Thank you Michelle for drawing my attention to Rachel Johnson's, quite frankly diabolical article in the Evening Standard. You'll enjoy reading Michelle's well put together and brilliantly written, 'A food fad won't kill you, an allergy will.' But you'll be seething when you read, "Endless dietary requirements are a sign of our decline as a society". Rachel is a well … [Read more...]
Top 14/19 allergens? Gluten free cereals & GF oats
Are there just 14 top allergens in the UK? Or are there actually 19? For people with allergies, there are six separate cereal containing grains that they could be allergic to. In America they are now 9 allergens that must be labelled, a move that updated the list to add sesame in January 2023. For coeliacs they will react to all of the gluten containing grains, whilst … [Read more...]
Roundup of oat milks in the UK
Here we go, in alphabetical order, are the oat milks available in the UK and their pros and cons, ingredients, backgrounds, whether they are gluten free and where you can buy them. Product nameIngredientsGluten FreeWhere availableCommentsAlproOat base (Water, Oat (9.8%)), Soluble corn fibre, Sunflower oil, Calcium (Tri-calcium phosphate), Sea salt, … [Read more...]
Shame on you Oatly!
Oatly, the world’s largest oat milk company, has taken Glebe Farm, a Cambridgeshire family farm to court for trade mark infringement over its PureOaty drink. All I have to say is, shame on you Oatly! We are actually really fortunate with the choice we have at the moment. There are gluten free oats and oat milk (thanks in the UK to Glebe Farm) and lots of other oat milks for … [Read more...]
Coeliacs and Vegans have it easy
At the risk of alienating half my audience and many close friends... this is a rant that has been boiling for a while. I'd like to say firstly that I love you all very much... I'm just venting some frustration. All of my vegan and coeliac friends are amazingly accommodating of me and my allergies, probably because they understand what it's like having limited choice and also … [Read more...]