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Quick shout out for milk free/vegan cheeses

19/03/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

We are in the middle of the 2023 FreeFrom Food Awards* judging season and Thursday was the day for dairy free/vegan cheese. I was not present at the judging so I have no idea what the judges thought of the entries. But I did find a whole stack of remains in my fridge after …

Category: Allergies, Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom FoodTag: Applewood vegan slices, cashew based cheese, Cathedral City plant cheese, coconut oil based cheese, Dairy free cheese, Freefrom food, FreeFrom Food Awards, FreeFrom Food Awards 2023, milk free cheese, Sainsbury FreeFrom Greek Style feta, soya based cheese, Wicked Kitchen Cheddar with caramelised onion

Language matters

29/01/2022 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

An excellent post on Alex's Allergy Insight blog about the importance of language and how dangerous it is for terms around allergy to be poorly be defined. What does 'vegan', let alone '100% vegan, mean for someone who is allergic to cow's milk or eggs? What is really referred …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: Alex Gazzola, Allergy Insight, allergy terminology, defining allergy terminology, Freefrom food, vegan versus freefrom

Meet The Vegan Willy Wonka Who’s Raising The Bar On Ethical Business

19/01/2018 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

The prospect of any freefrom industry gathering is always cheered by the prospect of seeing Adrian Ling, MD of the highly successful, totally freefrom and super ethical Plamil Foods, makers and major exporters of soya milk and dairy free chocolate. It is, of course, always …

Category: Allergies, Big Business, Dairy-free, Environmental Issues, FreeFrom Food, Peanut allergyTag: Adrian Ling MD of Plamil Foods, Dairy-free chocolate, Forbes Magazine, Freefrom food, milk free 'milk' chocolate, Plamil foods

Italian attitudes to ‘freefrom’

29/04/2017 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  9 Comments

I recently received an email from Italy, from Caroline Hamilton, an Australian freelance journalist who lives and works in Italy – and we then had the following exchange. It would be very interesting to know whether any of you agree with our reading of the situation in Italy – …

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‘FreeFrom’ – past, present – and to come…

01/01/2016 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

To celebrate a new 'freefrom' year here is a brief run down of where 'freefrom' came from and where I think it could be going. Originally put together for a group of industry innovators at Food Matters Live in November, I thought it might be a positive way to start 2016! A …

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