This April I visited the gluten-free café in Hartola (Finland) called «La Kar de Mumma». The café belongs to the company «Vuohelan Herkku», which is one of the most beloved gluten-free brands in Finland now. The owner of the company Pirkko Hamalainen was diagnosed with celiac disease. She decided to focus on the best raw materials, delicious recipes and the traditional baker’s craft. In production of «Vuohelan Herkku» factory are used only gluten-free grains (buckwheat and rice) and certified gluten-free oats. All products (bread, filling and sweet pastries, deep-frozen products and flours) of the company contain no wheat starch, and bakery produces no products with gluten in them. I had the luck to interview the manager of the café «La Kar de Mumma» Jenni Nuitanen.
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