Many Switch Due To Allergies Or In Search Of Healthier Options
Posted: May 2, 2012
By Samantha Cole
Valerie Silveira, owner of Fine Flours Bakery, sells gluten-free muffins to Mary-Liz Humphrey of Elkton at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market on Tuesday morning. (Photos by Nikki Fox / DN-R)
Valerie Silveira and Jonathan Ramsey, owners of Fine Flours Bakery, sell gluten-free goods, such as this strawberry-rhubarb loaf Tuesday at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market.
What if your daily bread made you sick?
Gluten, a protein found in most wheat, rye and barley products, can have that effect, sending someone who’s allergic into a tailspin.