Soft Sage was born when I was living in Canada. My son Ken was ill and after seeing many Doctors a Consultant suggested that Ken may have an intolerance to gluten. So we did what all good parents would do. We hunted high and low for great tasting gluten free products. We soon discovered that what was on the market lacked texture and taste. Ken wasn’t impressed and neither were we! Being optimists at heart we continued our search.
By chance whilst taking a break from our gluten free search in our local Italian Café we got chatting to the friendly staff. Whilst I was sipping my Espresso the staff mentioned that years ago they used to sell some Brazilian products that were a hit with Coeliacs. I asked them to tell me more and they explained that the products were made with Cassava Starch.
This was when I had my light bulb moment! I decided that if I couldn’t find any healthy and tasty gluten free food products for my son then I’d make some myself. Luckily I was born and raised in Brazil so this made tracking down authentic Cassava starch from Brazil a lot easier.
