Each year the Free From Food Awards meet to judge the entrants for foods suitable for food service and the quality just keeps on getting better and better. Apart from a huge loading of carbs because most of the products seemed to err on the side of carbohydrates, there were some fantastic products to review. Some highlights this year for me were... Flavoured crisps that … [Read more...]
Wheat or gluten free beer at the CAMRA beer festival?
I'm asking a question here because I'm not quite sure. I'm planning a visit to London with colleagues tomorrow and received this very helpful response from CAMRA about whether there would be any wheat and/or gluten free beers available. Last year there was ONE beer! And very nice it was too. I had quite a lot of it.This is what they said this year: "We would say there … [Read more...]
To ‘bold’ oats or not to ‘bold’ oats – that is the question
Hot on the heals of my last blog about oats, gluten and allergen labelling I had a look at some of the oat based products in my larder and others online. It would seem that there is a split in the market. Many companies are labelling oats in bold but just as many are not. Of the products I buy and had in the house none had oats labelling in bold, including the Nairns and … [Read more...]
Is gluten an allergen and do oats contain gluten?
At the recent judging session for FreeFrom Eating out Awards we had a heated discussion about oats and whether they came under the Top 14 allergens banner. I thought that oats were not in the Top 14 allergens but others disagreed.It turns out I was wrong. Very wrong. I know that oats don't contain gluten and many coeliacs can tolerate oats. So why would they be in the … [Read more...]
Exciting FreeFrom range – available at Holland & Barrett
You may have seen my recent blog about the launch of the new Holland & Barrett More store in Chester. Oh how I wish I lived in Chester - the new More Store there is A-Mazing. It is like an Aladdin's cave for freefromers, packed full of products you may not have discovered before. This week I've been looking at some of the new Holland & Barrett products that are … [Read more...]