If you miss Froot Loops now that you're gluten free, try this recipe for gluten free fruit loops cereal. It's a labor of love, but it's surprisingly fun!
Are froot loops gluten free?
No! Fruit Loops are not gluten free. The third item on the list of ingredients that are in Kellogg's Froot Loops is wheat flour, which is one of the main gluten-containing grains.
Why make your own gluten free fruit loops?
Since Fruit Loops cereal is not gluten free and cannot be eaten if you are on a gluten free diet, the only way to enjoy this delicious fruity cereal is to make it yourself at home.
If anything is clear from this experiment, it's that I need a hobby. Normal people, even people who miss their favorite cereals that aren't gluten free, don't spend all this time making gluten free fruit loops cereal.
I never said I was normal.
Freeze-dried fruit is the star in this one. Lisa has links to reliably gluten-free freeze-dried fruit and other ingredients
Blend it 'till it looks like this.
Add it together with a bunch of stuff. I really can't answer substitution questions, I'm afraid. I made 6 different formulations of the recipe before I came up with this one, and I'm sticking with it. Feel free to experiment, though!
Here's what the dough looks like when it's strawberry.
So I added a couple tablespoons of confectioner's sugar to help dry it out a bit.
Then I used a large plain pastry tip to cut out rounds.
Then pressed them through to release them.
A #2 pastry tip was the right size for the hole in the center. I also used a toothpick sometimes, since these guys are pretty small.
The flavor possibilities are endless. I made blueberry, banana and strawberry. My favorite was the blueberry. The moisture balance in the dough was perfect, and the taste was subtle and sweet.
Preheat your oven to 325°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
In a large bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, cornstarch, buttermilk blend, ground fruit, salt, baking powder, baking soda, lemon powder, granulated sugar and confectioner’s sugar, and whisk to combine well. Add the melted vegetable shortening (no need to let it cool after melting in the microwave) and cream or milk, and mix to combine. The dough should come together.
Once it begins to come together, knead it with your hands until it forms a smooth but stiff dough. Some flavors will be drier than others. Blueberry is quite dry, but banana is rather wet. If the dough seems like it’s too soft dust with confectioner’s sugar by the tablespoon and knead it in to absorb some moisture.
Place the dough between two pieces of unbleached parchment paper, and roll until the dough is no less than 1/4 inch thick. With the small end of a large, plain piping tip, cut rounds out of the dough.
Press the round out of the tip through the top onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough, and place the rounds of dough less than an inch apart on the baking sheet (they won’t spread during baking). Gather scraps and reroll as necessary.
With either a toothpick or a plain #2 piping tip, press a small hole in the center of each round of dough. If using a toothpick, move it in a tight circular motion to widen the hole or it will seal up during baking.
Place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven, and bake for 4 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly. If any of the centers have closed during baking, gently prod them back open with a toothpick.
Turn the oven temperature down to 250 degrees F, and place the baking sheet back in the center of the oven to dry out (and become crisp) for about 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on the baking sheet. The loops will crisp further as they cool.
No!Fruit Loops are not gluten free. The third item on the list of ingredients that are in Kellogg's Froot Loops is wheat flour, which is one of the main gluten-containing grains.
The marshmallow shapes included pink and green cherries, purple blueberries, yellow and green lemon-limes, orange oranges and what appeared to be aqua and pink pineapples.
A: Many box cereals are now available in gluten-free varieties. Some popular gluten-free options include Rice Chex, Honey Nut Cheerios, Fruity Pebbles, and Cocoa Pebbles. These cereals have alternative grains or ingredients that do not contain gluten.
Cheerios have always been made of oats, which are naturally gluten free. However, conventional farming practices as well as common grain handling procedures allow chances for gluten containing grains (like wheat, barley, and rye) to co-mingle with our gluten free oats.
“Froot Loops is an excellent source of many essential vitamins and minerals and it is also a good source of fiber with only 12 grams of sugar,” said Celeste A.
Kellogg's Froot Loops are 41 percent sugar by weight, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. Women should limit their sugar intake to 6 tsp., or 24 g, per day and men should limit it to 9 tsp, or 36 g, per day. One serving of Froot Loops has 3 tsp., or 12 g, of sugar.
The answer is very simple, you can't trademark protect a brand name that's made of common words, so companies purposely spell their brand names “wrong” so that it's unique enough to win trademark protection. “Froot Loops” is distinct, “fruit loops” isn't. The same goes for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, for one easy example.
It was claimed the word "fruit" in the cereal name implied it was a fruit-based snack, and that it was misleading. In the end, a settlement out of court was supposedly arranged and the cereal name was changed and re-released as Froot Loops.
What's not to love about the unique fruit flavors of orange, lemon and lime and the sweet crispy crunch of wheat, oats and corn. Kellogg's Unicorn Froot Loops are naturally tasty with no artificial colors or flavors.
I remember it being called 'Fruit Loops',' one misbeliever wrote on Reddit. 'Hang on, when did Fruit Loops change its name?!' Said another. But bizarrely there was never a name change, nor was there a lawsuit.
Kellogg's introduced Froot Loops in 1963. Originally, there were only red, orange and yellow loops; green, blue and purple loops were added during the 1990s, with blue being introduced last in 1996. The loops all share the same fruit-blend flavor.
But that's not all – our gluten-free cereals also offer a nutritional boost, providing essential vitamins like B1, B2, B3, and folic acid, along with valuable minerals such as iron and zinc.
You may think that classic Kellogg's Brand Rice Krispies are gluten-free because rice is a naturally gluten-free grain, but they are made with malt flavoring. The malt is derived from barley which is a gluten-containing grain. Therefore, they are definitely NOT gluten-free!
So, Trix is naturally gluten-free, and doesn't include "wheat" as an allergen warning, so it may be suitable for some children (or adults) with celiac disease.
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