As mentioned in the last article, gluten-free has never been so popular due to media reports. Being allergy to gluten or not, people go for gluten-free diet for health concern. However, are gluten-free foods really good for those who are not allergic to gluten? Before going gluten-free, you might want to break the 3 myths of gluten-free diet.
The 3 Myths
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- Gluten-Free Diet Keep You in Shape?
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Gluten is protein, remember?Cutting off gluten does not necessarily lead to weight loss. Indeed, some gluten-free starch has less calories than wheat starch. However, a lot of gluten-free foods contain high calories for the sugar and fat added, to make them taste better. Moreover, gluten-free starch like potatoes and tapioca could have more calories than barley and rye. Therefore, instead of having gluten-free potato chips and tapioca bubble tea, consuming more dietary fiber will be a better diet to keep fit.
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- Gluten-free Foods Are Healthier?
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Most people considered gluten-free food healthy since commercial strategies intentionally presented such ideas. The mark of “Gluten-free” will do the magic and make that box of cereal looks healthier. However, when it comes to ingredients, sugar substitutes and emulsifiers does not make granola healthier. Therefore, the key of keeping a healthy gluten-free diet is to take closer looks at the ingredients. Yet, fresh foods with wide varieties are always the best choice.
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- Gluten-free Foods Taste Plain?
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The growing popularity of gluten-free food demanded the market to provide more options for consumers. Aside from substitutes for flour-made foods like bread, cakes and biscuits, foods made of gluten-free ingredients are also common. For examples, meatballs, fish balls, mochi, rice balls, rice cakes, tangyuan and other rice products are new favorite for gluten-free diet.
Picture: Beans, eggs, rice products, potatoes, etc. are all gluten-free foods.
Discover Gluten-free Asian Desserts
Video: HM-88 for Making Tangyuan
Tangyuan, contains sticky rice flour, is a gluten-free dessert with all sorts of flavors. Not just gluten-free, food suppliers also used organic sticky rice to make their rice products healthier.
Video: HM-588 Four-color Mochi
Mochi, a traditional dessert in East Asia, is also gluten-free. There are many kinds of mochi, such as Daifuku, Hakka rice cake, Wagashi, stuffed sticky rice cake and so on.
Let’s Get into Gluten-free Food Market
HM-88 and HM-588 are multi-functional automatic filling machines designed by Hundred Machinery for making mochi, rice balls and sticky rice products. User-friendly, efficient and multifunctional, HM-588 can memorize 100 sets of products data.
The global market of gluten-free foods is still escalating and is estimated to reach USD 6.43 billion in 2025. Let Hundred Machinery help you get ready for the thriving gluten-free market.