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Gluten-free is a hot product category. It seems everyone in the food industry wants to be involved in this trend, and the gluten-free label claim does attract a segment of the population that is highly sensitive to the ingestion of traces of gluten. Consumers with celiac disease must completely avoid gluten.

Today’s most-successful gluten-free products are competing in taste and texture with their gluten-containing counterparts—but manufacturers still face challenges.

According to the January 2015 “Gluten-Free Foods in the U.S., 5th Edition” report from Packaged Facts, Rockville, MD, from 2009–2014, sales of gluten-free products in grain-based categories posted a 34 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

Snyder’s of Hanover will donate a portion of its Gluten-Free Pretzels sales to the Celiac Disease Foundation.

Any food product bearing a gluten-free claim labeled on or after Aug. 5 must meet the requirements of a rule issued in August 2013 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.