“Eat balanced, natural and healthy”. You should have already heard of this topic. Recently, on an international scale, we are paying more attention to what we eat while checking the ingredients and their amounts to be more fit and healthy. We are also gaining influence as we have more and more food-sensitive visitors. This phenomenon causes a trend “Free” French pastry. This allows us to take care to adapt our tasting selection during the gourmet visit. We wanted you to enjoy the latest Parisian shops !
Gluten free
Gluten is an enzyme found in many foods, as well as wheat, barley, acronym, oats, breads, pastas, pizzas, and cakes. While gluten is generally well digested, some people may suffer from gluten intolerance or gluten allergy. The gluten-free designation is a legal label that is reserved for products containing less than 20 ppm (parts per million).
Lightened sugar
Since the 1980s, with the increase of sugar’s consumption, obesity and diabetes have become a major problem on a global scale. Pastry chefs are therefore seeking to make pastries with less sugar. Today they put about 85g of sugar per liter instead of 250g that were present in pastry’s cream at the beginning of 2000.
Chemical dyes free
There are also more and more confectioners who replace chemical dyes with natural ones. They use 100% vegetable, fruits, spices or flowers’ powders. For example, the yellow color can be obtained by mango and turmeric, green by matcha tea, red by raspberry.
Some good addresses
Helmut Newcake
Pastry entirely gluten-free, from the classic Paris Brest to the Christmas log and to salty dishes, breads (with figs, sesame …), there are even croissants without gluten !
– Address : 28 rue Vignon Paris 75009
Éclair (gluten free)
Chou (gluten free)
Sitron
All products are exclusively gluten free. New products composed with the seasons. Homemade creations and some of them are also lactose-free, flour and organic eggs.
– Address: 59 rue des Batignolles Paris 75017 et 15 rue Marie Stuart Paris 75002
Orange Grand Marnier cake (Gluten-free)
Foucade Paris
Uses natural, low-fat and unrefined products to cook without allergens, and make less sweet and tasty pastries.
– Address : 17 rue Duphot Paris 75001
Un dimanche à Paris
Uses natural dyes and little sugar to make pastries less sweet but tasty. You will find pastries, macaroons, chocolate in all its forms and ice cream.
– Address : 8 Cour du Commerce Saint-André 75006 Paris
This phenomenon shows that French pastry chefs are able to introduce the new trend in their creation so that everyone can have fun to taste tasty pastries without worrying about health problems. Paris, where lot of pastries that adapt to the gluten-free and less sweet trend comes together, allows you to make a “eat well, eat healthy” diet plan !
If you want to discover more about the latest “Free” trends of French pastry in Paris, book our Chocolate and Pastry tour in Paris or contact us by mail infos@laroutedesgourmets.fr to know the next dates of visit !