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Dave January 27, 2010

Coming Product: Jensen’s Better Buns

We were contacted last month by Jensen’s Bread and Bakeries, who are working on bringing a brand new gluten free product to market in Portland, Oregon. Both David Jensen and his daughter, Brenna, were diagnosed with Celiac disease a few years ago, and like most people quickly learned that they weren’t going to have anything resembling real bread without some action on their part. Most of our readers can certainly relate, I’m sure. After suffering through months of awful imitations, they started making their own bread.

David’s wife, Debbie, who has been a recreational baker for over 40 years, started working on recipes to make better gluten free bread and buns. She and David spent two and a half years coming up with a product that they think is good enough to sell. Then they took a course at the Portland Small Business Development Center to figure out the next steps. They are almost ready to start selling them, and we got a sneak peek.

Jensen's Better Buns Packaging

The good news is that we have tried the buns and agree that they are awesome. The bad news is that you can’t buy them – yet. I met David last week and we talked about gluten-free bread, buns, and what the next step is for their company. David is very clearly serious about bread. They are in the process of getting a commercial kitchen set up and hope to get their products on shelves near you in the first quarter of this year.

Gluten-Free bun

Take a look at this. I brought one of these to work last week and a fellow co-worker who is also gluten-free saw it and couldn’t believe that it was a gluten-free bun. The buns are flexible and soft. They toast excellently and aren’t crumbly. They don’t need to be toasted and freeze well. The flavor is as close to a hamburger bun as I’ve had since I stopped eating the real thing. Sometimes buns and breads will end up having a beany flavor, or a corn aftertaste. These buns don’t suffer from that problem.

Gluten-free burger

Given buns like these, we had to make some hamburgers immediately! These make awesome hamburgers. They are the best gluten-free buns we have tasted and are head and shoulders above the competition. The Jensens have other gluten-free products in the pipeline, including sesame seed buns, multi-grain buns, and bread. You can check in on their progress on their website, Gluten-Free Concepts. They can be found on Twitter, here and on also Facebook, here. We’re looking forward to hearing more from them!

Filed Under: Product Reviews Tagged With: Bakery, Bread, Buns, Hamburgers, Jensen's, Portland, Sandwiches

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  1. Lynne says

    January 28, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    Trip to Portland is next week. So what’s your favorite, favorite GF place to eat in Portland? 🙂

    • Dave says

      January 30, 2010 at 3:14 pm

      I think our current favorite is Oba!

  2. Dr Samantha says

    January 31, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    I assume they’re not whole grain…?

  3. Carolyn Schmidt says

    May 19, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Is there anyway of ordering these buns as I have purchased them from New Seasons in Vancouver, Wa. They are absolutely the best! We live in Olympia, Wa and I would like to be able to order them….thank you!
    Carolyn

    • Dave says

      May 20, 2012 at 7:06 pm

      I wish that I could tell you. You can check on their website to find places to find their products. http://www.glutenfreeconcepts.com/

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  1. Jensen’s Multi-Grain Gluten-Free Bread | Gluten Free Portland Oregon says:
    September 16, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    […] us some samples of their gluten-free buns. For an intro to their company, you should check out our initial post about them, but the basics are that Dave Jensen and his wife Debbie have come up with some really great gluten […]

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