Gluten intolerance – this diagnosis is initially a shock for anyone who receives it. What can I still eat? Do I have to give up my favorite food now? In this blog post, we will explain to you what gluten intolerance actually means and give you tips on how you can make your breakfast gluten-free and healthy from now on. Because one thing is for sure: if you suffer from coeliac disease, you don't have to go without a delicious Verival breakfast.
Discover gluten-free breakfast from Verival
First of all, we would like to explain what gluten intolerance, also known as coeliac disease, actually is. Coeliac disease is the intolerance that occurs second most frequently in humans after lactose intolerance.
Gluten is a gluten protein that cannot be properly absorbed and broken down by the body. Celiac disease is a mixture of an allergy or intolerance and an autoimmune disease. It is an immune reaction of the intestine that subsequently leads to chronic inflammation.
Tip 1 – Look for the gluten-free symbol
All gluten-free products are marked with the gluten-free seal.
To receive the seal, gluten-free products must have a gluten content below 20ppm. This means that slight cross-contamination with gluten-containing grains is permitted. Before we produce a gluten-free product, an extensive gluten cleaning must be carried out to ensure that the limit of 20ppm is adhered to.
After production, a sample is always taken and tested for gluten. Only if the product is below the gluten limit of 20ppm can it carry the “gluten-free” seal and be sold.
Find out more about the steps we take to ensure that our gluten-free products receive the gluten-free seal.
Tip 2 – Try our gluten-free porridges
If you have celiac disease, you don't have to go without a delicious and healthy breakfast, because a large number of our breakfast products are gluten-free. We recommend our popular Strawberry Chia Porridge, the delicious Blueberry Apple Porridge, the tasty Bircher Porridge and our Coconut Apricot Porridge. These four porridges are not only gluten-free, but also contain no added sugar. And a warm breakfast has many advantages. Because the porridge has already reached body temperature through cooking, the body no longer has to warm up the food itself. This means that the body also uses less energy. So nothing stands in the way of a healthy breakfast, even with coeliac disease!
Tip 3 – Nuts as gluten-free toppings
You don't have to go without toppings for your Verival porridge if you suffer from coeliac disease.
We generally recommend topping your porridge with nuts. This is because nuts contain lots of vitamins, minerals and, above all, healthy fats. You can top your breakfast with walnuts, for example, which are an especially good source of unsaturated fatty acids. You can also improve your muesli with cashews. Cashews contain an important building block of the messenger substance serotonin, which means they can even make you happy. Almonds, for example, are considered to be true slimming aids and give your breakfast a delicious and healthy crunch.
Tip 4 – Find gluten-free products in the Verival shop
You can use our filter function to easily and quickly filter out the gluten-free products from our extensive breakfast range in the online shop. To do this, simply tick the “Gluten-free” box within the allergen filter and click through. You will find that not only our four porridges without added sugar, which are listed above, are gluten-free, but also some of our other porridges and mueslis.
Find gluten-free Verival products
Tip 5 – Sweeten your gluten-free breakfast
If you want your breakfast to be a little sweeter, you can sweeten it with a clear conscience. Not with sugar, but with our Verival agave syrup. This is not only the perfect sugar substitute but also gluten-free.
Agave syrup is similar to honey. Although the color and consistency are almost the same, the sugar alternative is slightly more liquid and therefore better suited for cooking. Agave syrup is also suitable for vegans and contains valuable plant substances, vitamins and minerals. It is also sweeter than honey – but the calorie count is almost the same.
So if you suffer from gluten intolerance, you definitely don't have to go without a delicious breakfast. If you just follow our five tips, it's a breeze.
And of course, our gluten-free products not only taste good and are healthy if you can't tolerate gluten 😉 We recommend them to anyone who wants to do something good for themselves and their body first thing in the morning!
