Gluten free chapati flour released by Eurostar Commodities
Flour company Eurostar Commodities has created a high quality gluten free chapati flour, developed specially to produce chapati with the softness and flexibility required for producing consistent natural and wholesome tasting results.
The flour is milled using a traditional technique and is gluten free, coeliac friendly, higher in fibre and vegan, and can be used like a traditional flour. Philip Bull, MD, Eurostar Commodities said, “For us, the most important thing is quality. If you are cooking at home we wanted to create a product that has excellent extensibility that is consistently reliable and ultimately tastes incredible, with great texture – certainly as good as, if not better than similar products which contain gluten. What many people like is that it also comes in a traditional white flour which is an extremely popular choice.”
Gluten Free Chapati Flour is available online or from a number of retailers, Mullaco Supermarkets in Dewsbury, Jalpur Millers in Leicester, Kashmir Watan Foodstores in Preston and Setty’s News in Peterborough.
Mrs Khan from Halifax uses her own recipe and makes chapati in the traditional way for her coeliac children. She said, “I have been looking for gluten free flour that works for chapatis for over 5 years and have to say this flour is amazing! My children both suffer from coeliac disease and will only eat this flour! We have tried many different flours over the years as my children really missed their chapatis so now they are really happy!”
Mintel reports that 15% of UK households are now avoiding gluten so demand has widened beyond medical need as food intolerances have become more widely accepted and more people opt for “free-from” and “clean-label” products as a lifestyle choice. Euromonitor forecasts the global gluten free retail market at $4.7bn by 2020 (up from $3.5bn in 2016). Gluten-free foods have been consumed for many years by those with coeliac disease, a disorder in which their immune system reacts to gluten, a protein found in grains such as wheat and barley.
This builds on the success of Eurostar Commodities Spelt and Rye chapati flours. With more natural processing and enhanced flavour properties Spelt and Rye has increased absorption benefits. Spelt and Rye chapati flour blends older grains of rye and spelt to produce a tasty chapati, high in quality and with the softness and flexibility required for producing a great result. Rye and spelt give a rich hearty taste and retain a larger quantity of nutrients than other types of grains when milled. They’re a good source of fibre and minerals and are higher in protein than wheat flour. Because they are low GI the products are also good for diabetics.
