A LITTLE ABOUT OUR
ingredients
A note about our ingredients:
Although we try, we are not able to accommodate every allergy. Ultimately, it is the consumer’s responsibility to check all ingredients to ensure a safe indulgence. Bottom line, whether you are diabetic, gluten intolerant, dairy free or simply want healthier alternatives to traditional baked goods, Happy Bellies® Bake Shop offers our customers a more nutritious way to indulge!
A few fun facts:
- all chocolate chips are vegan and soy free
- all fruit sauces are house made with real fruit and a touch of non-gmo corn starch
- all caramel is made in house using local honey
- all colors are always chemical free using natural colorants
- all oils and extracts are pure, highly concentrated and do not contain any artificial preservatives or ingredients
- our salt is untreated purified sea salt
- coffee is locally roasted and organic
Variations of our products will include added ingredients (to the base dough) such as: pumpkin, lemon poppyseed (lemon essential oil), almond extract, vanilla bean paste, vegan chocolate chips, dried cherries, blueberries or other fresh fruit, chopped organic carrots, vegan white chocolate chips…flavors are essential oils and high quality flavors (highly concentrated and do not contain any colorants, artificial preservatives, proteins, carbohydrates, sugar, lactose, calories and are wheat, corn and gluten free)
A GMO is a genetically modified organism (also called “genetically engineered”): a plant, animal, or microorganism that is created by means that overcome natural boundaries. Genetic engineering involves crossing species that could not breed in nature. Enough said; we do not use them!!!
We typically blend flours for the best textures and flavors, using a wide variety of flours, from almond to rice to sorghum, and quinoa to garbanzo bean (and many in between). Obviously, we love to use the most nutritional flour, but some recipes are good with a plain ol’ rice flour blend.
Dye-Free, Natural Food Coloring
Give me a high five for ALL NATURAL food coloring!!! All our sprinkles and coloring are made from colorants derived only from edible plants – we will never ever sell anything with artificial food coloring.
All Natural, Soy Free Sprinkles
Yay, all our sprinkles are soy free! Actually, the only items that contain soy are the vegan marshmallows we use in our krispie bar. If you have an allergy to soy (or any other ingredient), contact us to see if we can eliminate something for you!
Another thing we love is ORGANIC. Organic ingredients are the highest in quality and we use as many as we can. We take price and season into consideration when deciding on organic ingredients.
We only use ORGANIC cage free eggs!
Our favorite sweeteners are raw honey, local maple syrup, organic coconut sugar, organic agave and raw sugar. We use organic evaporated cane juice for our sugar based recipes – it is not as processed as refined sugar is, therefore more nutrients are retained. (yes friends, there is powdered sugar in the frosting, there’s just no way of getting around it!)
We happily use organic coconut oil – it’s one of our favorite things around here! When you’re dairy free, coconut oil can be your best friend. Also, you’ll find grapeseed oil in our cupcakes – no gross vegetable or canola oil!
Because of the amazing health benefits, we do use nuts in our facility!! (plus, our grain free line is made with mainly almond flour) We take necessary precautions to prevent any cross contamination because we understand the severity of these allergies. Please let us know when you order if you have a nut allergy. We can eliminate nuts, unless of course, the treat is made with almond flour. Some of our suppliers are not 100% nut free.
no artifical flavors
We only use pure, food grade oils, essential oils, and spices to add additional flavoring to our goodies. All oils and extracts are pure, highly concentrated and do not contain any artificial preservatives or ingredients.
detailed Allergy information
We at Happy Bellies understand the complex challenges and safety concerns that go hand in hand with food allergies and sensitivities. Although we can’t met every single individual need, we aim to be as thorough and transparent as possible to make your shopping (and eating) experience with us as happy as possible. Please see our detailed ingredient and allergy information below, and of course if you have further questions please feel free to contact us. And remember, we are a 100% Gluten-Free Facility!
