Independent a2 milk study
One of the question marks regarding the well-publicised research into a2 milk – as I touched upon in a recent blog – is that much of it has been funded by the a2 Milk Company™ which is its leading supplier….
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a2 Milk™: unsponsored content
When a2 Milk™ launched in this country five years ago, I admit to being sceptical about its purported benefits. The thing that sticks most in my mind was that the evidence presented to us was incomprehensible. It was so perplexingly…
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Free From at Bellavita
As a second-generation Italian, any show promising artisinal and fine Italian foodie and beverage delights is going to be a huge draw to me, but I’d gone along to the excellent Bellavita Expo additionally in the hope of finding some free-from products….
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How ‘real’ does real gluten free bread have to be?
It’s Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week – this year, the charity has pushed for a #glutenfreevolution, focusing on eating out and eating on the go – and it’s also Real Bread Week – Sustain’s initiative to champion healthy, naturally made bread, made the old-fashioned way. Both valuable initiatives….
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Dairy free yogurt, cheese and butter at NOPE
Natural & Organic Products Europe is one of those annual trade events many in the food, cosmetic and health business mark down as a must-attend event on their calendar. I regularly cover it, as there’s always a terrific selection of…
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Diabetes and gluten
If we’re to believe all the headlines from the last few days, a gluten-free diet increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We read those screamers in the Express, the Independent, the Times, and the Telegraph, among many others —…
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2016: The 10 Best and Worst in Allergy & FreeFrom
A review of the year has become a tradition, and in 2015 I introduced a top 10 format to distinguish highs and lows. No surprise, given the dismal 2016, that the Worst shortlisted candidates far outnumbered the Best, but let’s hope…
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Can a tree-nut butter be peanut free?
Among the resources I’m aiming to build on for the Allergy Insight website is the list of free from foods. I want these to be quite small and modest, and feature little-known brands that allergic consumers may not know about….
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Allergy free chocolate at the Chocolate Show
May contain traces of milk. Made in a factory that also handles nuts. Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts. People with food allergies are used to reading such precautionary allergen labelling (PAL) on their foods, but chocolate is particularly…
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Is gluten free bread really gluten free?
Alarm has once again arisen concerning trace gluten in food for coeliacs. It stems from a study by the University of Western Australia, which analysed the gluten content of international foods, imported into Australia, for which a gluten-free claim was…
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