GFAF Expo Chicago 2019: “Nourished Festival”
This year, the GFAF Expo held on June 1-2 in Schaumburg, IL {~40 minutes outside of the city; also in cities across the country} has rebranded as the Nourished Festival.
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All exhibiting brands must meet the FDA certifications for GF labeling. Same standards as the GFAF Expos 🙂
– Laura Gruninger, Director of Public Relations, Nourished Group, February 2019
We are now just organizing the brands better into respective zones: general GF, GF & nut-free, GF and Keto/Paleo, GF and Plant-Based.
As always, I’ll be attending the festival as part of the media team {I do not have to pay an entrance fee as a result} and I will be going through the show this year with an especially fine-toothed comb to ensure the integrity of the expo is still in tact for the celiac and food allergy community!
Many of you already know that I have extensive additional allergies and intolerances, as well as type 1 diabetes, alongside living with celiac. This means that I am a very specific consumer– and I’m also quite particular with the ingredients I’ll put into my body. So, while I’m eager to check out a lot of the paleo/keto options for lower carb things as a T1D in the celiac community, I will not eat any funky fake proteins, weird gums, or fake sugars {hello, stomach aches!}
At this year’s Nourished Festival, I will focus on any new options that are GF and egg free, as well as products for the low carb community living with celiac that
If you want to see some recaps of other GFAF expos {now Nourished Festival} I attended over the years, take a look here and here!
And come meet me on the festival floor on
Take it easy, but take it — and see you on June 1!
Brianna
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