GFCO Program Wraps Up Strong Year with 1,026 Gluten-Free Product Certifications

AUBURN, Wash. (March 9, 2021)— In 2020, a multitude of snacks, desserts, beverages, sauces and bread were certified gluten-free by Gluten Intolerance Group’s Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO). The recognition of the need to build consumer trust and serve certified gluten-free products grew in 2020, leading to GFCO certifying 1,026 products from 107 brands. GFCO’s newly rebranded gluten-free certification mark is a symbol of trust for the gluten-free community due to the unmatched reliability for meeting the strictest of gluten-free standards it represents.

The following products were certified by GFCO:

• Acme Ice Cream – 8 products certified, including Butter Pecan and Chocolate Chip
• Alice’s Sweet Tooth – 3 products certified, including Li’l Bites Double Chocolate and Li’l Bites Lemon Almond
• All Grown – 3 products certified, including Plant Based Korean BBQ Beef and Plant Based Korean BBQ Sausage
• Allkind Hard Kombucha – 3 products certified, including Juicy Citrus and Super Berry
• Amalia’s Cocina – 3 products certified, including Amalia’s Cocina Rotisserie MixIn Chipotle Sauce and Amalia`s Cocina Rotisserie MixIn Roasted California Citrus Sauce
• American Key Food Products – Gluten Free Sandwich Bread Mix certified
• Ancient Brands Milling – 66 products certified, including Conventional Flax and Buckwheat Blend, and Whole Corn Meal
• Artisan Kitchens – 18 products certified, including Grab & Go 3-Cheese Egg Bites and Cage Free Oven Baked Whole Egg Omelet
• BakeGood – 5 products certified, including Almond Flour Blend and Cauliflower Flour Blend
• Barbara’s – 8 products certified, including Baked Original Cheese Puffs and Baked Multigrain Cheddar Jack Cheese Puffs
• Beldolce – Organic Corn Pasta – Penne and Fusilli certified
• Ben & Jerry’s – 41 products certified, including Berry Berry Extraordinary and Cherry Garcia
• BIMBO – Dried Soft Mango Salad with Chili certified
• BIO – 11 products certified, including BIO Baguette and BIO Bean
• Block and Barrel – 12 products certified, including BBQ Potato Chips and Ripple Potato Chips
• Bolani – Bolani GLUTEN FREE Pumpkin-Filled Flatbread and Bolani GLUTEN FREE Spinach-Filled Flatbread certified
• BooKoo Foods – 34 products certified, including Blueberry Pancake and Ginger Cookie Mix
• Brown Cow – 4 products certified, including So Smoooth Dairy Snack – Lemon and So Smoooth Dairy Snack – Strawberry
• Caferine – 3 products certified, including Caférine Espresso and Caférine Kilimanjaro
• Cal & Gary’s – 8 products certified, including Crinkle Cut Cheddar Kettle Cooked Chips and Smokin Sweet BBQ Kettle Cooked Chips
• Casa Solana – Yellow Tortilla Chips certified
• Cha Cha Chips – Grain Free Tortilla Chips – Lime and Grain Free Tortilla Chips – Sea Salt certified
• Cobblestreet Market – 19 products certified – including Hickory Smoked Deli Style Turkey Breast and Pan Roasted Turkey Breast
• Comsi Comsa by Sauvage – Comsi Comsa Apple Dry and Comsi Comsa Apple Ripe
• Cooggies – 7 products certified, including Carrot Cake and Chocolate Fudge Brownie
• De Cecco – Red lentil Penne Rigate and Red lentil Spaghetti certified
• Dr Jen`s Ultimate Protein Bar – 6 products certified, including Banana, Chocolate & Peanut Butter and Banana, Chocolate & Peanut Butter
• Dunkin’ – Fudge Brownie Gluten-Free certified
• Evermill – 18 products certified, including Cayenne and Harissa Blend
• Every Body Eat – 6 products certified, including Chive & Garlic Thins and Must Love Garlic Dip
• Evolving Kneads Bakery – 5 products certified, GFV Chocolate Lava Cakes and GFV Caramel Sea Salt Cluster Cookie Pie
• Fastful – 3 products certified, including Blueberry Lemon Muffin and Chocolate Brownie
• Fix and Fogg – 6 products certified, including Coffee and Maple Peanut Butter and Smoke and Fire Peanut Butter
• Garlic Expressions – Garlic Expressions certified
