Food Allergens Post

[helwen]

Tried a couple of on-the-go snacks by a company called Enjoy Life. They have three types of something called Chewy on-the-go Bars. We've tried two of them, and three of us like them so far: L, me, and my MIL. The texture/consistency reminds me a bit of Fig Newtons. One little bar is 120 - 140 calories.

We tried the Cocoa Loco (1 g of fiber) and the Sunbutter Crunch (3g of fiber).

NO: Wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish, shellfish. These two are also made without casein, potato, sesame or sulfites. We'll have to try the third one out the next time we are near the Big Y in Hadley.

Enjoy Life's business is making gluten-free foods that are free of the 8 most common allergens.
It is not cheap, but if you need some safe travel food, then here's an option. Nutritionally, I figure it is also a step-up from eating Fritos.

Some of these will definitely be making it into my bugout kit!

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On another note -- are there any non-wheat beers or ales that are decent? I'm not known for my expertise or vast experience with alcohol, so I'm curious about this. The BBC ales don't seem to bother me too much, but someone's homemade stuff set off my asthma last spring, so I'm a bit more cautious now. Thanks for any info on this.

Comments

[embermwe.livejournal.com]

are there any non-wheat beers or ales that are decent?

I don't know.. I don't like beer much, but my solution to this issue is Hard Ciders! Yum!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

True enough. I don't drink beer though, just an ale once in a great while. And generally speaking, I don't drink.

[oakmouse]

On-the-go bars are surprisingly decent, aren't they? I tried some on an airplane trip a while back (flying to P-burgh before the big move) and they not only tasted good, they kept me feeling full and comfortable for a while. They did make me a bit thirsty, but not as much so as most energy bar type snacks.

If you can handle light, sweet lagers, there are a couple three widely available gluten free beers. Bard's Tale Golden Dragon is one, Redbridge another. I don't care for them, but you know me and lagers. (Also, I just don't like sweet beer.) I know several lager fans who find them perfectly acceptable. There's a third called New Grist that I've seen but not tried.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I'll keep an eye out for them for L. I'm not a lager person either :D

I said in reply to embermwe that I don't drink beer, but that isn't 100% true. I've had Kirin beer years ago, and it was tolerable (rice). And it's possible that I've had something similar from SCAdian brewers but I'm not knowledgeable enough to remember what's what - spysers and the like. Mead's generally more my thing :)