{"id":198457,"date":"2025-10-14T02:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198457\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:37:14","slug":"latina-baker-introduces-gluten-free-mexican-pan-dulce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198457\/","title":{"rendered":"Latina baker introduces gluten-free Mexican pan dulce"},"content":{"rendered":"

What started out as an upsetting diagnosis of Celiac disease for Estefany Contreras five years ago, transformed into a unique idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked at first because I didn’t know what I was going to eat,” Contreras said.<\/p>\n

At the start, she was able to find gluten-free alternatives to pasta and corn tortillas. Eventually, she realized there were no alternatives for pan dulce. <\/p>\n

Contreras said her Celiac diagnosis made her feel like she had lost access to an important aspect of her Mexican heritage.<\/p>\n

This is what inspired her to bake pastries like polvorones, puerquitos, and conchas without gluten, leading her to start her business ‘Sin Gluten Co<\/a>.’ <\/p>\n

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Contreras says it has not been an easy journey. Luckily, she has had support from family and friends like Monique Yudico-Brauner.<\/p>\n

According to the National Library of Medicine<\/a>, Latinos face barriers in seeking healthcare, which often prevent them from getting diagnosed with this illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our culture, a lot of illnesses are believed not real or that we don’t have them,” Yudico-Brauner said. “I think a lot of it’s cultural, that sets people behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little by little, she has broken a lot of myths and misconceptions that even her loved ones, who only want the best for her, have had.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people say, oh, well, it’s just a little bit, you’ll be okay or cross-contamination isn’t going to be a big problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contreras added that older Latinos are often a bit hesitant to try gluten-free versions of their food because they believe it will taste bad. <\/p>\n

Despite these challenges, she has now successfully completed her third week selling her baked goods at the Downtown San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market.<\/p>\n

Soon, she will start shipping her bread across California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What started out as an upsetting diagnosis of Celiac disease for Estefany Contreras five years ago, transformed into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-198457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}