• Gemini Superfoods – 8 products certified, including Tigernut Baking Mix – Chocolate and Tigernut Baking Mix – Vanilla
• Glendee – 18 products certified, including Cauliflower Chips and Crispy Mango
• Gluten Free Alimentos – 5 products certified, including Extrafine Rice Flour and Rice Semola
• Gone Rogue – 6 products certified, including Chicken Chips BBQ Flavored and Chicken Chips Taco Style
• GoodFood – 3 products certified, including Apple & Cinnamon – Organic Dried Fruit & Nut Bar and Chia & Cranberry – Organic Fruit, Seed & Nut Bar
• Gowasabi – 41 products certified, including Sauteed Kimchi & Tofu and Poke Tuna Salmon
• Greenday Kids – 7 products certified, including Broccoli Chips and Strawberry
• Happy Batch – 11 products certified, including Lemon Ricotta Cookies and Spring Tea Lime Cookies
• Healthy Values – White Quinoa certified
• Impasta Foods – RTE Spaghetti Squash Rings certified
• Jim Beam – 4 products certified, including Jim Beam Bold and Spicy Barbecue Sauce and Jim Beam Maple Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
• Julia’s Oven– 40 products certified, including Vegan and Gluten Free Corn Bread and Vegan and Gluten Free Brown Bread Roll
• JuneShine – 19 products certified, including Blood Orange Mint and Strawberry Fields
• Kamajirushi – 4 products certified, including Kinako Red and Kinako
• Kettle Heroes – 35 products certified, including Popcorn Zen and Prickly Pear Kettle Corn
• KNORR – KNORR – SHAKSHUKA certified
• Kuzefuku & Sons – 37 products certified, including Pasta Sauce Arrabbiata and St.Cousair Jam Blueberry
• Lars Own – Gluten Free Organic French Fried Onions certified
• LesserEvil – 74 products certified, including Chia Pop – Buttery Goodness Organic Popcorn and Paleo Puffs – Crunchy Apple Cider Vinegar
• LNRBAR – Blueberry Cinnamon certified
• Local Roots Kombucha – 8 products certified, including Purple Haze and Prickly Pear Punch
• Louisville Vegan Jerky Co – 8 products certified, including Buffalo Dill and Maple Bacon
• Marnie’s Naturals Inc. – Veggi Chips and Veggi Straws certified
• Matt’s Munchies – 6 products certified, including Dried Organic Mango Puree with Acai Pulp and Dried Organic Mango Puree with Punch Flavor
• Melis Monster Cookies – 3 products certified, including Cashewlicious and Choco-Lot
• Melly’s – Melly`s Homemade Meatball Mix certified
• Mi Masa – 3 products certified, including Mi Masa (20 pounds) and Mi Masa (50 pounds)
• Mi Rancho – 6 products certified, including Organic Corn Taco Sliders and Organic THINcredibles Thin Corn Tortillas
• Milk Specialties Global – Organic PROriz™ 80% Brown Rice Protein Concentrate and PROriz™ 80% Brown Rice Protein Concentrate
• Muscle Feast – 109 products certified, including 8 Hour Energy Powder – Blue Ice Pop and Grass Fed & Hormone Free 100% Whey Protein Blend – Chocolate
• No Sugar – 74 products certified, including No Sugar Bar Chocolate Coconut and No Sugar Keto Bar Chocolate Peanut Butter
• Nong’s Khao Man Gai – Gluten Free Nong`s Khao Man Gai sauce certified
• Noops, Inc. – 9 products certified, including Caramel and Chocolate
• Not Milk – Not Milk 2% Reduced Fat and Not Milk Whole certified
• Outer Aisle – 6 products certified, including Everything PLANTPOWER™ Cauliflower Sandwich Thins and Jalapeño PLANTPOWER™ Cauliflower Pizza Crusts & Wraps
• Paradise Green – Cauliflower Crisps certified
• Paranavai – Cassava flour certified
• Peanuts Bake Shop, Inc. – 3 products certified, Chocolate Chunk Cookie Kit and Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookie Kit
• Pete’s Market – 3 products certified, including Garlic Hummus and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
• Pillsbury – 5 products certified, including GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIE MIX and GLUTEN FREE PUMPKIN BREAD
• Pop Bitties – 8 products certified, including Hickory BBQ Ancient Grain Chips and Maple & Sea Salt Ancient Grain Chips
• Primeira Linha – Cassava flour certified
• Producers Rice Ingredients – Long Grain Rice Flour, 120 mesh and Long Grain Rice Flour, 80 mesh certified
