

Happy Friday, everyone! I am getting pretty exciting (and nervous) because my beloved Tar Heels will face archrival Duke in the Dean Dome tomorrow. I can only hope that UNC will play both halves as well as it played the first half before falling apart in the second half of the last game on February 9th…

But now to our good tradition of recognizing your creativity in naming your gluten-free cereals this week. It’s been a close race!

5. Hawaiian Dream (mix ID 9d88f4 ). Someone is in Spring mood already.
4. Ellen’s Belly Better Mix (mix ID 51e0f5). Better belly AND great taste
3. Good Morning Happy Stomach Granola (mix ID e7c950). Recognize the pattern…?
2. Breakfast of Champions (mix ID 5dcf80). You ARE the champions!
1. I know it’s very biased but in the spirit of tomorrow I had to choose Carolina Crunch (mix ID 049cf9) as this week’s winner!

Have a great weekend and please consider connecting with Custom Choice Cereal on facebook! You’ll spend some time there this weekend anyway so why not swing by?

Gluten-Free Dr. Wangen Wednesday

Posted on March 2, 2011 by customchoicecereal

It’s Dr. Wangen Wednesday! As on every first Wednesday of the month, our friend, advisor and celiac disease expert Dr. Stephen Wangen will answer your questions about celiac disease, gluten intolerance, living without wheat, and whatever else want to know!

Stephen has celiac disease and has the exact same concerns that you might have. From both his personal and professional experience, he understands the challenges of a gluten-free diet, and is very passionate about helping you. Similar to us, his passion was a call that he answered by co-founding The IBS Treatment Center in Seattle, WA, blogging as The Gluten Free Doctor, and serving on the Board of Trustees for the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America. We invite you to read more about Stephen and his books in our introduction to our advisors.

Dr. Wangen is going out of his way to provide this wonderful service, and we appreciate your understanding that out of respect for Dr. Wangen and his time we have to limit each session to 5 questions on a first-come, first-served basis. Please join us at Custom Choice Cereal in thanking Stephen for taking the time off his busy schedule to address your concerns.

Asking your question is easy and can be done in just 4 simple steps:

Post your question as a comment to this blog entry
We send all questions to Dr. Wangen
Dr. Wangen’s answers will be published in reply to your comments
To check for the answer to your question you can either subscribe to our blog or simply check back in a few days

Wondering what tests you should have taken? What areas do you have difficulties with? What kind of (unusual) symptoms do you have? Any concerns about the constant “are oats gluten-free” debate? He can help so don’t be shy and ask away!

Custom Choice Cereal In Local Newspaper

Posted on February 28, 2011 by customchoicecereal

What a weekend and start into the new week this has been! I am excited that on Sunday, the Durham Herald-Sun featured an article about Custom Choice Cereal and our custom gluten-free cereal. For me as a small local entrepreneur, it is always a great feeling to be written about!

Author Keith Upchurch actually has celiac disease, which I thought was a very interesting coincidence. He had not previously heard of us and really liked our concept. This being said, the reason why he wrote his article was because of our recent partnership with gourmet retailer Dean & DeLuca in New York City.

But I don’t want to repeat everything from the article about Custom Choice Cereal. Instead, I encourage you to check it out! I’m just thrilled to have a newspaper write about my little gluten-free company and help at least one more person on a gluten-free diet enjoy a variety of tasty breakfast again!

Great Names For Gluten-free Cereal Munchies

Posted on February 25, 2011 by customchoicecereal

The weekend is coming but for the time being it’s still Friday. That means that we at Custom Choice Cereal live up to the good tradition and recognize the creative names your gave your gluten-free cereals this week! Once again you didn’t make the decision easy on us but we tried our best…

We have to admit that this list is subjectively chosen but think that this week’s best gluten-free cereal names are:

5. Healthy heart (mix ID ba0375). Delicious and good for you. Does it get any better??
4. North American Fruit Mix (mix ID 061964). Gotta love it!
3. Morning Magick (mix ID cafe05). Mix ID almost spells the complementary drink. Awesome!
2. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? (mix ID a505e8). We hope you are!
1. And this week’s winning name is Man That’s Good Flakes (mix ID 4151e4)

Have a wonderful weekend and please consider to also connect with Custom Choice Cereal on facebook! We know you’ll spend some time there this weekend, so swing on by

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