A post on the Sugarpuffish blog last week illustrates yet again the frustrating unintended consequences of the FSA's attempts to keep allergic people safe. Sugarpuffish, who is very intolerant of dairy, noticed that one of her favourite snacks, 9Bars, had taken their 'dairy …
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Sugar cement!
Don't you just love it when someone comes up with a discovery like this! It seems that cement made with waste sugar ash is stronger, less crumbly and can withstand high pressure than the ordinary stuff! Making cement from sugar also saves energy and reduces the pollution caused …
Excting allergy research projects
On Wednesday I went, for the first time, to the Food Standards Agency's annual presentation, this year focused on their work in the field of food allergy, and on the departure of the splendid Dr Andrew Wadge who has headed up the scientific arm of the FSA since 2000. (He pointed …
Two and a half cheers for the FSA and their labelling efforts
No – I have not had a Damascene conversion and I do NOT think that the new allergen regulations are wonderful – but I do think that the Food Standards Agency is trying hard, in an extremely difficult area, to do the best they can for allergic consumers – even though that best may …
‘FreeFrom’ moving forward
Cressida and I spent two very enjoyable days last week in Daventry at the Food and Drink Innovation Network's two-day 'freefrom summit' which I was chairing. FDIN freefrom seminars are a well established tradition by now – I think this was the fifth – but this was the first time …