Customer Stories

What a treat to have a sandwich taste RIGHT!

Hi- I just had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich for supper made with your GF dark bread. OH MY GOSH!!!! It was so unbelievably good I just had to write a quick thank you note. What a treat to have a sandwich and to have it taste RIGHT! (i.e. like real bread)

I am so glad you have opened your bakery and certainly look forwards to being a customer of yours for a long time.

Your products make GF a lifestyle, not a life sentence.

Hello! I stopped in last weekend as I was going through town after reading about your product quality online. Your products are WONDERFUL! I had a tear in my eye as I enjoyed a plain old tuna fish sandwich on a few slices of your white bread today. I don't know how you do it, but THANK YOU for what you do! I will be making trips back to town specifically to visit your shop again.

When I stopped in, it smelled amazing in there, and your kindness was honest and heartfelt. I left feeling like a "normal" person who just had a great shopping experience, instead of the usual "problem" customer. Actually, I left feeling giddy! Your products make GF a lifestyle, not a life sentence. May you have the best growing customer base for many years to come!

What a treat to have foods taste like I remembered

The first time I tasted Paul Mehl’s gluten-free products I knew this was something special.  I was fascinated by his dedication to finding the very best ingredients from around the world, working to find exactly the right combinations to make fantastic gluten-free food. His research and results have been life changing. Mehl’s gluten free food is so amazing that even a non-Celiac gourmet would find them delicious.

I can’t tell you what a treat it is to have foods I could eat that tasted like foods I remembered from before I was forced by Celiac disease to become completely gluten-free in 1997.  Now this little local gluten-free bakery has become “Mehl’s Flour Company” and has expanded to allow people all over the world to enjoy the fruits of his labor.  This is such great news for those of us with a gluten-free lifestyle; Mehl’s Gluten-Free Flour transforms ever recipe into a taste and texture that rivals even your mom’s!

In 1997 when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease I was fighting several health battles at once.  I had been diagnosed with chronic autoimmune hepatitis a few years earlier and was in a study of patients like me at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  They found that autoimmune diseases tend to cluster in patients so I was routinely tested and discovered at that time that I was also hyperthyroid, suffering from Raynaud’s disease as well as psoriasis.  That year also was a turning point in our family for several other reasons, and stands out in my mind as a fairly tumultuous time.

I was told to see a dietician in Fargo and when I did I it was suggested that I shouldn’t eat anything with wheat, rye, barley or oats in it.  No more family outings to the bagel shop for me.  No more fast food.  No more pancakes or waffles.  No more Christmas cookies!  I’m no cook, and experimenting with cooking and baking without flour was not in my wheelhouse.  So I just “cut back” on gluten.  In other words: I cheated.

For a few years the few symptoms I had seemed to disappear, or so it seemed.  Then I went to a Celiac conference and there my eyes were opened.  I found out that even a milligram of gluten can do damage to my intestines. Considering a sandwich has 3,000 milligrams that was the first and only time I cried over my diagnosis.  I didn’t think I could do this for the rest of my life.  But my husband assured me that I could, and like so many things in life, I would take this reality one day at a time.

Back in those days, there was no allergy information required on food products.  I had to read the small print on every box, can and frozen food item I bought.  “Modified food starch” could mean wheat – or not.  Waiters and waitresses, managers, even chefs at restaurants had no idea what I was talking about when I requested gluten-free options.  “No sugar?” they would reply.

Through the efforts of the national Celiac organization, food labeling became standard and now there is large print at the end of every list of ingredients identifying food allergens of many types.  If they only knew what a difference this made for me and countless others!  In addition, due to the lobbying of countless groups and individuals, most restaurants have gluten-free options listed, or even a separate menu, and have educated their wait staffs.  And grocery stores have increased their health food selections exponentially to include gluten-free sections.

