I have spent then past few days reading the reports from our ‘secret diner’ judges who have been out and about testing the eateries shortlisted for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards – and two things have really stood out from their reports. How hard most of those offering freefrom …
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Oat and corn powder in surgical gloves – a concern for coeliacs?
We have been having a Facebook conversation with Lynne Saunt on a subject which has been causing her some concern – surgical gloves – and thought that it deserved a wider airing. Lynne is a coeliac who can tolerate neither oats nor Codex Wheat Starch. (She is not alone in …
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards Shortlist
Yes, the on-line judging is all done so last week we were able to publish the shortlist for the 2017 FreeFrom Eating Out Awards - you can check out all those shortlisted entrants right here. Indeed, most of the 'in-person' judging is now done as well – when our judges go out, …
Random thoughts on freefrom and millennials
The annual FDIN FreeFrom seminar took place last week, focusing very much on the future both in terms of those millennial and Generation Z shoppers and the export markets that we believe should be in the sights of all freefrom manufacturers. All the presentations (which were …
Immunotherapy – do NOT try this at home….
Immunotherapy, especially when combined with probiotics (see Kate Lawrence's research reports this week), shows great promise as a treatment for life threatening allergies. But while the outcome for those who have been treated has been very positive, it is still fraught with …