Why gluten free
Deanna never expected her baking efforts to become a business; she just wanted Karlie to be able to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like all the other kids could. Karlie did love Deanna’s original gluten-free bread, and it was so good that her playmates started eating it, too. Word-of-mouth started to spread about this great-tasting gluten-free bread. Deanna responded to early calls asking about buying the bread by baking an extra loaf or two and giving it away. It didn’t take too long for her to realize that there was a tremendous demand for gluten-free bread that tasted good so the GNI Bakery was born. It turned out that Karlie does not have CD, but she still eats Deanna's bread. Her refusal to eat gluten-free bread that tasted like cardboard has been a boon to others who are unable to eat regular bread products. In the communityGNI Bakery is a big believer in giving back to the community. We support the following organizations by serving as sponsors and/or providing free samples of our delicious gluten-free products at their community events: • Celiac Disease Foundation
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When Deanna Smith learned that her cousin's four-year-old daughter, Karlie, wouldn’t eat the gluten-free bread that was prescribed for her as a Celiac Disease (CD) sufferer, she wanted to do something to help. Even though Deanna had never baked a loaf of bread in her life—she has marketing background—she started experimenting with gluten-free bread recipes. 
