date:Jun 21, 2013
$369.6 million in 2012, up from just 10 percent in 2010.
However, sales at the Smart Balance division have slowed as health-conscious customers pull back on purchases of spreads owing to their high levels of trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. Sales in the division fell 16 percent to $46.4 million in Boulder Brands' most recent quarter.
The rapid growth in demand for gluten-free foods is due to rising awareness of gluten-intolerance, or Celiac di