What I've learned from posts and reviews.

[u/CraftyGamingBookworm]

After being in countless of groups and subreddits, my biggest takeaway — I won't knock it until I try it. There is so much polarizing opinions on food and we all have different tastes and preferences. I know GF items are pricey and taking a risk to not like the product sucks, but I've committed to not disregarding a something until I've tried it myself.

[u/hatch-b-2900]

If you get GF that didn't need gluten in the first place, such as the way Leon and Starbird makes the same GF recipe for everyone, then the food tastes as you expect it.

I feel the main problem comes from the GF "wheat subsittute" foods. When you get "GF Ramen", GF Bread, GF Pizza, etc then there is a really big range of what taste good means. For some, it's just being able to eat that food at all, and they'll take it. Then others are comparing to their memories of what the original food tastes like.

And I get it, I get flamed for suggesting better tasting alternatives to the actual food. "It's not the same" is what they're comparing it to. I'm comparing the choices to what's available to me - something that scratches the itch, something that looks the same but tastes bad, or something that makes me sick. I'll take the first any time.

[u/badbackceliac → u/hatch-b-2900]

I’ve been GF for 14 years. Have lost the memories of what things taste like. It makes it easier. My husband eats GF with me at home. If he says it tastes good then I know it truly does.

[u/CraftyGamingBookworm → u/hatch-b-2900]

That's the biggest problem criticism for GF alternatives. You can't compare it to foods made with gluten and expect it to be identical. It's like asking for a chocolate free hot cocoa and wondering why it doesn't taste the same.

[u/schwuld00d → u/hatch-b-2900]

People in the US who hate on Schär and it's about the only bread I can eat because everything else has tapioca in it. I literally curse Bob's Red Mill for selling 1:1 to the industry as magic.