Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
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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Given that I have written for the Mail group of papers – it’s a few years old, but my article on a lady’s experience with gluten ataxia and coeliac disease is here – I am in some minuscule part a…
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Quick post about a news item this week which caught my eye, on the increasing prevalence of lupin being used in products Stateside. Lupin has the potential to cross-react with peanut and soya — meaning some people with peanut and…
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Here’s a label on a Biona vegan mini-burger product, which I think is interesting for two reasons. First, although it’s not the first example I’ve come across of underlined allergens (see the Jollyum products in my round up of new…
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It started with a tweet from Carly (@GfreeB) about a Montezuma’s label reading ‘free from … gluten’, an expression not permitted under labelling law. The words have to be ‘gluten free’, although many companies slip up, most recently Saclá, with…
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… if it’s got ‘may contain nuts’ on it. And, sadly, it seems that many Tesco products do. If you’ve not yet heard of the brouhaha that kicked off last week on Tesco’s Facebook page following their confused and mixed…
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The label in question is this one, on some Marks and Spencer tuna paté. I blogged about the new allergy labelling legislation some weeks ago. It’s been effective since December 2011 but will not be compulsory till December 2014 –…
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Although the latest changes to food allergen labelling – Regulation No. 1169/2011, the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU FIC) – were published in October 2011, came into effect in December 2011, and will become compulsory after the three-year transition…
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Last week, Tracy Attridge, gluten-free blogger at Not A Trace, reminded me of some puzzling labelling on a pack of Kallo rice snacks, which crime author Samantha Hayes, who has a coeliac daughter, had drawn my attention to a few…
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It’s the eve of Coeliac Awareness Week, gluten-related stories are starting to appear in the media, and I look forward to seeing what emerges in the coming days. Social media has already been a hive of activity concerning an article…
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