Recommendation for gluten free products that actually taste nice (if such a thing exists?)

[Bluespecs]

I will first state that I don't have coeliac disease so don't need to go completely gluten free.

But I have suffered with gut issues for 30 years and have spent many years experimenting with my diet, I know my trigger foods and avoid them. I also follow the low fodmap diet. My main triggers are diary foods, garlic, onions, eggs (so sad about this one), fatty foods and several fruits and veg.

One food that I really struggle to give up but know it upsets me is bread. I know it's most likely not the gluten but the fructans. I have tried many different sourdough breads but they upset me a lot too.

Over the last month I have given up eating bread, crackers and anything with gluten/fructans in them. I have started to feel a bit better so I do need to continue to see how I feel over the next few months.

I really don't enjoy food if I am honest and I like what I like. (which isn't a lot tbh). I have tried endless alternatives to things but none of them taste nice imo.

Breakfast is my biggest stumbling block. I don't have a sweet tooth at all and just can not face cereals or diary-free yogurt/fruit. I adore toast, toast for breakfast with avocado and peanut butter or occasionally a bacon sarnie is my go-to but I just can not find a gf bread that I enjoy. They either have a funky after-taste or a weird texture which turns my stomach. I have tried all the supermarket own brands, M&S and Waitrose, Schar, Warburtons etc. Many have egg as an ingredient in them which I can not tolerate and/or high fodmap ingredients. I even tried making my own (disaster and a waste of expensive ingredients). I do make a gf flatbread which is ok but not great if I am honest.

I long to find a decent and enjoyable gf bread but I feel that I am on a wild goose chase looking for something which is never going to tick all the boxes (or indeed taste nice).

I can do ok at lunch with salads and oat crackers and dinner is usually a naturally gf affair but I really struggle at breakfast.

I miss proper toast so much.

I like the scholar (?) frozen rolls.

I also eat their crisp breads. Re crackers I found some god ones in Tesco that were like cream crackers but did t find again.

this is a recipe I have been meaning to try for ages - could it work for you?

Sorry, just saw it uses eggs. Apologies.

You could try it with chickpea water instead?

Nairn do a good gluten free cracker. The promise bagels aren’t bad.

I have their ciabatta rolls in the freezer, they are ok but I find they leave a weird film on my tongue (probably me though, I am weird with food)

Have you making soda bread? It's only good when really fresh but it's the best homemade bread I've come across. Or use the Greek yoghurt and flour dough to make flatbreads/naans.

Looks delicious and the kind of thing my dh lives on but sadly for me it would be too much fibre, I have IBS-D so have to avoid seeds and nuts.

I have the Nairns oat crackers which are nice, I usually have those for lunch. I will look for the Promise bagels, thanks.

Sainsburys have recently expanded their gf bread range a lot if you are near a big one.

I make flatbreads with gf flour and diary free yogurt which is nice. I used to make soda bread but I can never get a gf version to taste as nice.

I'm not sadly but a smaller one is about to open next month in the next town so I could see if they have anything nice.

Do you have the Becky Excell recipie book? It’s very useful.

Promise bread isn’t bad and the one I’d buy if I was craving toast! None of it’s brilliant.

I make my own using Becky Excell’s white sandwich loaf (I think it has egg white in it though, might be worth leaving it out or using chick pea water and seeing what happens!)

One of her tips is to use GF bread flour as it has a more neutral taste than GF plain/SR flour. I use Dove’s Farm.

The best GF bread imo is Warburtons Bloomer / Tiger loaves.

Honestly, gf bread is all disappointing and mostly full of shite.

But for a breakfast, treaty, toast replacement, what about a potato waffle or 3? They're not all gf but many are. Often only 2 ingredients, but maybe too oily for you?

I also found it very hard to find a gluten free bread I like, but the Genius tiger loaf is good. It's nicest toasted, but fine as it is. Not sure if it contains egg/fructans though.

My DD had to eat GF for a while. She preferred

Warburton's tiger bread
Schlar frozen rolls
Waitrose white rolls
Be Good pittas
M&S crackers
Nairns cheese oatcakes

I do, she's local to me and I have followed her for years. I have just made one of her waffle recipes, it was ok but lacked something. I suppose that I have just got to get used to a different texture and flavour.

I'm gluten/wheat free (anaphylaxis) and dislike most of the usually recommended GF breads...

A couple of options with minimal crap in are these bagels and loaf, both available from Ocado.

Ah, thanks. I have been using the Dove's plain and SR. I'll get the bread version this weekend and have a little play around with some recipes.

I do eat a lot of potato based recipes as a replacement including waffles but I have to be careful as many have onions in them. But you have given me an idea to have a go at making my own, batch cook them and freeze them for the air fryer.

Someone recommended this bakery on MN a while ago. They recommended the bagels which I hate but I really like several of their breads. I just got this one which is pretty good. Very expensive though https://www.mygfbakery.com/collections/loaves-baguettes/products/sourdough-sandwich-loaf

I like the look of those bagels and all ingredients which I think I should be ok with, thanks.

Warburtons tiger loaf is pretty good, also promise is a fave here too. 3 coeliacs in our house so have tried most breads, that would be my advice, try things and see if you like them, we all love corn thins by Sainsburys- like a rice cake but GF, great with peanut butter in for a quick brekkie