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Some months ago, this happened … … which I took to be a reaction to my questioning Gluten Free Heaven magazine on their publication of an article by Kirsty Henshaw which encouraged new parents to delay the introduction of allergenic…
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Here’s a shot of a free-from section in a small provincial Italian supermarket in the corner of north western Italy my folks call home. No, even when ostensibly on holiday and visiting relatives, I still can’t escape the temptation of…
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Landgarten is an Austrian brand of sweet / chocolate snack foods that I came across at the Natural and Organic Products Europe show last month. At first glance, it doesn’t look as if it might be particularly promising from a…
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Another notable find from the NOPE show which I attended earlier this month (see previous blog here) was the new Babease range of baby foods. There are over a dozen products, divided into Stage 1 (4+ months) and Stage 2 (7+ months),…
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I’ve lost count of the number of FreeFrom Food Awards I’ve now ‘live tweeted’ – four, five? – but it seems to get busier and more frenetic year after year! We always ask that attendees and other interested parties use…
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A belated round-up of a selection of new free-from food finds from the NOPE Show 2016 held at Excel, East London, earlier this month. I’ll be blogging (or posting on Facebook) about other products of particular interest individually over the…
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Last Wednesday and Thursday were spent in Dublin, having been invited to chair a day and a half’s worth of judging sessions for the inaugural FreeFrom Food Awards Ireland, launched at the end of 2015 by John Burke of GF…
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There were late nights last autumn, when I set about trying to fully decipher upcoming changes to food allergen labelling laws, and what this would mean for consumers with food allergy, food intolerance and — especially — coeliac disease. Should…
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This is a list of foods and drinks that coeliacs sent me via Twitter in response to the request in the title. Other than the obvious — ordinary breads, pastas, cakes, biscuits, cereals — there are always less clear-cut examples…
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Another of the problems caused by free-from brands dissing such allergens as wheat (usually, but sometimes milk) is that fellow free-from brands are tempted to do likewise. Where Genius have led, others have followed. I don’t know much about this…
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