Enjoy Life Foods - Gingerbread Spice Cookies - 6 oz. (170 g)

Enjoy Life Foods Gingerbread Spice Cookies are soft, chewy and totally yummy, it's hard to believe Enjoy Life's cookies are gluten-free and allergy-friendly. Made with natural ingredients, unrefined sweeteners, no trans fats and nothing artificial, they're a real hit among kids big and small. Gently spicy, soft baked gingerbread goodies sweetened with fruit juice and brown sugar. Perfect with warm apple cider or a cup of tea.

Have you ever heard a belly laugh? At Enjoy Life, their whole business is making smile-good foods that keep your insides happy too. Gluten-free and made without any of the eight t most common allergens, their cookies are tempt-sational. Try all of Enjoy Life's yummy foods. Because now you can eat freely and smile inside out!

Enjoy Life cookies are gluten-free and free of the eight most common allergens. Ingredients have been additionally tested to ensure strict allergen control standards are met.

Enjoy Life Foods - Proud to be Gluten-Free!
Great news! All Enjoy Life foods are specially made to be gluten-free so they are perfect for people with Celiac Disease or gluten intolerances. They’re made in a dedicated gluten-free bakery and certified gluten-free by the Gluten Free Certification Organization (GFCO), so you can eat their foods with confidence and know that you are eating gluten free. Look for the GF symbol on all their products - it means they are certified to be free of gluten and possible cross-contamination from gluten.

Enjoy Life Foods - Proud to be Free of the Big Eight!
All Enjoy Life foods are specially made to be free of the eight most common allergens. That means they contain NO wheat/gluten, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish or shellfish--the allergens that account for 90% of all food allergic reactions in the United States. Enjoy Life products are also made without casein, potato, sesame and sulfites.

Did You Know?

• Eight major food groups (milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy) account for 90% of all food allergies. Enjoy Life is free of all eight!
• The US FDA now requires all food manufacturers to clearly label common allergens on their product labels.
• It’s estimated that 12 million Americans have food allergies, with 6.9 million allergic to seafood and 3.3 million allergic to peanuts or tree nuts.
• Each year 30,000 people go to the emergency room and 150-200 people die from food allergic reactions.
• It’s estimated that 2% of adults and 5% of infants & children have food allergies.
• Adults can develop food allergies at any time. Children sometimes outgrow the allergies they have as infants, but an early peanut allergy may be life long.
• Cow’s milk, egg, wheat and soy are the most common allergies in children, while tree nuts, fish, shellfish and peanut allergies are most likely to affect adults.
• In Canada, there are ten recognized common food allergens—the eight recognized in the U.S. (milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy) PLUS sesame and sulfites. Enjoy Life is free of all ten allergens!

Enjoy Life Foods products are made in a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery in Schiller Park, IL. They’ve invested in a dedicated plant so that you can have the added confidence and assurance that you and your family can eat Enjoy Life products without worries. They also require all of their ingredients to be certified allergen-free and perform routine testing to ensure strict allergen control standards are met.

Enjoy Life Foods' Mission
Eat freely! At Enjoy Life, their whole business is making smile-good foods that keep people’s insides happy. That’s why all of their foods are specially made to be gluten-free and free of the 8 most common allergens. Their goal is to make delicious products that just about everyone can EAT FREELY. Enjoy Life Foods promises they’ll make you smile inside out!

About Enjoy Life Foods
Enjoy Life Foods, founded in early 2001, has the mission to make great-tasting allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods that nearly everyone can eat freely without worry. The Enjoy Life product line is gluten-free and free of the eight most common allergens: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish. Company founder Scott Mandell started Enjoy Life after writing the company’s business plan as part of a class assignment for the MBA program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. The notion that people with dietary restrictions must frequently sacrifice good taste and nutrition in order to find allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods they can eat inspired the business plan. Scott and his team envisioned a unique company that would offer great tasting, nutritious foods for people on restricted diets.

In late 2001, Scott, a former banker, traded in his business suit for an apron and sought funding for the new venture from friends, family and "angel investors." He used the funds raised to get the company off the ground, develop products and build a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery in Chicago, IL. The company took the unusual approach of investing in a special facility so that people with food intolerances and celiac disease would know that all Enjoy Life products were made in the safest environment possible. In January 2006, the company was the first to receive independent gluten-free certification for all Enjoy Life products from the Gluten Free Certification Organization (GFCO).

Enjoy Life line launched with 12 tasty items including cookies, snack bars and bagels shortly after the completion of the bakery. Initially, Enjoy Life products were available online and through natural food stores. Today, the product line has grown to 26 different foods including soft-baked cookies, granola, snack bars, bagels, trail mixes, chocolate bars and chocolate chips, all of which are sold in natural food and conventional grocery stores throughout the U.S., Canada and specialty online stores.

In early 2006, Enjoy Life moved to a new production facility in Schiller Park, IL, which is twice the size of the original bakery and includes plenty of room to accommodate the company’s rapid growth. Fueled by increased consumer demand for great-tasting allergy-friendly foods, distribution expansion into new markets and retail outlets, and the introduction of delicious and  unique new products allowed for the expansion growth. Enjoy Life Foods was named to the Inc. magazine’s 500/5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies for three consecutive years (2007-2009).

Most recently, Enjoy Life Foods teamed with Fair Winds Publishing to develop an allergy-friendly and gluten-free cookbook, Cookies for Everyone! The book features 150 tasty recipes  for families to bake while creating tasty memories. A sequel, Cupcakes for Everyone!, will appear on bookshelves in January 2010.