PAREVE AND GLUTEN FREE CAKE MIXES

This is hot off the press: From this week’s Kosher Today:

Ever since Duncan Hines added dairy ingredients to its pareve cake mixes, there has been a rush to fill the void. Manischewitz was one of the first to market pareve cake mixes after the Duncan retreat. Recently the Orthodox Union (OU) announced that it certified as both kosher pareve and gluten-free Miss Roben’s baking mixes. Miss Roben’s is one of the first companies to be certified through OU’s relationship with the Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO), a program of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG). Gluten-free diets are a medical necessity for individuals who cannot consume storage proteins found in grains such as wheat, rye and barley. Under the OU-GFCO arrangement, the OU’s nearly 500 field representatives all over the world, conduct plant inspections and product reviews for GFCO as they are certifying products as kosher for the OU. Miss Roben’s products are also manufactured to be allergen-friendly, in addition to their kosher and gluten-free status.