All this was very helpful, but still I missed eating bread. I could barely enjoy any of the commercially-made gluten-free options out there, mostly because they all tasted “sweet” to me.  Almost like fruit breads.  One bakery in town offered gluten-free baked goods once a month, fairly pricey and needed to be ordered ahead of time.  It was good but inconvenient.

Then I read in the newspaper about a fellow whose family had nine diagnosed Celiacs. This family’s frustration with finding good-tasting options set him on a quest to research and experiment, to the point that he left his current job and opened his own gluten-free bakery.  Thank you, Paul!!!

Hi!
I have tried several of your products & am loving them!

My kids said your pancake recipe was the best they have ever had

I attended your open house when I was staying with my sister in Fargo and I was blown away by the quality of your food. The pizza and carrot cake were my favorites.

Your flour mix is the best! My kids said your pancake recipe was the best they have ever had. Well done! I will continue to spread the word of your bakery to those who need good gluten free food in my home area. I thank you from the bottom of my stomach! :)

Carrot cake and buns were delicious

Just wanted to send a note to let you know that so far I have tried the carrot cake and the buns that I picked up yesterday and they were delicious! I am anxious to try the bread and cookies too that I purchased. I appreciate your bakery and wish you the very best! I am looking forward to trying the flour once I get home. Good luck to you.

Your pizza crusts are awesome!

My 4 year old son and I have just recently been diagnosed with celiac disease. My sister and niece have it, and we have a cousin with 2 little girls that have it. My aunt brought us some of your pizza crusts and they are awesome!

In heaven eating a piece of SOFT bread

We stopped in on Monday morning and bought some bread, cookies, and mixes. I just wanted to let you know how awesome the sourdough bread was! My daughter has been GF for about nine months and she was in heaven eating a piece of SOFT bread with peanut butter on it as soon as we got home.

Cookies turned out fantastic

Paul- someone dropped some of your gluten-free flour with me to sample since our daughter follows a gluten free diet. We visited her in the cities this past weekend and made some of the choc chip cookies from your on-line recipe. They turned out fantastic.

The best he's ever tasted

I made the stuffed chicken alfredo shells tonight for my mate and myself. My mate, who is not gluten intolerant, and who is very finicky about his food, told me that he would offer the shells and sauce to anyone - they are the best he's ever tasted.

Yours is the best!

I just want to say that your bakery was the best thing that has happened to my daughter since she found out she has celiac. She is in LOVE with your bread, muffins, cookies and carrot cake of which she tasted at our first visit to your bakery. She has tried many different brands and she says YOURS IS THE BEST. Thank you so much!

Your products are wonderful!

The new chicken wild rice soup is awesome and so are the breads, cakes, pizzas, etc.

Thank you for the wonderful cupcakes

I wanted to thank you for the wonderful cupcakes you made for me last week. They were a hit. I took them to St. Paul and the guests wanted to know where the bakery was because they hadn't found one they liked so far that was gluten free in the cities. The true test was both my husband and 10 year old grandson loved them. Thank you again.

He doesn't have to eat gluten-free, so hats off to you

Hi Paul, got the bread on Friday, and we are enjoying it! Had my first grilled portabello sandwich in years using the dark bread. I so appreciate you paying the postage on this order. That was such a nice gesture on your behalf; equally impressed my husband as well. He likes what we have tried so far, and he doesn't have to eat gluten-free so hats off to you. Thanks for all you did for me.

High-quality local products

I’ve tried several products from Mehl’s Bakery and they taste great. It’s nice to have such high-quality local products that I can recommend to my patients. Those who need to avoid gluten don’t need to feel deprived. The salted caramel cupcake, while not a health food, is the ultimate occasional indulgence.

Love every one I've tried

Thanks for providing these products!

My son loves your pizza!

He devoured the double chocolate muffin, raves over your chocolate chip cookies, and ate half a pepperoni pizza (crust and all) in one sitting! We went to our local grocer, cookies in hand, to insist the store carries your products. Even gave the natural foods manager a sample of the cookies. They are very impressed.