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14 major allergens

The trouble about gluten-free oats

04/01/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Oats are delicious – oats are nutritious – they contain high levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are an excellent source of fibre – they do not contain the protein gliadin, the gluten fraction that coeliacs need to avoid – they add texture to gluten free baking and …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 14 major allergens, Alex Gazzola, FreeFrom Foods, gluten-free oats, labelling of freefrom foods, labelling of gluten free oats, oats and coeliac disease, oats as an allergen, oats within the FIC regulations

Labelling confusion – oats – are they, or aren’t they, allergens?

10/02/2019 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  7 Comments

Yesterday we finished the judging for this year's FreeFrom Food Awards. Over 500 products judged over three weeks by 57 different judges - and that's not counting 10 children!! (The shortlist will be out next week so keep an eye on the awards site.) Here are some of the Store …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 14 major allergens, are oats a major allergen?, Coeliac disease is not an allergy, FreeFrom Food Awards, Freefrom Food Awards shortlist, freefrom oats, regulations covering the 14 major allergens, Should oats be highlighted in an ingredients list?

Just Eat and allergen laden takeaways

15/01/2019 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Thanks to Panorama's sleuths it has been revealed that many of the meals delivered via Just Eat, the biggest of the on line food delivery apps,  come from outlets with zero knowledge of what a food allergen might be, let alone which food allergens may be in the food that they …

Category: Allergies, Big Business, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Environmental Issues, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: 14 major allergens, are Just Eat responsible for the food they deliver?, FIC in food service, Hygiene in Just Eat outlets, Just Eat, Just Eat and allergen awareness, Just Eat on Panorama, Panorama, Why should I have to contact the restaurant if I have a food allergy or intolerance?

Has Brussels destroyed the creativity of our chefs?

14/12/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Well, here we are – a year on from the imposition of Brussel's draconian allergen regulations on the catering industry.... Yet, have we seen mass closures of restaurants – or lemming-like swarms of suicidal chefs, their ‘spontaneity, creativity and innovation’ destroyed, racing …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Cooking/kitchen equipment, Dairy-free, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: 14 major allergens, allergen free dining, allergen-free catering exciting, allergy awareness in food service, Chef dominic teague, FDIN, Food Information Regulations 2015, FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, gluten free dining, Horizons - food service, hospitality & Catering News, Indigo at One Aldwych, Mark Kennett at oscar & Bentleys, opportunities in food service opening up, Oscar and Bentleys, Sue's coeliac diary

The Telegraph needs to get a grip of the facts

17/03/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

Dr James le Fanu's weekly roundup in today's Telegraph carries the following : Sue Hattersley, head of the department at the Food Standards Agency responsible for imposing the “bureaucratic nightmare” of new regulations complained of by 100 leading chefs and …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, Nuts, PoliticsTag: 14 major allergens, Addenbrookes hospital, allergen desensitisation, Daily Telegraph, Dr James le Fanu, EFSA, food fraud, Food Standards Agency, LEAP study, Professor Gideon Lack, restauranteurs, Sue Hattersley

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