As I was looking for something else just now I came across an old blog discussing whether or not we should recreate the 'tasting tables' (on which the first FreeFrom Food Awards were based) that we used to run in the Foods Matter magazine reviewing the freefrom products on the …
Gluten-free Labelling – for once we are ahead of the game!
My attention was drawn by an email last week, to the fact that although we (well, mainly freefrom manufacturers) may moan about the fact that we do not have any 'thresholds' for dairy or nuts contamination (we do not have a set figure of how little of the allergen they are …
Countdown to the FFFood Awards
It's like any project that you work on for a long time, isn't it? It seems light years away and then suddenly it arrives – and then is gone... Not the that 2011 FreeFrom Awards presentation has gone yet– it happens next Wednesday evening – but we are already having enquiries from …
More on the ‘Grain-free’ Life…
Quick update! Jacquie Broadway reminded me that although it is tiny, has the best amino acid profile of any grain around and only 11% gluten (according to the Glutenology table that Micki Rose quoted in her original article) teff is still a grain – sorry all – was getting …
NICE Allergy – and other guidelines
Most people interested in the subject will by now have registered the publication last month of the new NICE guidelines for the assessment and diagnosis of food allergy in children. They are relatively limited in objective and scope but, as Dr Adam Fox from the Childrens' …