Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
Should free from food companies and food service providers be actively marketing ‘coeliac and gluten sensitivity profile’ tests to their consumers? I ask, for that’s what Inspiral appears to be doing here, in offering a series of tests via a…
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Last summer Pret launched the ‘Mexican Guacamole’, made with a gluten-free wrap. It carried a disclaimer: “While the ingredients of this product are gluten-free, it has been made in our kitchens which are not gluten-free environments”. Blogger Kevin at Gluten…
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We’ll gloss over my failed prediction from last year’s round-up that low-FODMAP ready meals would be in our supermarkets by the end of 2014 (by end of 2015, definitely … ) and instead kick-off where I left off – with…
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Having been so distracted by the whole M&S-branded Kinnerton chocolate saga – if you’ve missed it, catch up with Part 1 here and with Part 2 here – I’ve neglected to tell you about the many good-looking new launches which…
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A story that may have passed under the radar of many of us in the UK last month was that of multinational giant Unilever — owner of Hellman’s — issuing legal proceedings against a small US company of egg-free ‘mayo’…
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Further developments regarding the M&S / Kinnerton nut-warning confusion which I blogged about last week. To recap, M&S Made Without Dairy chocolate – made by Kinnerton – carries a “not suitable for nut allergy sufferers due to manufacturing methods” warning. A further…
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Marks & Spencer’s ‘Made Without Dairy’ chocolate is manufactured by Kinnerton’s, whose factory has a segregated nut-free area – see their Nut Safety Promise here for more. And yet the M&S labelling for the products carry a nut warning. The…
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With days to go, it’s all about EU FIC Regulation No. 1169/2011 at the moment, with coverage on the BBC, the big charities (Coeliac UK and Anaphylaxis Campaign) spreading the word, plenty of print journalism in the trade press, bloggers and advocates…
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Allergen-related product recalls are a seemingly weekly occurrence, sadly, but the latest one of Genius Gluten Free Denby Steak Pies seems more significant, somehow – possibly because it’s a major brand, who make very good products, and because the error…
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For a while social media users have been sharing pictures of arguably non-free from foods in free-from aisles at supermarkets and the issue has undoubtedly led to a number of unfortunate incidents. Here’s MrsC with some sugar-free but wheat-containing coconut…
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