French Meadow Bakery
Encyclopedia
French Meadow Bakery is a privately held bakery
located in Eagan
, Minnesota
, USA that produces gluten-free, vegan, yeast
-free and kosher parve foods. It is one of the longest running certified organic bakeries in the country. The bakery is currently certified organic by the USDA and Quality Assurance International, certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, and certified Low Glycemic for Diabetics by the Glycemic Research Institute.
. The diet prohibited her from eating breads loaded with yeast
and sugar
. Thus, the idea for French Meadow Bakery was born. The bakery was opened in 1985 and since then has offered products that only use natural ingredients and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. The mission for the bakery now reaches an international audience with its new strategic business alliance with Rich Products Corporation.
Bread, Woman's Bread, Healthseed Spelt
Bread, 100% Rye
- Salt Free Bread, 100% Rye Sunflower
Seed Bread, 100% Rye with Whole Grains Bread, 100% Rye with Flaxseed Bread, 100% Spelt
Bread, Brown Rice
and Wheat
Bread, Ciabatta
Rolls, European Sourdough
Rye Bread, Flax
and Sunflower
Seed Bread, Healthy Hemp
Rolls, Kamut Bread, Sprouted Peasant Rolls, Summer Bread, Gluten-free Sandwich Bread, Gluten-free Multi-Grain Bread, Gluten-free Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sprouted Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sprouted 16 Grain and Seed Bread,and Sprouted Grain Bread.
Bagels, Sprouted Bagels with Grains as Referenced in Ezekiel
4:9, Sprouted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, Sprouted 16 Grain and Seed Bagel, and Hemp
Bagels.
(6 and 10 inch), Hemp
Tortilla, Organic
Wheat and Sprouted Grain Tortilla, and Gluten-free Tortillas
Brownie Bites, Makenas Apple Cake, Hemp
Fudge Brownie, Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Gluten-free Fudge Brownie Bites, Vegan Carrot Cake, Peanut Butter Fudge, 7" New York Style Cheesecake, Hemp Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites, Chipotle Chocolate Cake, Cosmopolitan Mint Fudge Brownie, Gluten-free Muffins, Gluten-free chocolate cake, Gluten-free cupcakes, Gluten-free Coconutty Macaroons, Apple Caramel Cake, Rhubarb
Bar, Vegan Peanut Butter Bliss Cookies, and Vancouver Island Bar.
which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. It features many healthy options that utilizes the baked goods that the bakery makes as well as fresh, local, organic ingredients. French Meadow Bakery and Cafe also features airport concession stands at JFK International, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Logan International and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
s which offers such products as peanut butter cookies, carrot cake, hemp bagels and a variety of freshly baked breads. These products are made with organic
, all-natural
ingredients and packed with ingredients such as hemp seeds, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and/or flax seeds. Winner of the 6th Annual PETA
Proggy Awards in December 2008 for Best New Airport Concessions. These awards are presented in recognition of extraordinary efforts to help bring about an end to animal suffering.
Bakery
A bakery is an establishment which produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.-See also:*Baker*Cake...
located in Eagan
Eagan, Minnesota
Eagan is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the fifteenth largest...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, USA that produces gluten-free, vegan, yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
-free and kosher parve foods. It is one of the longest running certified organic bakeries in the country. The bakery is currently certified organic by the USDA and Quality Assurance International, certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, and certified Low Glycemic for Diabetics by the Glycemic Research Institute.
History
French Meadow started when Lynn Gordon was teaching a cooking class and pondering a new recipe for bread that would accommodate her macrobiotic dietMacrobiotic diet
A macrobiotic diet , from "macro" and "bios" , a dietary regimen which involves eating grains as a staple food supplemented with other foodstuffs such as local vegetables avoiding the use of highly processed or refined foods and most animal products...
. The diet prohibited her from eating breads loaded with yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
and sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. Thus, the idea for French Meadow Bakery was born. The bakery was opened in 1985 and since then has offered products that only use natural ingredients and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. The mission for the bakery now reaches an international audience with its new strategic business alliance with Rich Products Corporation.
