My good friend Jeffrey Hyman, he of the Food & Drink Innovation Network, sent me, last week, Baum & Whiteman's 'Hottest food and Beverage Trends for 2014'...... In case you are not aware (and I certainly wasn't) Baum and Whiteman are the restaurant design team who …
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Lovely Liverpool – and a really good show…
What a great city! And what lovely friendly people! Just do not ever try to get there up the M6 on a Friday night..... Our introduction to said friendliness was a taxi driver who found us (Cressida, Alex and I) peering despairingly through the rain, in the dark, at an Albert …
How allergic people shop
Our good friend Hazel Gowland has been working with a team from Unilever on how people with food allergies actually shop and came up with these interesting, although not entirely surprising, conclusions: Although self-reported, the pattern of food allergy reflects other …
Does FreeFrom food really need to cost so much?
A question that we get asked very regularly. And the answer is, well...... yes it does, but.... There are very good reasons why 'freefrom' food should cost more than normal: 1. Unusual ingredients. Freefrom foods use a number ingredients which may be relatively hard to …
The needle debate in anaphylaxis treatment
At an excellent Anaphylaxis Campaign conference last week (to be reported on in the next Foodsmatter newsletter) I spent a good part of the lunch break 'listening in' on a fascinating discussion about needle length in anaphylaxis treatment. As most of you will know, the …