Working backwards..... We get a great number of people asking us to add links to their site from FoodsMatter but we do feel that we have to be pretty rigorous in keeping our focus on allergy, food allergy, food intolerance and directly related conditions. Otherwise our links …
'may contain' warnings
FreeFrom Food Awards – matters arising…
There is no doubt that the quality of the products entered into the 2016 FreeFrom Food Awards has continued to improve. It is rare now that one meets a product which is obviously 'free from' anything; more often than not they are either indistinguishable from 'normal' products …
The mess that is ‘may contain’
Many of you will have filled in our 'may contain' survey a few weeks ago and I promised both to let you know the results – and to explain why it was that we were doing the survey. So a few results first: When you were asked what you thought when faced with a ‘may contain …
Frustration and anger of ‘may contain’ labelling
A very brief post as I am just off to catch a plane to Dublin to help launch the new Irish FreeFrom Food Awards! As many of you will know, we at FoodsMatter are looking at starting a 'freefrom' assurance scheme the purpose of which will be to bring some clarity to the current …
Alpro in the dock over defensive labelling
What an absurd situation! Alpro, makers of one of the very few products that nut and dairy allergic children can eat safely, are actively preventing that very group from buying them! How? By slapping defensive 'may contain traces of nuts' warnings on all of their products. For …