EC Nutrition

Celiac disease is a genetically-determined chronic inflammatory intestinal disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people where the intake of gluten in diet leads to damage the lining of the small intestine. It is induced by a protein known as “gluten” present in cereals such as wheat, barley, rye etc. It disturbs nearly one per cent of people in the world and strict gluten-free diet for the whole life is the only available treatment. Gluten-free food products existing in the market today are more expensive than gluten-containing food products. Also, these are known to have lower nutritional value than the required needs of celiac patients and there is an urgent need to develop cheap, nutritionally rich gluten free food products for promotion of healthy life in people suffering from celiac disease [1].