Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
A coeliac consumer (CC) contacted me last week with a problem. CC had been eating Sainbury’s GF oats for about a year, and had been experiencing some symptoms. While CC knew, thanks to the product recall of September, that the…
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There has been a flurry of activity towards the end of September with product recalls due to contamination of gluten-free oats. Here are links to the effected products: * Some batches of Sainsbury’s Free From Oats. (Link to FSA here.)…
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I have just read what is in my view a fairly ignorant piece by Merryn Somerset Webb, editor in chief of Moneyweek. It’s here. Her view, also expressed on Twitter, is that coeliacs should no more get gluten-free food on…
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Well I thought the first one went well and I thought the second one went well too, and we had some new faces, which are always welcome. We kicked off with a discussion about terminology and its misuse – coeliac…
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“There is no such thing as an unhealthy food, only an unhealthy diet.” I read this recently on Twitter, but it’s a regularly repeated statement in matters health and nutrition. It’s a variation, of course, on the “there are no…
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Well I thought it went pretty well – and others appeared to enjoy it too. Around 30 or so coeliac and gluten-free tweeters – and a few stray ‘wheaties’ like myself – joined in for an hour of 140-character chat….
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“Gluten free, gluten free,” repeated the female checkout assistant at my local Co-op, after I’d repeated my request. “What is gluten free?” She turned to her male colleague. “Do we have gluten free bread?” He in turn looked at me…
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I almost messed up within a minute of rolling out bed, bleary-eyed. Having brewed up my morning caffeine, I reached into the fridge for my usual milk-replacement of… Oatly. And then realisation jolted me awake: It’s probably not made from…
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I am in the process of recovering from the Allergy and Gluten Free Show, where I worked for three days at the Free From Food Awards stand, promoting both – as well as the spin-off site, Skins Matter, of which I’m…
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Early spring is the season for food and health shows. I attended the International Food Exhibition in mid March, partly to hear a presentation by Mintel – who always give good presentations, in my experience – partly to look around…
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