Ep 34 Gluten Free Apps as Tools
Let’s start the blog with the Show Notes for this episode:
This episode is a more like a tech review. I look at three different apps that can be used to make our gluten free lives easier. I review “Find Me Gluten Free” that allows you to find restaurants that have gluten free options on their menus. You can also read reviews from other app users have been to each restaurant. The second app I looked at was “Gluten Free Food Finder”. This app lets you use your phone camera to scan the bar codes on different food items to see if they are gluten free or not. It takes a bit of practice to use the app, but I found it very quick and helpful. The information regarding the products is input by other app users, so when I found a product not in the database, I added it. It was simple.
The third app looked at the restaurants at Disney parks and properties. This is a very useful tool for planning any trip to Disney, especially if you have a child eating gluten free. There are lots of reviews as they relate to the presented menus and many tips from past guests. The difference with this app is that only the gluten free options are presented, you don’t have to sift through the entire menu. My daughter used this app and said – “An amazing app for a trip to Disney, so you can plan ahead and enjoy your day just as much as anyone else. Easy to use, and constantly being updated.”
You can use Find Me Gluten Free on a PC or tablet at –
Find Gluten Free Restaurants | Find Me Gluten Free
Find Me Gluten Free helps you find gluten free restaurants near you. Best rated gluten free app for iPhone and Android!
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My Thoughts –
Being gluten free, we often don’t feel part of mainstream society and specifically mainstream food culture. I can see that using helpful apps, like the ones I talk about in this episode is one way to streamline some of the cultural issues around food, both eating out and purchasing.
It will take time for us, as a group to see the full potential of this new technology. The Find Me Gluten Free app is still mostly used when travelling, but there is no reason it can’t help you decide where to dine closer to home. The shopping app should be able to expand the variety of ingredients you place in your shopping cart, and thereby expanding your meal choices.
We have the technology, what’s left is how we use the technology and incorporate it into our everyday lives. This is our challenge. I’m going to take that challenge and let the apps guide some of my choices over the next few months. I’ll let you know if the apps have actually changed anything in my day to day life or on trips. Someone one said “we live in exciting times” – I think they are correct.