Gluten, wheat and dairy free products

HONEYBUNS
Naish Farm, Stony Lane, Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5LJ
The bakery - 01963 23597; Accounts number - 01963 23706; Fax us on - 01963 23479; Email us on - thebee@honeybuns.co.uk

Our customers comment on how delicious our cakes are compared to "normal" flour based versions. Our recipes are naturally free of gluten because we use polenta and ground nuts rather than wheat flour. We had not set out deliberately to produce gluten free foods suitable for coeliacs. It was when coeliac customers started to ask us whether we would use certified gluten free ingredients we began to develop truly safe recipes for them to enjoy with the rest of the family. The main issue for us to address from a production point of view was the elimination of cross contamination. We don't have any wheat flour on the premisies which is a great start. We also test incoming ingredients for contamination & our finished products are routinely sent to an UKAS accredited lab for testing.

Customers tell us what they love about our cakes is that they are enjoyed by the whole family/group of friends irrespective of whether everybody has an allergy or not.

"Hi,Just picked up one of your dairy free Moosh Bars in our staff coffee shop, and very nice it was too.
Do you have a list of other dairy free cakes you sell and where I could buy them?
Thanks, Gareth"

The 4 dairy free (and gluten free) cakes we currently make are:
Scrumdiddleyumptious Cookies
Amondi Cookies
Mooosh Bar
Iced Spicy Carrot Cake

Whilst a lot of us here at Honeybuns are dyed in the wool butter freaks, we have taken to these butter free products surprisingly quickly. Our use of ground almonds and olive oil in the absence of butter means there is still a richness to the mixes. With many commercially made dairy free options, we find they taste a bit "thin". They tend to lack substance and that all important sense of naughtiness.

We are also working on our brand new savoury BumbleOs which will be launched in Jan-Feb 2007.
One will be gluten free and will contain butter and the second will be gluten and dairy free. They will both be made slowly and properly (just like our cakes) and are intended for those who like tasty things and need something nice to eat whilst on the hop.