Product Review- Namaste Foods Gluten Free - No Sugar Added Muffin Mix

Namaste Foods Sugar-Free Muffin Mix prepared with water, oil and eggs makes a very bland tasting gluten free muffin. My gluten free taste testers gave the muffins a big thumbs down for both taste and texture. I added additional vanilla and blueberries to the recipe and the muffins still tasted bland with a hint of grittiness. Maybe the taste of these bland muffins would be improved by following label suggestions to substitute fruit juice for water in the recipe.

However, if you have multiple food sensitivites, this mix is not only gluten free and sugar free, it's also dairy, corn, soy, nut and potato free.

Namaste Foods Sugar Free Muffin Mix is made with sweet brown rice flour, brown rice flour, tapioca flour, arrowroot flour, rice milk powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum and ground vanilla bean.

Rice flours just doesn't have much flavor, they tend to make foods taste gritty and they aren't a particularly good source of nutrients. They are high in carbohyrates and as you can see from the nutritional profile for this product, eating just one muffin made from this mix, without substituting fruit juice for water, adds 20 grams of carbohyrates and 8 grams of fat to your daily intake.

I do credit Namaste Foods for making a no-sugar mix for people with multiple food sensitivities but think that a home cook could make a better product from scratch without much more effort or expense than using this product. All things considered, even though this mix is allergen and sugar free, it isn't very nutritious and the bland flavor and grittiness make me wonder why anyone would try this product twice.