Monday 2 June 2014

Udi-licious (well some of it)

Hey everyone

So the nice people at Udis (well they seem lovely) sent me some of their Gluten Free products to review

I have spent the last few weeks sampling and seeing what I think and now here we are

I'm still learning as a Gluten Free eater (and mine is for medical reasons rather than an Islington style diet fad) so the more to try the better to know which GF bread is good and which remains like tasting dry cardboard - you can find out more about what Coeliac disease is here

The package from Udis contained a little bit of everything (muffins, crisps, bagels, snacks and granola)

It is worth saying though that on all my supermarket trips the only Udis product I've actually been able to find in store have been the bagels and that was in a huge Tescos...most of the smaller stores don't stock them or any of the other products I was sent so it may be you need to online shop to get them or risk being disappointed if you rock up hoping for Gluten Free goodness...

So here's what I got and what I thought (drumroll please)



Cinnamon and Raisin Bagels
By far the best GF product in terms of closeness to bread that I have tasted - lovely with butter and strawberry jam - and equally as good with some pate on top - will deffo be going to buy some more and keep in the freezer - at £2.30 for 4 it's also quite good value considering the cost of GF bread products

Mixed Muffins
Again a really nice soft and moist muffin so the texture worked - one choc chip and one toffee muffin were both eaten fairly quickly - would recommend for those of you who are craving the sweeter stuff! At £1.90 a pop it's quite good value as well but I've yet to find them 'in-store'


Strawberry Breakfast Bars
These were really nice and tasted identical to the Nutrigrain bars that are around (but obviously are gluten free) - these seem to be one of the few products that Sainsburys sell and at £3 for the pack they are the quick breakfast alternative

Bagel Chips - Sugar & Cinnamon
My first thought when I saw these were - wow how American then I tasted them, then I ate some more, then I nearly finished them all off in one go...they're good but more for the flavours attached to them as the were quite hard but hey I ate and ate them so they must be doing the job - the only issue, not currently available in any supermarket according to their websites


Ancient Grain Crisps (Cheese & Jalapeno)
So the name of Ancient Grain didn't fill me with the urge to get straight into them but once you eat the crisps you find they are functional - the reason I say that is there's nothing wrong with them, if they were in the house you would eat them but for the same price as say some of the Kettle Chips packs (which also are GF) you would go for the other brand

I still have some granolas to sample

Overall for taste (and sugar rush) Udis gets a thumbs up, especially the Bagels & Muffins 
For ease of availability not such a big thumbs up as I'm not sure I would go so far out of my way to get them

Having looked at the rest of the UK range available I'd hope to try the rolls and bread (I'm still yet to find a really nice GF bread that isn't homemade) & the Peanut Butter Cookies

As with any American company (where the GF scene is much larger) there's some awesome products stateside that I would hope to become available here in the UK - from Tortilla wraps to Pepperoni Pizza to Snickerdoodle (!!) Cookies

Anyway thanks for reading and hope you too enjoy the products available

Any hints and tips then let me know

Until next time...

Richard