As anyone who is involved in the food allergy world will know, Dr Hazel Gowland (our Freefrom Food Awards Hero in 2019) is a tireless champion of those who live with food allergy. Through her work with the families of those who have suffered fatalities and 'near misses' she has …
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Food allergy and cosmetics
If you are worried about the possibility of food allergens cropping up in cosmetics and want to know whether they are dangerous if they do - and how you are to recognise them - hop over onto Alex G's Allergy Insight blog where he has given a round up of articles on and around the …
FreeFrom Skincare Awards shines the spotlight on labelling
The 2022 FreeFrom Skincare Awards, now in its eleventh super successful year, opens today - seeking out the ultimate in skincare products which are ‘free from’ some of the many ingredients which consumers need or want to avoid. As always, our good friend Alex Gazzola will be …
Behind the scenes at the FF Christmas Awards presentation
The FreeFrom Christmas Awards presentation - not the image that you would expect of us all whooping it up in a room together but at least we were live this time. And you were pretty 'live' too! You may have been sitting at home on your sofas, but you were taking full advantage of …
An earth friendly alternative to polystyrene
One of the most frustrating aspects of each year's judging for the Free From Food Awards is the amount of polystyrene packaging that comes our way. Mainly to keep frozen and chilled food frozen/chilled, but also often just as fillers. If ever there was a material which was …