Pamela's Products Ultimate Baking & Pancake Mix, 24-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6)

by Pamela's Products

• Case of six 24-ounce packages (total of 144 ounces)
• Use to make waffles, cookies, cakes, pie crust, and more
• Wheat-free, gluten-free
• All-natural, kosher-certified
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

Product Description

About the Brand

Pamela Giusto-Sorrells' grandfather, Matthew, in front of the Golden Crescent, circa 1941.

In 1941, Pamela Giusto-Sorrells' grandparents owned one of the first health food stores in San Francisco, the Golden Crescent. It was a small neighborhood natural food bakery and store offering "brick-like" rice, soy, and potato/lima bean breads, as well as rice and soy cookies. These were some of the first available gluten-free foods. In her youth, she had one of the few "female" jobs in the bakery as a cookie packer. Even as a child, and then as a bakery employee, "I was continually amazed that dedicated customers were so thankful to find our gluten-free foods. I personally thought these products looked and tasted awful and wondered why people ate them. The typical reply was, 'Let them be happy there is something on the market for them to eat,'" she says.

Always the dessert baker at home, and after all those hours on the cookie line in the family business, she started experimenting with wheat-free baking. The challenge was to make products that tasted so good that no one would be able to tell that they were wheat-free. "My career was born," she says. "In 1988, I left the family business taking one small pallet of my belongings with my first forklift and moved two blocks away." On April Fool's Day, Pamela's Products became an independent business featuring wheat-free and gluten-free foods, each bite prompting the incredulous food lover to ask: "Are you sure these are wheat-free?"

Pamela's, based in Ukiah, Calif., continues to maintain its indulgent reputation by using the finest natural ingredients, and always striving to delight the customer with delicious, decadent wheat-free and gluten-free cookies, biscotti, and baking mixes. Its products can be found throughout North America.

Why Wheat-Free & Gluten-Free?
People who have a wheat allergy or gluten sensitivity suffer a range of physical symptoms (for example: abdominal bloating, diarrhea, gas and low energy) as a result of eating certain grains. Gluten Intolerance, also known as Celiac Sprue, irritates the intestinal lining preventing the absorption of nutrients into the body through the small intestine. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, possibly oats, and other grains.

Product Description

Pamela's easy-to-use mix creates light and fluffy pancakes and waffles, as well as delicious breads, cakes and muffins. Also, a great substitute for flour.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000DZDJ0K
• UPC: 093709300106
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (158 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,711 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #10 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Pantry Staples > Cooking & Baking Supplies > Baking Mixes > Pancakes & Waffles

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves 6 stars! June 20, 2006

By Mandy

Amazon Verified Purchase

This makes the best pancakes ever and can even be used as a substitute for evil gluten-filled flour in recipes. We've made bread, cookies, pancakes, cakes, brownies, and even pizza crust. We have to keep buying this frequently since we go through it so quickly. It has even passed the taste tests of those without gluten problems. Fantastic!! A celiac's dream come true.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended! July 11, 2006

By momofmany VINE™ VOICE

Amazon Verified Purchase

Really no difference in the flavor than regular pancake mix. My children ate it with no problems and said it tasted the same as regular. Great for my daughter that's allergic to wheat! Give it a try. I paid $6.89 for just one at the local health food store. This is a much better deal!

I wanted to add that I posted this description under Pamela's Pancake mix. I have also used the Chocolate cake mix and the bread mix. Since this is posted under all 3 for some reason I will comment on those too. The Bread mix is very good. It does take a little tweaking, maybe it's my bread machine. It is very good, everyone in the family likes it. We have made pizza crust out of it for my little girl and she loves it. We have made the cookies from the pancake mix and she loves them, we add cinnamon and sugar to them before baking. The Chocolate Cake mix is very good, it is more of a dark chocolate than a milk chocolate. We make cupcakes out of them and freeze them. Nice and fluffy. She loves them too. All in all I would say that if you can't have wheat, Pamela's products are the best choice for flavor and texture. Don't buy that already made bread. It was awful, sorry I don't remember the brand but Amazon sells it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Gluten Free Baking Product out there! August 1, 2006

By C. Dodd

A year ago my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac's disease. I have tried everything there is out there to give her the closest thing there is to "normal" food. Pamels'a baking mix by far is the BEST! My husbands Mom also has celiac's disease and agree's this is a great product, she came to visit for Christmas and we made pancakes out of it while she was here and she went home and bought some right away. My son who is the pickest eater ever and is not allergic to Gluten LOVES the pancakes and waffles from the mix he eates more that my daughter who is allergic to gluten. I recomend this product to anyone who is allergic to gluten, it lets you enjoy the taste of breads again without cheating.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST GF mix made! May 23, 2006

By Robin Yule

Amazon Verified Purchase

My son and I have been eating gluten free for many years and I have tried every GF mix that becomes available. Pamela's Ultimate baking and Pancake Mix is truly the best! The rest of the family cannot tell the items I make are wheat free and gluten free, a tell tale sign that this mix is really good. It doesn't have a gritty texture like alot of the other GF mixes out there, and makes the most wonderful muffins, pancakes and crepes. I'm eating a delicious blueberry muffin as I type and order my case! I paid $5.69 for one bag of the mix when I purchased from the store, but Amazon has it here at $4.00 a bag when you buy the case. A great savings and I know I'll go through the case quickly!

I'm trying the chocolate cookie recipe on the bag next and as any GF eating person knows, it's difficult to find a good GF chocolate chip cookie! I'm sure these will be as equally satisfing as all the other foods I've made with this mix! Try it, you won't be unsatisfied!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Scones, Excellent Pancakes.... You Can't Go Wrong! March 21, 2007

By aspire

Pamela's Ultimate Baking and Pancake Mix is by far the best all purpose gluten free flour mix available. I have tried too many to count and have even mixed my own flour combinations but nothing can compare. Everything I have made with the mix comes out great. I have been able to substitute the mix for regular flour, cup for cup, in my non-gluten recipes. My family and friends love the scones from this mix (I usually add frozen blueberries) and my non-celiac sons can't get enough of the pancakes.[...] Word of warning: the mix contains ground almonds and should be avoided by anyone with an almond allergy or a tree nut allergy. We found this out the hard way!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it May 16, 2007

By A. Pattberg

I love Pamelas Baking Mix. We use it all the time for my son with Celiac Disease. He loves the pancakes but also muffins and banana bread. We also use it for chocolate chip cookies and really yummy cornbread Pamela's web site has some great recipes for the mix and some helpful baking hints. You can substitute it for flour in your regular recipes - just account for the baking powder and other ingredients that are already in the mix.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best August 24, 2006

By Nattybombshell

I recently found out that i was allergic to gluten and shouldn't eat wheat. I thought "fun with food" was over for me, b/c almost everything is made from wheat. I was soooooooo pleased to find Pamela's Ultimate, the pancakes are the best. I think they're better than Aunt Jemima's brand. I eat mine with pink grapefruit marmalade or maple syrup. Finally comfort food that's healthy too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars expiration date June 4, 2011

By zohra

Amazon Verified Purchase

The product itself is fine. What is not OK is to send six packages in June to use over 4-6 months that have expiration dates of this September. I have a package that I had bought locally months ago, and it's expiration date is not until December!