Have you checked out the latest episode (#101) of Mogil’s Mobcast – A Scleroderma Chat lately?
In this podcast Ann Mogilevsky is joined by Carolyn Haeler, founder of Mightlicious Gluten Free and Flour Brand whose mission is to create flavour packed, gluten-free cookies.
In 2012 Carolyn was diagnosed with Celiac Disease – a diagnosis that would literally change her life for better and for worse.
She became even more passionate about nutrition, functional ingredients, and living a gluten-free life, which obviously came with many challenges as she made the necessary adjustments to her diet.
In 2017 she left her lucrative job in finance at JP Morgan and spent 4 months baking 15 hours a day, until she had created the perfect gluten free cookie. She learned that the key to GREAT gluten free baking was in the flour blend, and set about developing a gluten free flour blend that looks, tastes, and behaves like wheat flour became her mission.
Carolyn was asked by Whole Foods Markets to create a vegan and gluten free cookie. Unsure if this was possible, she turned to her grandmother’s 100-year-old family recipe for oatmeal coconut cookies. To her surprise, with a few adjustments her innovative flour blend worked brilliantly, and today Vegan Oatmeal Coconut is her best-selling flavor.
Mightylicious hit the shelves of Whole Foods Markets Northeast division in January of 2018, just 6 months after Mightylicious was Incorporated. In 2021, Mightylicious raised $5M in capital via crowd funding site Republic.co. She is the first female, LGBTQ+ member to achieve this milestone.
Today, Mightylicious is sold in 43 states, including Hawaii and Alaska, and is still operated solely by Carolyn herself.
She’s launched 3 New Gluten Free Flour blends: All purpose GF flour, Vegan All Purpose GF flour, and GF Brownie Mix.
For additional information check out the MIGHTYLICIOUS website:
Alternatively you can also check out the following: https://www.instagram.com/mightyliciousfoods/, https://www.facebook.com/mightyliciousfoods, https://www.pinterest.com/mightylicious/ and Mightylicious | TikTok
The goal of Ann’s podcast is to have a central place for people afflicted with Scleroderma and a place for their families and friends to be informed by specialists in either Scleroderma or autoimmune topics.
She covers a wide range of topics like nutrition, medications, vitamins, and lifestyles. She also showcases stories from others affected by Scleroderma and how they have dealt with the challenges the disease brings.
Blessings ’til next time 🙂
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