A few weeks ago the BBC brought the wrath of the Coeliac community down on its head by again disrespecting them in its evergreen Saturday Kitchen spot. Not only did they joke about guest musician Sharleen Spiteri's coeliac disease but later in the programme they appeared to serve …
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Natasha’s Law – and how far we have come
Yesterday was a day for celebration - but sad celebration. Celebration because Natasha's law came into effect. Sad because what prompted it was was the death in 2016 of 15 year of Natasha Ednan-Laparouse as a result of eating a Pret a Manger baguette which contained sesame seeds …
Congratulations to Glebe Farm and Pure Oaty
The freefrom world has been waiting with bated breath the outcome of the battle between massive multi national Oatly with 60% of the £160 million oat milk market and Glebe Farm, a small independent UK oat farmer. Glebe Farm had, eighteen months ago, launched a gluten-free oatmilk …
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 …
FreeFrom Food Awards judging in times of COVID
No matter how you cut it, judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards is not something you can do over Zoom. While sending out parcels of five or even ten products to judges might be feasible, sending out parcels of 50 certainly would not be. Even if the numbers were manageable, we …