Nutritional quality and price of regular food versus gluten-free on E-commerce platforms

Celiac disease is a chronic enteropathy and immune-mediated of the small intestine that affects about 1.1% to 1.7% world population. Presently effective medical treatment restriction gluten-containing foods. However, economic cost nutritional quality have negatively influenced maintenance gluten-free diet in several countries by consumers. In Brazil, scarcity information on these products points need for incursions topic. order compile this information, we accomplish cross-sectional study through comparative analysis between costs targeted at consumers with celiac available an e-commerce platform Brazil. The revealed gluten higher energy value, carbohydrate content, total fats, saturated fat, protein fiber when compared their versions, while had cost. We evidenced development new ingredients add value without encumber final consumer disease.