Hi Arja,
Thanks for your comment about gluten free beer.
It’s great to know that Finland is easy for celiacs and those avoiding wheat. Sounds like a great vacation destination!
]]>We bought a test kit to give ideas if my husband has a celiac disease, The test was boaught in a pharmacy in Finland and performed by our friend who is a gastro-enterologist.The test came back as negative, My husband has been suffering from changes in his bowel habits for a good part of two years now, so we started a wheat free diet. Witt this the symptoms stay at bay nicely. We had our winter holiday in Finland recently and wanted to have some gluten free beer…my hubby tolerates Guinness or Murphy’s occasionally. We found a beer in Alko called LAITILAN KUKKO, which means THE COCKEREL OF LAITILA when translated. This was great and caused no problems whatsoever, the price was around 1.60 euro per 330 ml can, so not too bad really considering the price of gluten free products.If anyone is interested in trying this beer, post a comment in here and I’ll see if I could find someone to export it….The article above states Laitila’s beer as low, 4ppm so as it’s under 20ppm it is classed gluten free.
Even though my hubby may not have celiac, we use plenty of gluten free products as it makes life easier.
Finland, I must say, is a haven for celiacs as you find so many different breads and flours there clearly labelled…we live in Greece and reading the Greek ingredients’ bit in packages takes a bit of time.
Hope this comment was beneficial to someone!