There is no doubt that goat milk soap is all the rage this year – we had a whole clutch of goat milk soaps entered (and winning) in the FreeFrom Skincare Awards recently. So when my good friend Prudence Nuesink (she of Body Talk) leant me a book about the making of goat milk …
Dairy-free
Allergy awareness – or the lack of it – in high street takeaways
We had a nice little bit of coverage on last night's ITN 6 o'clock news thanks to a report from the Royal Society of Public Health revealing that : * Over two thirds of all takeaways visited (55 around London) failed to provide legally required information on how customers …
All go – at the Allergy Show!!
It was certainly all go this weekend at the Allergy + FreeFrom Show in Olympia's Grand Hall. We haven't yet had all the stats but the perception of all of the exhibitors that I spoke to was that it was definitely bigger and better than last year (already a record year). That …
Precautionary allergen labelling – have we got the balance wrong?
In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …
Life as a multiple food intolerant
Listen up, you guys who think you might be a bit intolerant to gluten - or maybe to raw eggs. You have no idea... Micki Rose, who many of you will know from her TrulyGlutenFree blog and the many articles she has written for our sites, is a 20-food lady. No, not 20 foods that she …