Newburn Bakehouse square seeded wraps

Last week Newburn Bakehouse announced that their fab square seeded wraps now include an extra wrap in every pack meaning you now get 4 wraps for the same price as we were paying for 3 previously. This was music to my ears as I'm sure it is for Coeliacs everywhere. I love these wraps (they make great fajitas) and they regularly appear in my shopping basket but I have to admit I did find them quite pricey (ranging between £2.90-£3.10 per pack depending on where you shop and where in the country you live). But now we are getting an extra wrap at no extra cost I feel they are definitely worth the money. What you are getting is 4 really substantial wraps that don't fall apart when you pack them with filling, I mean there's nothing worse than a fajita that falls apart in your hands is there?! The cost is definitely justified in that you are getting a great quality product that tastes amazing. Not only that, they are now certified dairy free as well as gluten free. Great news for people that are lactose intolerant or Coeliacs that are avoiding dairy products in the first 6-12 months of diagnosis.

Their square shape means they are really versatile and also make great light pizza bases ideal for lunch or a tasty healthy snack. I'd love to hear from you if you have tried the wraps and used them in a more adventurous way.

These wraps are becoming more widely available as you can now find them in La Tasca restaurants and Starbucks and Costa Coffee are also using them in their wraps-to-go. Read about my review of the Costa wraps here

New gluten-free wraps at Costa Coffee

After my disappointment of not finding any of the new Tesco gluten-free sandwiches earlier this week (apparently they're only in selected stores - and not in my local one in Macclesfield) I was thrilled to get my hands on one of the new gluten-free wraps now sold in Costa Coffee.

The wraps were only released today Costa Coffee stores and today my luck was in as Costa in Macclesfield was stocked up.

One thing lacking in Macclesfield town centre is the availability of gluten-free sandwiches to grab on the go. If I haven't bought my own lunch to work with me I'm stuck. It's great that Costa Coffee have now released these tasty chicken and basil salad wraps in the run up to Coeliac Awareness Week. Also released in the same week were the Tesco/Genius Foods sandwiches I mentioned earlier - is this a coincidence? I think not.

Costa have teamed up with Warburton's Newburn Bakehouse square wraps and I am already a big fan of these as we use them all the time when we make fajitas. What I love about the square wraps is that they're really quite thick and really do hold their shape when wrapped together with the filling. The gluten-free sandwiches I have tried in the past (Genius rolls at Cafe Nero especially) have the tendency to fall apart after a while and you end up losing half the filling everywhere because the bread has split. Not with these wraps!

Still intact. No filling spillage!

The wraps are filled with British chicken and basil salad and are also dairy free as well as gluten-free

The wraps cost £3.70 which you may think is a little pricey - but to be honest, for me, I think the convenience of having a wrap to eat when you are out and about is definitely worth the money and I would pay £3.70 for one of these again. A pack of 3 wraps can cost £3.10 on their own if you buy them in the supermarket. And because the Newburn Bakehouse have already established themselves as a well known and trusted brand in the Coeliac community, you know you are getting a really great quality sandwich here.

I found there was a good amount of chicken in the wrap with a nice bit of salad (rocket and tomato) and a hint of basil mayonnaise. The only thing I would say is I would have liked a bit more of the mayonnaise - however I'm not too sure whether having more mayo would compromise the solidity of the wrap.

I would give the wraps a 10/10 score because they are just so tasty and satisfying. Thanks so much to Costa for introducing them in to their coffee shops. You can already find gluten-free chocolate brownies and mini bakewell tarts in Costa and I am positive that a savoury product will also be a big hit. Here's hoping for a couple more filling choices in the near future too.

I'm really interested to see whether any other companies jump on the gluten-free sandwich bandwagon in the run up to Coeliac Awareness Week (12th-18th May 2014). Watch this space...