There has been a predictable outcry in the allergy world this week's in response to Rachel Johnson's piece in Thursday's Evening Standard on 'dietary requirements' and food fads. Being charitable, I am assuming that she has never suffered from or lived with someone with a food …
allergen contamination
Have your say on ‘may contain’ labelling
Does 'may contain' labelling affect you either because you are allergic yourself or because you buy food for someone who is? If so you will know how unsatisfactory the situation is and will rejoice that the Food Standards Agency are at last hoping to tackle it. But before wading …
FreeFrom delivery – or not…
Last week I got the following email from Julia Reid who runs Stonecroft guest house in the Peak District and was the winner of last year's FreeFrom Eating Out Awards Guest House category. 'Last week I did my weekly shopping online from Ocado as usual. In the past my gluten-free …
The problem with nuts….
Well, to be honest, it is not nuts that are the problem, it is the confusion arising from the laudable efforts of regulators and manufacturers to improve allergen labelling for the benefit of allergic consumers. But, nuts being at the sharp end of the allergy experience, nut …
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 …