Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
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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Lidl has recalled some batches of their Alesto Honey Peanuts because the word ‘peanuts’ does not appear on the label, as is required by Law. This echoes a recall of over three years ago by Booths, who withdrew some peanut…
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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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Most readers will know that tree nuts are one of the key 14 allergens, and that peanuts – a legume, botanically, not a nut – are another of the 14. Accordingly, when either is present in a food product, it…
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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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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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