Connecting you directly with some of Rwanda's best gluten-free bakeries, cafes, and online stores, focusing on quality and trust.
The Women's Bakery
Social Enterprise Bakery
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The Women's Bakery operates two bakeries in Rwanda, empowering local women with stable incomes while baking delicious, nutritious baked goods. Their flagship bakery in Kigali produces a variety of items, including **beetroot brownies, pumpkin bread, sweet potato buns, and carrot muffins**. They focus on locally-sourced ingredients and naturally fortified breads.
Positive feedback for social mission and nutritious baked goods
Products
Beetroot brownies, pumpkin bread, sweet potato buns, carrot muffins, affordable white bread (all made with locally-sourced ingredients).
Specialty
Nutritious, affordable bread and baked goods, empowering local women.
Unique selling point
Social enterprise providing employment and training opportunities for women, producing fortified and healthy breads.
Location
Kigali and Gicumbi, Rwanda (flagship at KK 341 Street, Kigali).
Heavenly Bakery is an offshoot of the Esther's Aid Culinary Arts School in Kigali, providing extra skills and experience to trained graduates. They offer a full line of unique bakery products, including **assortments of breads, cookies, bakes, and muffins** with different flavors, as well as assorted cakes for special events.
Positive feedback for unique bakery products and social mission
Products
Assortments of breads, cookies, bakes, muffins (various flavors), assorted cakes for weddings, birthdays, and special events.
Specialty
Unique bakery products and pastry designs, providing practical experience for culinary graduates.
Unique selling point
Supports Esther's Aid project in Rwanda by providing skills and experience to culinary arts graduates.
Location
REMERA KG 201 near Avega Agahozi Office, Kigali, Rwanda.
BBrood Bakery Rwanda, established by Alex Muganwa, focuses on making and selling **healthy and delicious bread and cakes**. Inspired by founders in Uganda, BBrood aims to introduce high-quality baked goods to Rwanda.
Positive feedback for healthy and delicious bread
Products
Healthy and delicious bread and cakes (specific GF options not detailed).
Specialty
High-quality, healthy, and delicious bread and cakes.
Unique selling point
Focuses on introducing healthy and delicious baked goods, inspired by successful models in Uganda.
Murukali.com is an online grocery store in Rwanda offering a variety of **freshly baked goods**, including bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries. While not exclusively gluten-free, they provide a range of products for breakfast, snacks, or special occasions.
Positive customer feedback for variety and freshness
Products
Sweet bread, brown bread, sliced bread, sandwich bread, burger buns, cakes (vanilla, lemon, birthday), cookies, mini cupcakes.
Specialty
Online grocery store with a variety of freshly baked goods.
Unique selling point
Offers convenient online shopping for a diverse range of baked products.
One Stop Chilli Shop offers **Kinazi Cassava Flour**, a high-quality, wet-milled cassava flour that is fully certified gluten-free and proudly 'Made In Rwanda'. It's suitable for coeliacs, vegetarians, and vegans, and can be used to bake delicious cakes, muffins, or breads.
4.6/5 (57 votes), highly praised for quality
Products
Kinazi Cassava Flour (4.4 lbs), suitable for gluten-free baking and cooking.
Specialty
Certified gluten-free cassava flour, proudly made in Rwanda.
Unique selling point
Carefully monitored by the Rwandan Standards Board, ensuring high quality and safety for coeliacs.
Location
Online with UK shipping (relevant for Rwandan products).
RwandaMart.rw is an online marketplace in Rwanda offering various products, including **LP PENNE GLUTEN FREE 500G** and other groceries. They provide a platform for different stores to sell their products, including health foods.
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Products
LP PENNE GLUTEN FREE 500G, black chia seeds, nutritious mama and baby porridge flour, instant soy bean powder, nutritious family porridge flour.
Specialty
Online marketplace for various groceries, including gluten-free pasta and health foods.
Unique selling point
Provides a diverse range of products from multiple vendors, including gluten-free options.
