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 …
Gluten-free
#Speak Up for Allergies
Leaving home for the first time in your late teens or early 20s is seriously exciting - and seriously scary. Whether you are moving out to get a job or to go to university, this may the first time you have ever lived away from home, had to do your own washing, pay your own bills, …
The trouble about gluten-free oats
Oats are delicious – oats are nutritious – they contain high levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are an excellent source of fibre – they do not contain the protein gliadin, the gluten fraction that coeliacs need to avoid – they add texture to gluten free baking and …
Campaigners Lindiwe Lewis and Daniel Kelly talk about living with allergies
Cressida has just published this excellent interview she did with Lindiwe Lewis and Daniel Kelly on her Linked in page. I thought it needed a wider airing. Understanding allergy from the inside out is so important, so Lindi's and Dan's comments are massively helpful. How do …
Rethinking the Children’s category
Ever since we launched it in 2013 the Children's category in the FreeFrom Food Awards had been organised for us by nutritional therapist and special diet chef Christine Bailey who many of you will know well. Apart from having three children of her own on restricted diets …