When we asked Ruth and Sue to contribute an allergy diary and a coeliac's diary to our websites it was very much with the idea of giving those of us who are lucky enough not to have to live with either life threatening allergies or coeliac disease a window onto what it was like …
Peanut allergy
The byways of Belgium, the Freefrom Food Expo and the Sustainable Food Summit
So, our mini European marathon is nearly over… I am currently sitting in the fast train from Amsterdam to Brussels – hoping that it will make a better job of getting me to my destination than the local train I had booked to get me from Brussels to Amsterdam. (For anyone’s …
Allergen-free catering – really quite simple once you put your mind to it…
I have spent much of the last week working on the entry forms for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards which open at the end of this month – and it has really focused my mind on exactly what is involved for an eating-out establishment in going 'freefrom'. But while, at first glance, …
The frustrations of shopping for the super sensitive
A few days ago we got an email from the mother of super-allergic little boy. She was furious and frustrated by the fact that every delicious looking freefrom food that she found on the FFFood Awards website was effectively barred to her because, although it was being sold as …
Alpro update – Junior +1 milk saved….
Those who have been following the Alpro defensive nut warnings saga will be glad to hear that some progress has been made. (For those who have no idea what I am talking about, see this post and this one.) An article in the Grocer on Wednesday told us that, 'following …