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Missing freefrom products

11/10/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  9 Comments

A few weeks ago Alex asked his Twitter followers what freefrom products they would love to be able to buy – but still can’t.

Predictably, good gluten free croissants and other baked products came high on the list – still horribly difficult to make, especially if you are trying to also make them dairy free.

Nut free yogurts and fruit yogurts (a real need for nut allergic kids) and allergy friendly and fortified alternative yogurts, milks and cheeses were common requests. As was gluten free Black Forest Gateau and, surprisingly, gluten free tinned spaghetti!

For the full list – and manufacturers, take note – see Alex’ Allergy Insight blog.

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  1. Alex Gazzola

    11/10/2020 at 14:49

    Thanks for sharing. There’s a very interesting and long comment from a nightshade-sensitive reader which you and Cressida might want to look at and consider for FFFA 2022! I’m sure there are more nightshade-free products out there than we realise, but given that chilli can hide as ‘spice mix’ and potato used to make so many ingredients (eg starches) there is a huge difficulty in identifying them.

  2. Searcher

    11/10/2020 at 14:57

    Bakery products that don’t contain xanthan gum or similar – but I don’t suppose that is possible as the bread etc would not hold its rise sufficiently. Xanthan gum crops up in all kinds of unnecessary places such as ice-cream – when I once queried this I was told it was a natural product – but it is not as ice cream used to be made!

  3. Michelle Berridale Johnson

    11/10/2020 at 15:11

    Yes, nightshades was certainly one of the groups that we thought of when worrying about the No Top 14. Potatoes and peppers/chili seem to be the worst in terms of allergy – tomatoes in terms of sensitivity/intolerance.Spice mixes are a nightmare as being allergic to chilli means that virtually all ready meals are off the menu.

  4. Michelle Berridale Johnson

    11/10/2020 at 15:14

    You are certainly not the first to complain about xanthan gum! The problem as far as baked goods are concerned is that if you have not got gluten to hold them together then xanthan is a great alternative ‘glue’. However, I cannot see any justification for putting it in ice cream.

  5. Alex Gazzola

    11/10/2020 at 15:25

    Searcher: I think Artisan Bread Organic company do xanthan-free GF breads only.

  6. Searcher

    11/10/2020 at 18:04

    Thank you Alex for the reference.

    Incidentally, those of us who have to be on a low histamine diet tomatoes a very much a no-no (covered presumably in Michelle’s ‘sensitivity’ comment)

  7. Michelle Berridale Johnson

    11/10/2020 at 18:19

    Yes, absolutely. Tomatoes are difficult for a lot of people not just those on a low histamine diet. However you do know that green tomatoes are OK, don’t you? If, of course, you like green tomatoes…

  8. William Overington

    11/10/2020 at 18:31

    I do not know whether free from lumps and bits is relevant to this thread, but here is a link to my non-commercial free-to-read publication.

    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/Gluten-free_Vegan_Purée_Foods_Futuristic.htm

    Maybe we should try to go for a gluten-free, vegan, purée, nightshade-free, xanthan gum free concept prover product as a work of conceptual art to be published in a video.

  9. William Overington

    11/10/2020 at 18:58

    Some readers might find Ella’s Kitchen 4 month plus baby food of interest to them. I eat four sachets-full each day. I have them with microwave rice, plain, basmati or that wonderful Tilda Lemon and Herb variety.

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