Alpro's decision not to combine the manufacture their nut and their soya milks on one line is very good news – not just for those mums of nut- and dairy-allergic children who campaigned so hard to make them change their minds, but for the allergen-free food world in general. (For …
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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 …
The new allergen regulations – a wasted opportunity
What a wasted opportunity! The Face-o-twittersphere has been erupting during the last week over the new regulations on allergen labelling – and with reason. (The regulations are not due to come into force until December 2014 but the FSA has just issued some guidelines which is …
Judging the FFFood Awards – parts 2, 3, 4 & 5!
Well, here I am, three days on, still ploughing through tasting sheets and judges' comments – and realising, especially in the light of some of the comments on my previous blog, that the FreeFrom Food Awards are less of an industry award than a blueprint for how freefrom should …