FAQ's

None of our products contain preservatives, so store them (except cookies & mixes) in the freezer. 

Breads, buns and bagels may be kept on the counter for three to four days.

Cookies and mixes don’t need to be frozen. Store in a sealed container in cool, dry place.

Shelf Life

For best quality, use before:

Frozen Goodies - 8 months Cookies and Mixes - 8 months

Best Before Dates are either

Printed on the white plastic closure tab on bread bags

or

embossed or printed on the box.

The format is either 

YYMMDD or YYYYMMDD

YY or YYYY – represents the year

MM –  represents the month

DD – represents the day

Month two-letter codes:

January:	JA	May	MA	September	SE
February	FE	June	JN	October	OC
March	MR	July	JL	November	NO
April	AL	August	AU	December	DE

Our breads, buns, bagels and muffins are fortified with Thiamine, Vitamin B2, Niacin, Folic Acid and Iron.

In Canada wheat flour must be enriched with B vitamins, iron and folic acid to help prevent nutrient deficiencies and to enhance the nutritional quality of the food supply.

Enrichment is not currently a requirement for gluten-free flours, though individuals on gluten-free diets are often deficient in folate and vitamin B12. Knowing that, we decided to fortify some of our products to meet the same enrichment requirements as wheat flour to improve the nutritional quality of some of our products such as bread, buns and muffins.

Studies have shown that supplementation with vitamin B12 and folic acid leads to improved health in celiacs and others on a gluten-free diet. Folic acid is also added to foods to prevent neural tube defects during pregnancy, reducing the incidence in Canada by 19% and the US by 25%.

The terms folate and folic acid are often used interchangeably and the FDA and the CFIA prescribe the use of the word “folate” on nutritional facts tables in the US and Canada. 

We use high quality USP grade Folic Acid, which is 85-100% available in the body, and because it's water-soluble, it is excreted in the urine (unless intake greatly exceeds the recommended daily limit, usually by taking supplements). 

Folate is not available for use as a food ingredient in North America. If you want to add folate to your diet, foods such as chickpeas, lentils and spinach are a good source. While we do use chickpea flour in some our products, if we added enough to make a difference nutritionally, our products wouldn’t taste good at all.

Another thing to keep in mind is that naturally occurring folate is destroyed by heat.  That’s why we add Folic Acid to our baked goods which tastes fine, survives the oven and adds a boost of nutrition for those who need it most. 
 

For more detailed information please click here.

If you are concerned about the MTHFR polymorphism, please consult this site maintained by the United States National Institutes of Health.

We have Retail Bulk packages for Pancake & Waffle Mix and also for All Purpose Flour only. Not for other products due to packaging and production issues.

We have three recipe books FREE to download. 

Festive Season at Kinnikinnick

Thanksgiving at Kinnikinnick

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Also, there are nearly 700 recipes for you to try on our website.

If it's listed on the website, that means we still make it. That doesn’t mean your local store carries it. If they don’t, you can always order online or by calling our customer care desk toll free 1-877-503-4466.

We don’t do custom orders because of production and shipping constraints. In Edmonton and area, customers can order free from special orders including birthday and wedding cakes for pick up at the retail store. Call the bakery on (780) 424-2900 for pricing or to place an order.

Often made from chicory, inulin is a soluble fibre. It's a prebiotic that encourages the growth of healthy gut bacteria. It’s found in common fruits and veggies like asparagus, banana, chicory, garlic, leeks, Jerusalem artichokes and onions.

No, our packaged goodies are all free from preservatives, artificial colours and flavours. 

"May contain: egg" means that although that product does not contain any egg ingredients, it is produced in a facility where egg ingredients are used in other products.

Our baking powder is free from aluminium and made with pea starch.

No. Our salt is pure Sodium Chloride, free from any additives.

ALL our ingredients in new product packaging are GMO free.

According to US and Canadian labeling regulations, there's no such thing as a GMO-free egg, which is why we don't label our products that contain eggs as GMO-free. Read more.

Palm oil shortening is made from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It's solid at room temperature which gives baked goodies their airy texture. 

In recent years palm oil has replaced trans fats because of the latter's adverse health benefits due to hydrogenation. Palm oil is NOT hydrogenated. 

To fight deforestation and protect the Orangutans in Indonesia where our palm oil comes from, we only use RSPO Certified palm shortening. RSPO is short for Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. 

This means our suppliers can trace the exact plantation the oil came from: that the oil has not been combined with any other oil from any other source, and that it has been produced in a sustainable and responsible manner. 

Ours is fruit-based.

We use sunflower lecithin. Lecithin is an emulsifier.

All our pea-based ingredients come from yellow field peas. 

We use the non-allergenic, plant-based types.

Ours is made from corn.

All our flavours are natural.

Cultured corn syrup solids are a natural mold inhibitor. Fermented, they produce naturally occurring organic acids, which prevent or slow mold growth in baked goods like bread. Cultured corn syrup solids contain a negligible amount of sugar and do not add any noticeable sweetness to products.   

The following ingredients are derived from corn which is why we list the product as 'Has Corn".

• Glucose/fructose/dextrose
• Polydextrose/polydextrin
• Maltodextrin
• Glucono delta lactone
• Caramel and natural colours
• Beta-carotene
• Natural flavour*
• Xanthan gum

*Some natural flavours are infused in corn-alcohol, which is free from corn protein, but may still cause reactions in some people. 

Our natural vanilla flavour is NOT infused in corn alcohol. 

Corn protein is removed during the distillation process that turns corn kernels into alcohol. For those who cannot tolerate corn protein, they may be fine with corn-derived alcohol in the same way that people with celiac disease can drink spirits made from wheat, rye and barley as long as it’s distilled, whereby the proteins are removed. 

There is little definitive research on this issue.

If you have questions on whether products distilled from corn are right for you, contact your doctor or nutritionist.

We want to ensure that anyone in the continental USA can get our products if they need them. To do that and run a sustainable business we need a minimum order amount to cover shipping. 

If you live in Alaska or Hawaii USA, or in Canada Northern Manitoba, Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories, the minimum order required is $100.

We ship at ambient temperature and you freeze on arrival. We have been shipping this way for over 25 years with no issues. Our products are designed to freeze- thaw.

Please treat products that need freezing as if they are fresh. Either eat or freeze right away.

Your order is processed the next business day. After that, we need 48 hours to get the delivery ready. 

Once shipped, orders typically arrive the next day. This will take longer if you're outside a major urban hub. That's why we only ship Monday through Wednesday, to make sure your delivery arrives by Friday, using FedEx Priority Overnight Shipping.

We only charge your credit card once the order has shipped. So if we are out of stock you won't be charged for products we don't send.

No, we don't back order. 

You are charged in the currency of the mailing address of the country to which your order is shipped. if you have a Canadian credit card and ship to the US you will be charged in US dollars. Similarly, if you have a US card and ship to Canada you will be charged in Canadian dollars. 

For detailed info. on when we ship please go to our Free Shipping page. 

Kinnikinnick has a store at our HQ in Edmonton, Alberta. 

Our free home delivery program is as good as having a gluten-free bakery near you. Simply order online and have it delivered to your door overnight. 

Thur Nov 17th* Pls. order week before if delivery takes more than 2 days.	Cut-off for US Thanksgiving (Nov 25th)
Thur Dec 15th	Cut off for Christmas (Dec 25th)
* orders processed in the order they are received

Kinnikinnick Fresh is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 am - 5 pm.  For holiday hours check.