Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
Elmlea have launched two plant-based alternatives to its cream line. The vegan variants in both Single and Double are based on broad beans, and do not include any allergens in the ingredients, where you’ll also find rapeseed oil, coconut or…
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Honey is not vegan, according to the Vegan Society, and while a few people who describe themselves as vegan and avoid meat, fish, eggs and milk do allow themselves honey and other bee products, most do not. Others are allergic…
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It’s well known in the food allergy community that the popular disclaimer ‘may contain nuts’ can refer to both tree nuts and peanuts, as unpopular as this lack of distinction may be. Few manufacturers are any more specific than this…
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One of the great things about the Lunch! show is that lunch lasts all day there. There is always a sandwich, always a drink, always a bite of something sweet to be had. As you wander around, sampling, chatting, you can enjoy…
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Periods in Italy for this second-generation Italian are always pleasure, but sometimes business too, as was the case this month, with a combined trip to see family members in north west Italy — including a visit with cousins to a…
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Earlier this summer I wrote about my disappointment with Morrisons and their free from signage and labelling, and they’ve not been in favour lately also due to their refusal to comment on issues I raised in that post (see here…
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The death of 11-year-old Raffi Pownall due to milk-allergy induced anaphylaxis in June was another unbearable tragedy felt deeply throughout the allergy community. What made the case even more poignant and painful was the fact that it was the boy’s…
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Ten years ago, at the Allergy & Gluten Free Show, as it was then called, you might have found me at Stand 25A, working for my long-term colleagues at Foods Matter. Alongside us on one, or was it two, of…
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New Gluten Labelling Guidance has been published today by the Food & Drink Federation — in partnership with Coeliac UK, the Anaphylaxis Campaign, and others — the aim of which is to “achieve greater consistency in how the presence of cereals…
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I recently took a wander among the aisles and stalls of a couple of excellent food and health trade shows — Natural and Organic Products Europe, held annually at the Excel Centre, East London, and the Farm Shop & Deli…
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