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Gluten-free Living in El Dorado County
Locals' Info
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Mon, 26 Nov 2007
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Where do you buy GF?
Share your favorite places to buy GF in the area,
or nominate a new link for mail order, by posting a
comment to this message.
Posted 20:30
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9 comments
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Local stores
Elliott's in Folsom has the best (and most
consistent) selection of GF products. Trader
Joe's in Folsom has some things, but they
discontinue items so you can't always count on
them. Cameron Park Health Foods has a good
selection of flours and some frozen items---when
they have them in stock. Bel Air and Raley's has
some GF items in their Natural Foods aisle, but
the limited space forces them to rotate items---if
you have a favorite, and it disappears, speak up!
The Safeway in Cameron Park is doing better about
carrying some flours, and they have a good
selection on GF frozen waffles. Noah's Ark in
Placerville has some basic staples, plus organic
produce. Nugget Markets have an extensive health
food section, so we are all eagerly awaiting the
opening of the El Dorado Hills location. And, of
course, Azna Gluten Free (and it's vegan) is right
here in Cameron Park.
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Nugget Market
Made it to the new Nugget Market, and found a lot
of good things (5 different Amy's frozen meals
I've never tried)but they still don't beat Trader
Joe's on some of our staple items like natural
soaps, detergents, and beer (didn't see GF beer,
but it's for my hubbie anyway). Overall I would
prefer them to Bel Air on selection, but their
prices seemed higher. Impressed with their
natural health and beauty section, and they have a
lot of good items in bulk bins. Didn't make it to
their meat or fish counter, too crowded that day.
Their deli and takeaway section smelled wonderful
but it looked like even their chicken items were
not gluten free. Mixed bag overall, but maybe
with some feedback and requests we can let them
know there is a loyal GF population in the area.
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Oli's Products
Come check out www.olisproducts.com. We currently
offer a Sweet 'n Spicy sauce in a variety of heat
levels and fruit flavors as well as homemade salsa
and brownies. You can order online or call the
phone number on the website. We'd be happy to
arrange a local exchange. And if you've made a
purchase previously return your jar and receive $1
off your next purchase.
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CP Bel Air
Now that they're mostly finished with their
remodel, I stopped by the Cameron Park Bel Air.
Some GF items that are new, but a lot of old
favorites missing. They didn't have any GF
waffles, my breakfast staple. I made a big deal
about it at the register, but the moral of the
story seems to be that we will need to speak up if
we want that store to continue to be a resource.
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Hain rice cakes alert
This comes from Melanie at Gluten-Free Specialty
shop (J at 26th, Sacramento) 10/17/08: HAIN
rice cakes now contain gluten (barley). The
were previously listed (for several years) as
gluten-free. The first case I was alerted of is
the honey nut rice cakes. New bags state on the
top left corner New Label & the ingredient list
read malted barley.
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20 new gf products at El Dorado Nugget
We have just introduced an extensive line of gluten free items (from
our popular gf Farmer's Kitchen Cafe) in the El Dorado Hill Nugget.
Items to date are:
hamburger and hot dog buns, brownies, chocolate chip and sugar
cookies, pizza( with dairy and without), tamales, carrot cake, fruit
muffins,chicken noodle soup, chocolate chip cookie dough, and
sugar free cookie dough and panko bread crumbs, as well as two
kinds of handmade ravioli. More to come! Please support us so that
they will continue to be available!
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Gluten Free Specialty
I noticed that Gluten Free Specialty was not on
here anywhere. They have a mail order site at
http://glutenfreespecialty.com/ and a storefront
at 2612 J Street, Suite #1,Sacramento CA, 95816
Not sure about their current hours so call
(916)442-5241
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Oli's Products Update!
Oli's Products continues to expand!!! We now offer
3 different product lines: a sweet 'n spicy sauce,
salsas, and pasta sauce! Come check us out at the
Gluten Free Vendor Fair May 16 @ Saint Marks
Church in Sacramento or visit our website:
www.olisproducts.com Products also sold at Gluten
Free Specialty in downtown Sacramento.
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New bread @ gluten free specialty
There is a new bread, Brand name: Udi's at
Gluten Free Specialty. It is so good! Hurry
and try it so we can get more stores to carry
it. Delicious.
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