The Food and Drink Federation has just set off another round of huffing and puffing amongst food manufacturers by suggesting, perfectly reasonably and correctly, that allergen labelling is a mess. Their new paper, 'A vision for Allergen Management Best Practice in the Food …
Allergies
Having a Happy – but Safe – Halloween
The thought of endless bands of children hammering on your door threatening a trick or in search of a treat may strike dread into the hearts of the average householder – but think how much worse is the dread if you are the parent of a food allergic child who is desperate to join …
Wheat Can be Found in… Tabasco?
I have just been reading our good friend Micki Rose's blog - and she says that she has discovered that there is wheat in Tabasco.... Read more... And while on the subject, those trying to avoid wheat should also read the labels very carefully on all bottled sauces, cheese …
Allergen and Freefrom Labelling
We recently received the following email from a site visitor: I have a son with a severe peanut allergy. We have a nut free home, and we do not buy products which 'may contain traces' of nuts or from factories which handle nuts, for obvious cross contamination reasons. I was …
FreeFrom Tasting Tables
Thank you very much to those of you who have commented so far – and, Mimi, I am afraid that some of the tables on the site at the moment are quite old, dating back over a year as that is when the tasting of that particular product happened. However, if we do go ahead and create …