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Grain-Free Plant Pastas

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Better Than Noodles are Ideal for Gluten-Free Diets

— July 21, 2015 — Lifestyle
While gluten-free diets can be hard to maintain, enjoying grain-free products like the Better Than Noodles rice and pastas are a great alternative. These products are designed to taste just as delicious as its grain-filled counterparts, but without the harmful digestive aftereffects.

The Better Than Noodles brand revolves around offering consumers high quality pasta substitutes with similar taste and texture. Each product by the brand is organic and made with flour from konnyaku plants from Japan rather than traditional grain. The rice, noodles and pasta are all gluten-free, fat-free, vegan certified and only nine calories per serving. Unlike traditional pastas, Better Than Noodles products surprisingly have no sugar content making these alternatives much healthier for the body. The brand currently offers everything from noodles and rice to flavored instant noodle dishes.
Trend Themes
1. Gluten-free Diets - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new and innovative gluten-free products to cater to the growing demand.
2. Grain-free Products - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create grain-free alternatives that offer similar taste and texture to traditional grain-filled products.
3. Healthy Pasta Substitutes - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Invent low-calorie, sugar-free pasta substitutes that are both tasty and beneficial for the body.
Industry Implications
1. Food and Beverage - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Revolutionize the food and beverage industry by offering a wide range of gluten-free products.
2. Health and Wellness - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Capitalize on the health and wellness industry by creating grain-free alternatives that promote a healthy lifestyle.
3. Organic Food - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Tap into the organic food market by producing organic, grain-free pasta substitutes that appeal to health-conscious consumers.
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