article_snippet: But the gluten-free food business has skyrocketed in the last five years, driven in part by non-celiac sufferers who are either intolerant to gluten or following a gluten-free fad diet because the gluten-free food business believe the gluten-free food business may help the gluten-free food business lose weight or that it's somehow healthier.
article_snippet: Sales of gluten-free snacks, crackers, pasta, bread and other products reached $973million in the United States in 2014, up from $810million the previous year, according to a January report by consumer research firm Packaged Facts.
article_snippet: a January report by consumer research firm Packaged Facts analyzed the sales of hundreds of explicitly labeled and marketed gluten-free products and brands at supermarkets, drugstores, and mass merchandisers.
article_snippet: Gluten-free foods are a niche product, and in the broader context of the world's wheat markets, it is not a driving factor, according to Dan O'Brien, extension grain market specialist at Kansas State University. '
article_snippet: Sales of gluten-free products in the United States increaed last year, reaching $973million in 2014, up from $810million in 2013 .
highlights_snippet: Sales of gluten-free products in the U.S. reached $973million in 2014, up from $810million the previous year .