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Allergies to gluten may put your off flour, but no don't let allergies stop you, there are a variety of alternative flours out there to help you stay gluten free, and still indulge your taste buds.

Not sure where to start with gluten free products? Well ready on, you will be a pro on gluten free products by the time you finish this article.

Made from Cassava Root, this is a light, white and smooth flour, it makes good baked goods and has a chewy taste. It is best utilized in baking where a chewy taste is desirable. Try it in bread recipes such as white or French bread. Tapioca combines with other flours like cornstarch and soy flour, and it available from Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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Soy has a distinctive nutty flavor, which is high in protein and fat, it pays to use this flour in combination with other flours, its great for brownies and fruit or nut based baking, you can find it at Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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This is a perfect thickening agent, especially in soups and sauces. You mix a little in water, and use potatoes starch flour as a substitutes for normal flour in a recipe, but be sure to cut the amount in half. Buy In Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets

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Frequently used a a thickening agent for sauces, Asian cooking and puddings, this refined starch comes from corn. It can be used in combination with other flours for making, and can be purchased in Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.
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Corn Flour

 Milled from corn, this flour can be blended with cornmeal to make corn bread or muffins, it makes superb pancakes and waffles, and can be found in Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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Cornmeal

 In yellow or white meal, this ground corn is often combines with other flours for baking, it gives a strong corn flavor, which is highly suited to waffles, pancakes and even white cakes. Buy it in Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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White Flour

White Rice Flour is amazing for gluten free baking, it makes great chocolate pudding, milled from polished white rice, it is bland in flour, which is great for baking. It blends well with other flours, and is available from Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets. You can also find it at Asian markets with different textures, I find the best is the Fine textured flour.

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Brown Rice Flour

 This flour contains bran , so can be used in bread, muffins and cookies. It is made from unpolished rice, and has better nutritional value. You can purchase it in most Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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Kamut And Spelt Flours

These are not suitable for gluten free diets.

Substituting Gluten

Xanthum Gum

 What is it your ask, well its a little technical, whipped up in a lab it is the dried cell coat of a microorganism called Zanthomonas campestris. It works well to substitute gluten, in yeasty breads and baking, and can be purchased at from Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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Guar Gum 

Made from the Powdered seed of Cyamopsis tetragonolobus. This makes an excellent gluten substitute, and is available at Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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Pre-Gel Starch

This is another gluten substitute, helps stop baking becoming to crumbly, and can be purchased at Gluten Free Stores and Gluten Free Supermarkets.

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You can either buy your own flours, and mix them, or simply purchase gluten free baking mixture from the supermarket, this takes the guess work out of cooking, and you can subsitute alternative flour cup for cup with wheat flour.