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My name is Rachael Monk and I am a year 11 GCSE Food Technology student at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. As part of our coursework we have to design and develop a product suitable for somebody with a special dietary requirement. From previous research, I have decided to make a product for somebody with coeliacs disease. This shall be a dessert aimed at the teenage market and shall hopefully be an extension and improvement to products already available at the moment. I would be very grateful if you could please fill in and return this questionnaire to me, as it will be very useful to allow me to gauge an idea as to the type, size and cost of product that people would prefer.

1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?

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1) 3 favorite desserts: hmmm.....brownies, choc. pudding.......most things chocolately, it appears. :D Oh, before limiting dairy, I used to periodically eat an entire tub of icing (the cream cheese kind of Duncan Heinz...sp?).....mmmm :P

2) Hmm...I don't really have something I dislike, but I guess I don't really understand the big deal about cake. I'm not a big fan of ice cream, but vanilla ice cream is good on hot brownies :D

3) I live with 3 people (a brother and parents)

4) Regularly eat with.....breakfast is often alone, lunch usually with 1-2 other people (during the summer, but when school is in session it's with 10 other kids at a table and 80 others in a lunchroom), and dinner with 2 or 3.

5) Home cooked because I don't trust restaurants, but also because I've never been a fan of restaurants.....I like my mom's cooking :)

6) I live in NYC and I don't know the exact conversions.......anyway, it would all depend on the quality of the product. One point to make, though: you can charge a lot more for gluten-free foods and it'll be "reasonable" to the consumer, simply because nearly all gluten-free foods not made by mainstream brands (such as Lays) are expensive. So you can raise your price -- maybe even double it from what you'd charge for the regular, gluten-containing food.

Hope this is helpful :)

-celiac3270

MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts? (glutenfree) Brownies, donuts, and cinnamon buns.

2) What are your 3 least favourite desserts? Any glutenfree cake, chocolate donuts, and brownies with nuts in them.

3) How many other people do you live with? 3

4) How many other people do you most regularly eat with? 1

5) What meals do you prefer? Home cooking

6) How much do you feel is a reasonable price to pay (per portion) for a dessert?

Guest Lindam
Guest Lindam
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1. My 3 favorite desserts: pineapple upside down cake, banana bread or cake and carrot cake

2. Three least favorite: apple pie, brownies, baklava

3. how many other people do I live with 3

4. how many people do I regularly eat with 3

5. what meals do I prefer home cooking

6. reasonable price for a dessert depends what it is, but I would say anywhere from $3-$5

ryebaby0 Enthusiast
ryebaby0
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(answering for my gluten-free son, who's already asleep..)

1. favorite desserts: (anything that isn't sticky, or messy)round shortbread, anything with m&ms, ice cream

2. least favorite: bar cookies, oreos (before gluten-free), cheesecake

3. live with : 3 others

4. eat with: usually 2 others or 20 other 5th graders

5. prefer: fast food, or convenience food

6. price: with gluten-free food, a great taste is priceless. We pay a fortune for digestive crackers at nearly $1.25 for two cookies.....

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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?
celiac3270 Collaborator
celiac3270
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mmm...someone brought up cheesecake as a least favorite: that's probably my favorite dessert :D -- it's just I haven't had it since diagnosis. :(

Jill also triggered my memory on coconut....yuck.....I agree..... <_<

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Here are my 2cents....

1) fav desserts- anything chocolate: flourless chocolate cake, chocolate sorbet, chocolate cookies

2) least favorites: cheesecake, creme brulee, white/yellow cake (boring!)

3) live with one other person (husband)

4)usually eat with my husband only; I take my lunch into work and usually eat at my desk, but sometimes with friends; also the occcasional dinner party.

5) I cook homemade gluten-free-meals everynight unless we go out (no take out, fast food, etc..). When we do go out it is either to an upscale restaurant or for sushi (take my own soy sauce).

6) mmmmm how much would I pay? For an incredible gluten-free chocolate dessert in a restaurant perhaps as much as $10, but for a single serving of something in a package maybe a few $$ only.

Good Luck,

Pam

midnightlullaby Apprentice
midnightlullaby
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1. New York Cheesecake, chunky choc. chip cookies, and pineapple upside down cake.

2. Fruitcake, yuck.

3. I live by myself for the next week until I move in with two roomates.

4. Ocassionaly I'll have friends over, but most often I eat alone.

5. Good ol home cookin w/ local produce.

6. 2-7 dollars depending on the portion. Most gluten-free deserts are so expensive that I usually end up making them myself.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?

fruit salad

sorbet

honeyed tea

2) What are your 3 least favourite desserts?

anything heavy

coffee ice cream

cookies (for dessert... they're just not a dessert thing)

3) How many other people do you live with?

1 - my husband

4) How many other people do you most regularly eat with?

1 - my husband

5) What meals do you prefer?

Home Cooking - BY FAR

6) How much do you feel is a reasonable price to pay (per portion) for a dessert?

based on the current exachange rate, I'd say definitely under 2 pounds (under 3.5 dollars) for something you'd buy at the store and take home - even at that price I'd be unlikely to buy it often at all.

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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What are your 3 favourite desserts? :D

blueberry pie

cheesecake

strawberry creps

What are your 3 least favourite desserts? :blink:

pumpkin pie

heavy chocolate desserts

rice pudding

How many other people do you live with?

1

How many other people do you most regularly eat with?

anywhere from 0-4 depending on the day

What meals do you prefer?

Home cooking

How much do you feel is a reasonable price to pay (per portion) for a dessert?

I'm from Canada so I guess around 4-5$ American.

Nin Newbie
Nin
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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?

XoHeatherxO Rookie
XoHeatherxO
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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?

Cheesecake!!! strawberry shortcake & Brownies

2) What are your 3 least favourite desserts? This is hard....Cake, anything blueberry and....anything with nuts in it

3) How many other people do you live with?

I actually live with 13 other girls (sorority house)

4) How many other people do you most regularly eat with?

Sometimes by myself other times with tons of people 10 or so if at the cafeteria

5) What meals do you prefer? i prefer homecooked (by me) meals for safety reasons

6) How much do you feel is a reasonable price to pay (per portion) for a dessert?

I would pay quite a bit for a delicious gluten-free dessert....but generally I'd say 3-4 bucks!

gf4life Enthusiast
gf4life
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1) What are your 3 favourite desserts?

Strawberry Shortcake, Dreyers Ice Cream (Rocky Road and Strawberry are my favorite), the boxed mix cheese cake like Royal brand (I know it isn't like the real stuff, but it brings back childhood memories and I never had "real" cheesecake until I was a teenager and it is too rich). I haven't had the last two things since being gluten/dairy free. I have a fourth, not really a dessert, but a candy. Red licorice. Like Red Vines! I miss it terribly. WHy do they have to put wheat in licorice???

2) What are your 3 least favourite desserts?

yellow cake, really rich chocolate desserts, jello desserts

3) How many other people do you live with?

4 others, husband and three kids.

4) How many other people do you most regularly eat with?

Breakfast is eaten usually with 1 or two others and lunch and dinner with 3-4 people.

5) What meals do you prefer?

I usually cook all our meals, but used to enjoy eating out once or twice a week. Now I get sick almost every time I eat out!

6) How much do you feel is a reasonable price to pay (per portion) for a dessert?

Per portion, I would not really want to spend more than $2-$3, but it would depend on the dessert and if I had to cook it or if it came ready to eat. I'd certainly pay a bit more for convenience...

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