It has been very busy in the Foodsmatter office this week as today is the cut off date for the discounted early entry to this year's FreeFrom Food Awards – so the end of the week saw a mad rush of entries all trying to squeeze in before the deadline and get their 10% off! (Those …
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Having a Happy – but Safe – Halloween
The thought of endless bands of children hammering on your door threatening a trick or in search of a treat may strike dread into the hearts of the average householder – but think how much worse is the dread if you are the parent of a food allergic child who is desperate to join …
Allergen and Freefrom Labelling
We recently received the following email from a site visitor: I have a son with a severe peanut allergy. We have a nut free home, and we do not buy products which 'may contain traces' of nuts or from factories which handle nuts, for obvious cross contamination reasons. I was …
What help is really available?
Although we at Foodsmatter are neither doctors nor a support group, we do, inevitably get asked for help, especially by those who are battling with newly diagnosed allergies. While we would never give any medical advice we do usually try to make a few useful suggestions in terms …
FreeFrom Tasting Tables
Thank you very much to those of you who have commented so far – and, Mimi, I am afraid that some of the tables on the site at the moment are quite old, dating back over a year as that is when the tasting of that particular product happened. However, if we do go ahead and create …