Offer a gluten-free version of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers

The Issue

An estimated third of the United States population avoid gluten from their diets. Countless children have to cut out gluten from their diets due to a Celiac diagnosis or an allergy or sensitivity to gluten. Other children no longer eat gluten in order to protect family members who live with one of these conditions. There are a plethora of support groups available for parents whose children are struggling to adjust to this challenging and often frustrating diet change. What question is asked repeatedly? What gluten-free alternative is there to Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers? The answer... There is NO GOOD gluten-free alternative! Kids and adults alike have to mourn the loss of Goldfish crackers because no cheddar cracker on the market comes anywhere close to comparing or fulfills the craving that countless gluten-free kids have. Step into millions of preschool classrooms, church Sunday school classrooms, summer camps, etc around the country and you'll find that so many of them offer Goldfish as their go-to snack. The many children whose diets are restricted by gluten allergies, sensitivities, or Celiac disease can't partake. It's practically torture! There are so many families who would be thrilled if Pepperidge Farms offered a gluten-free certified version of their beloved Goldfish Crackers. Please consider how many overjoyed children there would be if they could safely eat their once favorite snack again!

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The Issue

An estimated third of the United States population avoid gluten from their diets. Countless children have to cut out gluten from their diets due to a Celiac diagnosis or an allergy or sensitivity to gluten. Other children no longer eat gluten in order to protect family members who live with one of these conditions. There are a plethora of support groups available for parents whose children are struggling to adjust to this challenging and often frustrating diet change. What question is asked repeatedly? What gluten-free alternative is there to Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers? The answer... There is NO GOOD gluten-free alternative! Kids and adults alike have to mourn the loss of Goldfish crackers because no cheddar cracker on the market comes anywhere close to comparing or fulfills the craving that countless gluten-free kids have. Step into millions of preschool classrooms, church Sunday school classrooms, summer camps, etc around the country and you'll find that so many of them offer Goldfish as their go-to snack. The many children whose diets are restricted by gluten allergies, sensitivities, or Celiac disease can't partake. It's practically torture! There are so many families who would be thrilled if Pepperidge Farms offered a gluten-free certified version of their beloved Goldfish Crackers. Please consider how many overjoyed children there would be if they could safely eat their once favorite snack again!

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