Breads & Rolls
Men's Bread, Our Daily Bread, Gluten-free Italian Rolls, HempHemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Bread, Woman's Bread, Healthseed Spelt
Spelt
Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the...
Bread, 100% Rye
Rye
Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...
- Salt Free Bread, 100% Rye Sunflower
Sunflower
Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
Seed Bread, 100% Rye with Whole Grains Bread, 100% Rye with Flaxseed Bread, 100% Spelt
Spelt
Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the...
Bread, Brown Rice
Brown rice
Brown rice is unmilled or partly milled rice, a kind of whole, natural grain. It has a mild nutty flavor, is chewier and more nutritious than white rice, but goes rancid more quickly because the germ—which is removed to make white rice—contains fats that can spoil...
and Wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
Bread, Ciabatta
Ciabatta
Ciabatta is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish. There are many variations of ciabatta.Ciabatta in its modern form was developed in 1982...
Rolls, European Sourdough
Sourdough
Sourdough is a dough containing a Lactobacillus culture, usually in symbiotic combination with yeasts. It is one of two principal means of biological leavening in bread baking, along with the use of cultivated forms of yeast . It is of particular importance in baking rye-based breads, where yeast...
Rye Bread, Flax
Flax
Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...
and Sunflower
Sunflower
Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
Seed Bread, Healthy Hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Rolls, Kamut Bread, Sprouted Peasant Rolls, Summer Bread, Gluten-free Sandwich Bread, Gluten-free Multi-Grain Bread, Gluten-free Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sprouted Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Sprouted 16 Grain and Seed Bread,and Sprouted Grain Bread.
Bagels
100% SpeltSpelt
Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the...
Bagels, Sprouted Bagels with Grains as Referenced in Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Ezekiel , "God will strengthen" , is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet...
4:9, Sprouted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, Sprouted 16 Grain and Seed Bagel, and Hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Bagels.
Tortillas
Fat Flush TortillaTortilla
In Mexico and Central America, a tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flat bread, made from finely ground maize...
(6 and 10 inch), Hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Tortilla, Organic
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
Wheat and Sprouted Grain Tortilla, and Gluten-free Tortillas
Desserts
Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookie, Gluten-free Fudge Brownies, HempHemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Brownie Bites, Makenas Apple Cake, Hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
Fudge Brownie, Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Gluten-free Fudge Brownie Bites, Vegan Carrot Cake, Peanut Butter Fudge, 7" New York Style Cheesecake, Hemp Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites, Chipotle Chocolate Cake, Cosmopolitan Mint Fudge Brownie, Gluten-free Muffins, Gluten-free chocolate cake, Gluten-free cupcakes, Gluten-free Coconutty Macaroons, Apple Caramel Cake, Rhubarb
Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the family Polygonaceae. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have large leaves that are somewhat triangular-shaped with long fleshy petioles...
Bar, Vegan Peanut Butter Bliss Cookies, and Vancouver Island Bar.
French Meadow Bakery and Cafe
French Meadow Bakery and Cafe is a small local cafe located in Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. It features many healthy options that utilizes the baked goods that the bakery makes as well as fresh, local, organic ingredients. French Meadow Bakery and Cafe also features airport concession stands at JFK International, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Logan International and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in the five-state upper Midwest region of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.-Overview:...
s which offers such products as peanut butter cookies, carrot cake, hemp bagels and a variety of freshly baked breads. These products are made with organic
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
, all-natural
Natural
Natural is an adjective that refers to Nature.Natural may refer too:In science and mathematics:* Natural transformation, category theory in mathematics* Natural foods...
ingredients and packed with ingredients such as hemp seeds, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and/or flax seeds. Winner of the 6th Annual PETA
Peta
Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...
Proggy Awards in December 2008 for Best New Airport Concessions. These awards are presented in recognition of extraordinary efforts to help bring about an end to animal suffering.