We are in the middle of the 2023 FreeFrom Food Awards* judging season and Thursday was the day for dairy free/vegan cheese. I was not present at the judging so I have no idea what the judges thought of the entries. But I did find a whole stack of remains in my fridge after …
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The cost of being food sensitive
Anyone who has had dealings with food sensitivity - be it an allergy, an intolerance or coeliac disease - will know that it is expensive. Expensive in food costs, expensive in time costs, expensive in terms of your quality of life. But how expensive? And if it is significantly …
FreeFrom Food Awards 2023 – now open for business
The 2023 FreeFrom Food Awards are now open. And if you were wondering - yes, they are opening a bit later than usual this year to allow us to line up our new Easter and Christmas awards with the festivities that they celebrate. So as of this year: 3rd January 2023 Opening …
Food allergy in court
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 …
Inquest into Celia Marsh’s death raises many issues
In December 2017, on a post Christmas shopping expedition, 42 year-old Celia Marsh died after suffering an anaphylactic reaction. She had just eaten a super-veg rainbow flatbread from Pret a Manger which was subsequently found to contain milk protein to which she was …