Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
Two media incidents in the last few days have brought back into focus just how unaccommodating and angry some remain towards people with hypersensitivities and dietary restrictions. Just when you begin to think progress might have been both made and…
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18th September 2021, Saturday Kitchen Live, BBC1. An edited exchange: SKL presenter Matt Tebbutt: “There’s a little bit of toast here … but Sharleen you avoid this, don’t you?“ SKL guest, musician Sharleen Spiteri: “Yeah … I love bread ……
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Vegan protein innovation is progressing, and with it the promotion of veganism as the solution to end at least some of the environmental and health woes that have befallen us. But where do food allergies come in this sometimes controversial…
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Raymond Blanc says so many diners say they have food intolerances “like a fashion item” and that his restaurant is now “more like a hospital”. So ran a Daily Mail headline earlier this week, as the online food intolerance and…
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Real bread, according to Sustain’s Real Bread Campaign (RBC), must be free of artificial additives and processing aids. So no baking powders, enzymes or vegetable gums such as xanthan. Essentially: flour, water, yeast, and salt, then, with added herbs and…
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It’s a measure of just how highly regarded BFree Foods and their gluten-free, vegan and multiple allergen-free products are by the free from community, that when they posted the following tweet a few days ago, the dominant response, at least…
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Veganism is having a moment. And it’s Veganuary — or vegan January — too. So, because it’s on a high, it’s evidently got too big for its boots. Time to give it a good kicking, right? Here’s Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s opinion piece in…
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Free From Heaven magazine has announced a competition to win a Hotel Chocolat ‘No gluten recipe gift box’. They say: Indulge your sweet tooth this Christmas with a luxurious hamper filled with gluten-free* chocolates. Follow that asterisk to the footnote…
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10th August must have been a busy day at Aldi HQ. First, a press release from their Consumer Press Office announcing their limited ‘Specialbuys’ gluten-free offer, available in stores from that date, including green pea and red lentil pastas and…
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If you have reasons to support the scrapping of gluten free prescriptions, they are probably unreasonable ones. “Gluten free foods are widely available now”. Even the Department of Health is pushing this one upon us, as they outline in their consultation on the prescribing of…
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