Our Philosophy

Bake the Hard Stuff

There are several options on the market for gluten-free products like bread, muffins, cookies and pizza crust. We want to provide outstanding versions of those, of course. However, we also want to take on the really difficult gluten-free products like soft pretzels and cinnamon rolls. We have plans for many more.

The Best Ingredients for the Best Taste

We source the best gluten-free ingedients available to craft the most delicious gluten-free food on the market.

No Additives/Preservatives

Only natural ingredients go into the great gluten-free products at Crestone Bakery. We don't even use egg whites produced in factories because the pasteurization negatively affects the quality of the bread. Yes, we actually crack and separate the eggs ourselves. The ingredients are as fresh as we can get them and not processed ahead of time.

Baking Gluten Free for better taste and a better planet

Not only do we want to make delicious gluten-free goods but also using as small of a carbon footprint as possible. Currently, we are a small bakery with big ideas, so our ability to drive our carbon footprint lower is limited. So, what does that mean right now?

• We power our offices with solar, and one of our delivery vehicles is a solar-powered electric vehicle (EV).
• There is a lot of waste in the food industry and even more expensive when baking gluten-free. We try to minimize waste in a number of ways: baking only what is ordered, using technology to increase efficiencies and track inventory, minimizing packaging, recylcing extra product, for instance, making breadcrumbs out of excess bread.
• Using hot water and other energy hungry parts of the kitchen as efficiently as possible. The food industry uses a lot of energy, so there's plenty of room for improvement. For instance, we've all seen it at the beginning of any baking recipe, "Preheat oven to ___ degrees" no matter how long it takes to prepare the food for the oven. That was acceptable in the 20th century, but we need to do better in this one. We know how long it takes to heat the ovens so we know exactly when to turn them on. It may sound silly, but every little bit will help us reduce our carbon footprint.
• Using as much bio-degradable packaging as possible. It's not always available in the right size and can be too expensive but when it works, we're more than happy to use it.

We are trying to do our part to leave the planet a better place for future generations. As we grow, we'll continue to invest in more environment friendly options to lower our carbon footprint as far as we can. Ideally, we'd be carbon negative across our entire supply chain, from the farm all the way to your table. We can't be just another bakery, we have to find a better way.