• Raise American – Organic Grass Fed-Grass Beef Meatballs Fully Cooked
• RiceWorks – 7 products certified, including O3MG Apple Bar and O3MG Strawberry Bar
• Riz Farine – 3 products certified, including Riz Farine 10kg and Riz Farine 1kg
• Riz Farine Legere – 3 products certified, including Riz Farine Légère 10kg and Riz Farine Légère 250g
• Rosaluna – Rosaluna Artesenal Mezcal Joven (Espadin) certified
• Rudi’s Rocky Mountain Bakery – 6 products certified, including Homestyle Cinnamon Raisin Bread (Fresh) and Homestyle Multigrain Bread (Frozen)
• Sam’s Famous Salsa – 3 products certified, including Sam`s Famous Salsa – HOT and Sam`s Famous Salsa – MILD
• Schlotterbeck & Foss – 3 products certified, S&F Creole Mustard Southern Sauce and S&F Smothered Cajun Southern Sauce
• SETBAR – SETBAR Original
• Simply Gluten-Free, INC. – Carol`s Gluten Free Flour
• SkinTe – 4 products certified, including Hibiscus Vanilla Collagen Sparkling Tea and Lemon Lime Collagen Sparkling Tea
• Smokey River – Fully Cooked Cali Turkey Breakfast Sausage certified
• SpudLove – 7 products certified, including Organic Thick-cut Potato Chips Barbecue and Organic Thick-cut Potato Chips Sea Salt
• Square Root – 9 products certified, including Chocolate Cherry Chia and Lemon Blueberry
• Sticky Fingers Bakeries – 5 products certified, including GLUTEN-FREE BUTTERMILK PANCAKE and GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES
• Talty Bar – 5 products certified, including Apple Strudel and Chocolate Coconut
• Tasana – Tasana Beet Veggie Tube Chile & Limon certified
• Tempo Granola – 6 products certified, including Apricot coconut granola clusters and Chocolate cashew loose granola
• The Pagel – 4 products certified, including Cinnamon Raisin and Sesame
• The Secret GF, LLC – Not your Mama’s Flour certified
• Truvani – 16 products certified, including Banana Cinnamon Plant Based Protein and Bliss Me Ashwagandha
• Upstate by Sauvage – Upstate Vodka and Upstate Vodka Passover certified
• Urbani Truffles – 4 products certified, including Organic White Truffle Potato Chips and White Truffle Pops
• Venice Bakery – 8 products certified, including Broccoli and Cheddar Crust and GF Plain vegan crust
• WATCHAREE’S – 3 products certified, including Thai Coconut Curry Sauce and Thai Peanut Sauce
• Wedoketo – 3 products certified, including keto everything crackers and keto herbs crackers
• WHAT THE FLOUR – 6 products certified, including Gluten free chocolate chip cookie mix and Gluten Free Oat Muffin
• Yolele Fonio Chips – 8 products certified, including Afro Funk Fonio Chips and Sea Salt Fonio Chips
• Zeia Foods, LLC – 4 products certified, including 10-Inch Seasoned, Par Baked Pizza Crust and 12-Inch Seasoned Crust, Par Baked Pizza Crust

About the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG)

The Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association funded by private donations, sponsorship opportunities and food safety programs. It relies on tax-deductible contributions to support its many innovative industry, service, social and awareness programs. GIG has been a highly respected leader in the gluten-free community since it was founded in 1974. In addition to more than 80 local support groups across the United States, GIG has increased its presence internationally to 47 countries. GIG empowers the gluten-free community through consumer support, advocacy and education. The Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO), a program of GIG, is a leader in the verification of quality, integrity and purity of gluten-free products. The Gluten-Free Food Service (GFFS) program is a proven model of established best practices for foodservice facilities offering gluten-free options. GIG is committed to ongoing food safety research to assure customers and consumers the highest level of excellence in its gluten-free programs and services. For information, visit www.gluten.org.

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