The global gluten-free products market soared to nearly $15 billion in 2016, and is still growing. In 2013, the FDA issued a set of rules that defined a “gluten-free” food. The gluten-free diet is now so popular, said pediatric gastroenterologist Alessio Fasano of Massachusetts General Hospital, “that it presents a unique business opportunity. “The gluten-free diet is not the panacea we once thought,” he said. “A gluten-free diet is for celiacs what insulin is for diabetics.

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 09:45 UTC