Pride Farms is an online grocery store in Kigali, Rwanda, offering **free delivery** and a focus on sustainable farming practices. While not exclusively gluten-free, they provide a range of fresh produce and locally-made products, and may stock gluten-free items.
Positive feedback for free delivery and sustainable practices
Products
Salad essentials, dinner items, natural cleaning products, kids and baby favorites, locally-made products (specific GF items not detailed).
Specialty
Online grocery store focusing on sustainable farming practices and local produce.
Unique selling point
Offers free delivery in Kigali and ensures purchases support local growers.
Dutch Expat Shop offers a wide range of **gluten-free products** from various brands, including Consenza, Damhert, and Schär, with worldwide delivery. This can be a useful resource for those in Rwanda looking for specific international gluten-free items.
Positive feedback for international delivery and product range
Luxembourg Gluten Free is an online store offering a wide range of **gluten-free, lactose-free, and organic products** from top producers, with shipping to Europe. This can be a useful resource for those in Rwanda looking for specific international gluten-free items.
Positive feedback for product range and delivery
Products
Pasta (brown rice fusilli, penne, buckwheat fusilli), breadcrumbs, various gluten-free products from brands like Rummo, Garofalo, Nutrifree.
Specialty
Online store for gluten-free, lactose-free, and organic food products.
Unique selling point
Offers a wide range of top-quality gluten-free products with European shipping.
Sole Luna in Kigali is a cozy, pet-friendly restaurant offering expertly brewed coffee and a delicious brunch on Sundays. They provide **gluten-free options** for lunch and dinner, making it a relaxing spot to enjoy good food with furry friends in a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Positive customer feedback for pet-friendly and GF options
YO ki GA li Cafe in Kigali offers healthy living with a vibrant vegetarian menu, including **vegan & gluten-free options**, made from scratch with local, whole ingredients. They provide Kigali's finest coffee and delicious, healthy creations best savored with their outdoor view.
Positive customer feedback for healthy, vegan, and GF options
Indabo Café Kiyovu in Kigali is set in a peaceful garden with lush plants, offering a cozy, forest-like atmosphere. They provide **gluten-free and soy-free dishes**, a good cocktail selection, and sun-roasted coffee, making it a welcoming spot for those with dietary needs.
Positive customer feedback for friendly service and GF options
Products
Various dishes (specific gluten-free and soy-free options), good cocktail selection, sun-roasted coffee.
Specialty
Cafe offering gluten-free and soy-free dishes in a peaceful garden setting.
Unique selling point
Provides a family-friendly atmosphere with great outdoor spaces and accommodating service.
Location
Across from Stipp Hotel, KN 54 St, Kigali, Rwanda.
Heaven Restaurant in Kigali is known for its innovative **modern African cuisine** with local Rwandan ingredients. It's a hospitality training restaurant with an open-air terrace offering expansive views of Kigali. While not exclusively gluten-free, they emphasize constant culinary evolution and local sourcing.
Positive customer feedback for innovative cuisine and excellent service
Products
Modern African cuisine with local Rwandan ingredients (specific GF options not detailed).
Specialty
Innovative modern African cuisine with a focus on local Rwandan ingredients.
Unique selling point
Hospitality training restaurant with an art gallery, banana wine making experience, and Made in Rwanda retail boutique.
Borneo Indonesian Restaurant in Kigali offers a vegetarian section with a few items that are or can be made vegan, and also has **gluten-free options**. Their menu includes dishes like fried tofu, fried tempeh, and steamed vegetables.
The Bistro Restaurant in Kigali offers **Afro-fusion fine dining with a 10-course tasting menu**. They focus on seasonal produce from their farms in Rwanda, and the chef is mostly plant-based, with the majority of dishes being gluten-free. Reservations are required.
Positive feedback for Afro-fusion fine dining with GF options
Products
10-course tasting menu with seasonal produce, incorporating native vegetables, herbs, and spices (majority gluten-free).
Specialty
Afro-fusion fine dining with a focus on seasonal, farm-to-table ingredients.
Unique selling point
Offers a high-end dining experience with a chef who is mostly plant-based and a majority of dishes being gluten-free.
